Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transportation Improvement Program - Draft Transportation Evaluation
Posted on: December 14, 2023 - 2:06pm
Introduction
Effective with the development of the Old Colony FFY 2025 – 2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), Old Colony Planning Council has developed an updated set of Transportation Evaluation Criteria (TEC), and scoring system to be used in the process of developing the Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
During TIP development, all projects that have been approved by the MassDOT Project Review Committee (PRC) are evaluated using these Transportation Evaluation Criteria. The MPO staff uses the Transportation Evaluation Criteria results, along with project readiness information, available funding, and other pertinent information to develop a Draft TIP. The Old Colony MPO releases the Draft TIP for a 21-Day Public Review and Comment Period. Following the 21-Day Public Review and Comment Period, the Old Colony MPO considers the comments received, and then endorses the TIP if there are no significant changes.
The proposed updated Transportation Evaluation Criteria replaces an 18-point system used by Old Colony Planning Council in recent years with a 100-point system that scores projects by specific defined criteria in the following categories:
- System Preservation – 30 Points
- Safety – 30 Points
- Mobility – 10 Points
- Economic Impact – 10 Points
- Environmental and Health Impact – 10 Points
- Community Support and Consistency with Policy – 10 Points
The updated Transportation Evaluation Criteria is designed to be clearly designed and fully transparent, considering all modes of transportation and users in transportation projects. They also take into consideration recent initiatives and policies, such as Complete Streets and MPO adopted Performance Targets.
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