Development of the FFYs 2018–22 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

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On May 25, 2017, the MPO endorsed the new TIP (PDF) (HTML), which allocates funding for the next five federal fiscal years (FFYs), 2018–22. Thank you to those who submitted comments and participated in the document’s development. The Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administrations are expected to approve the new TIP in the fall of 2017. See the timeline to the right for the full document and translations of its executive summary, as well as upcoming milestones, meetings, and events.

The New TIP (FFYs 2018–22)

Executive Summary (PDF) (HTML)
Resumen Ejecutivo (PDF) (HTML)
Resumo Executivo (PDF) (HTML)
执行概要 (PDF) (HTML)
Full Document (PDF) (HTML)
Tables of projects programmed, by federal fiscal year (PDF) (HTML)

Process

This year, 28 potential projects were under consideration for the MPO’s target funding. The MPO must make difficult decisions about how to spend its annual allocation of approximately 95 million dollars in discretionary funding, guided by the visions, goals, objectives, and investment framework established in Charting Progress to 2040.

Each year, we follow a similar process:

Gather ideas and information (September-January) about possible projects from our own staff, member municipalities, and the public
Analyze, evaluate, and select (February-March) projects based on our criteria and other factors such as project cost, project readiness, regional distribution of TIP funding, and other planning priorities and constraints
Incorporate feedback (April-May) from municipalities and the public and agree on final list of transportation construction projects to program for federal funding

Refer to the timeline to the right for upcoming milestones, meetings, and events.

Resources

MPO’s TIP Tables and Database:

Massachusetts Department of Transportation Project References:

Federal Funding Programs:

Key Dates in TIP Development

February

2
MPO Meeting
- Universe of Projects (PDF) (HTML)

March

2
MPO Meeting: Draft project evaluation results
- By Investment Program (PDF) (HTML)
- By Total Score (PDF) (HTML)
- Evaluation Criteria Detail (PDF) (HTML) and Overview (PDF) (HTML)
16
MPO Meeting: Final project evaluations and First-Tier List
- TIP Funding Availability, FFYs 2018–22 (PDF) (HTML)
- Status of Current TIP Projects, revised 3/27/17 (PDF) (HTML)
- Final Evaluation Results (PDF)
- First-Tier List of Projects (PDF)
30
MPO Meeting
- Draft TIP Programming Scenarios (PDF)
- First-Tier List of Projects, revised 3/28/17 (PDF)
- First-Tier Project Descriptions (PDF)
- Geographic Distribution of Funding (PDF)
- Draft Statewide Funding Items (PDF)
- Draft MBTA Transit Program (PDF)
- Public Comments to Date, revised 4/20/17 (PDF)

April

6
MPO Meeting: Develop recommendations
- Draft TIP Programming Scenarios, revised 4/6/17 (PDF)
- Draft MBTA Transit Program, revised 4/4/17, by federal funding program (PDF) and by fiscal year (PDF)
- Draft MWRTA and CATA Transit Programs (PDF)
- Additional Public Comments (PDF)
13
Milestone: Staff posts Draft TIP for MPO board review
- Draft TIP (PDF)
- Draft TIP Tables (PDF)
- Draft TIP Target Program, revised 4/13/17 (PDF)
20
MPO Meeting: Vote to release Draft TIP for public review
- Additional Public Comments (PDF)
25
Milestone: Public review and comment period begins
- Draft TIP for Public Review (PDF) (HTML)
- Draft TIP Tables (PDF) (HTML)
- Draft TIP Executive Summary (PDF) (HTML)
- Draft TIP Resumen Ejecutivo (PDF) (HTML)
- Draft TIP Resumo Executivo (PDF)(HTML)
- Draft TIP 执行概要 (PDF) (HTML)
26

Open House with
MPO staff

May

4

Open House with
MPO staff
15

Milestone: Public review and comment period ends
18
Milestone: Public Review Comments
- Summary of public review comments (PDF)
- Full text of public review comments (PDF)
25
MPO Meeting: Endorse final FFYs 2018-22 TIP
- Executive Summary (PDF) (HTML)
- Resumen Ejecutivo (PDF) (HTML)
- Resumo Executivo (PDF) (HTML)
- 执行概要 (PDF) (HTML)
- Final TIP document (PDF) (HTML)
- Final TIP Tables (PDF) (HTML)
- Final TIP Programming Scenario (PDF)