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Draft UPWP 2018 Unified Planning Work Program Federal Fiscal Year 2018 DRAFT Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization 8 UP 1 W 0 2 P This page intentionally blank Unified Planning Work Program Federal Fiscal Year 2018 DRAFT For Review by the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization May 4, 2017 Prepared by Central Transportation Planning Staff Staff to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Directed by the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, which is composed of the: Massachusetts Department of Transportation Metropolitan Area Planning Council Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA Advisory Board Massachusetts Port Authority Regional Transportation Advisory Council City of Boston City of Beverly City of Everett City of Newton City of Somerville City of Woburn Town of Arlington Town of Bedford Town of Braintree Town of Framingham Town of Lexington Town of Medway Town of Norwood Federal Highway Administration (nonvoting) Federal Transit Administration (nonvoting) Ipswich Rockport Topsfield Hamilton Essex Middleton Gloucester Wenham North Manchester- Reading By-the-sea Danvers Beverly Wilmington Reading Littleton Lynnfield Peabody Carlisle Wakefield Marblehead Bedford Salem Burlington Woburn Boxborough Acton Saugus Lynn Concord Swampscott Stoneham Melrose Lexington Winchester N Bolton Stow Maynard Lincoln Medford Malden Nahant Arlington Revere Belmont Somerville Waltham EverettChelsea Hudson Sudbury Cambridge Winthrop Weston Watertown Wayland Marlborough Newton Southborough Brookline Framingham Wellesley Boston Natick Hull Needham Ashland Dedham Quincy Sherborn Dover Milton Cohasset Hopkinton Westwood Hingham Braintree Holliston Medfield Scituate Norwood eymouth Randolph W Millis Canton Norwell Milford Medway Walpole Holbrook Rockland Marshfield Stoughton Hanover Norfolk Sharon Bellingham Franklin Pembroke Foxborough Wrentham Duxbury Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Municipalities CONTACT INFORMATION The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information may be obtained at www.bostonmpo.org or by contacting the MPO staff at 857-702-3700 (voice), 617-570-9193 (TTY), 617-570-9192 (fax), or [email protected]. To request additional copies of this document or to request it in an accessible format, please contact MPO staff using the methods described below. It is also possible to download the document by visiting www.bostonmpo.org. CONTACT MPO STAFF: By mail: Sandy Johnston UPWP Manager, Central Transportation Planning Staff 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150 Boston, MA 02116 By telephone: 857-702-3710 (voice), 617-570-9193 (TTY) By fax: 617-570-9192 By email: [email protected] This document was funded in part through grants from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Its contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Table of Contents Table x • FFY 2018 Unified Planning Work Program Draft FOLLOWING MPO ENDORSEMENT OF THE FINAL FFY 2017 UPWP, THIS SECTION WILL INCLUDE THE MPO’S SELF-CERTIFICATION STATEMENT REGARDING THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS. THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE SIGNED BY MPO MEMBERS. SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 2 8 UP 1 W 0 2 P This page intentionally blank TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Executive Summary . xv Chapter 1 — Coordinating Comprehensive Transportation Planning in the Region: What is the Unified Planning Work Program? . 1-1 1.1 What Does the UPWP Do? . 1-3 1.2 How Are Funding Decisions Made? . 1-4 1.2.1 The Guiding Vision of the LRTP . 1-4 1.2.2 The Process of Creating and Monitoring the UPWP . 1-7 Developing the New Federal Fiscal Year UPWP . 1-8 Evaluating and Selecting New Studies . 1-9 Updates to Ongoing and Continuing Activities . 1-10 Public Review of the Draft UPWP . .1-11 Monitoring Progress of UPWP Studies . 1-12 Amendments and Administrative Modifications to the UPWP. 1-12 Other Regionally-Significant Transportation Planning Studies. 1-13 1.3 How is the Work Funded? . 1-14 Chapter 2 — Transportation Planning and the Boston Region MPO . 2-1 2.1 The Transportation Planning Process . 2-1 2.1.1 3C Transportation Planning . 2-1 2.1.2 Certification Documents . 2-3 2.2 The Boston Region MPO . 2-4 Chapter 3 — Regulatory Framework . 3-1 3.1 Federal Regulations and Guidance . 3-1 3.1.1 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act: National Goals . 3-1 3.1.2 FAST Act: Planning Factors . 3-2 3.1.3 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments . 3-5 Table of Contents Table ix • FFY 2018 Unified Planning Work Program TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) PAGE 3.1.4 Non-discrimination Mandates . 3-5 Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . 3-6 Environmental Justice Executive Orders . 3-6 The ADA . 3-7 Executive Order 13330 . 3-7 3.2 State Guidance and Transportation Priorities . 3-7 3.2.1 You Move Massachusetts and We Move Massachusetts . 3-7 3.2.2 Global Warming Solutions Act . 3-8 3.2.3 GreenDOT . 3-8 3.2.4 MassDOT’s Statewide Mode-Shift Goal . .3-9 3.2.5 Healthy Transportation Compact . 3-9 3.3 Regional Guidance and Transportation Priorities . 3-9 3.3.1 The MBTA’s Program for Mass Transportation (PMT) . 3-9 3.3.2 MetroFuture . 3-10 3.3.3 The MPO’s Congestion Management Process (CMP) . 3-10 Chapter 4 — Federal Fiscal Years 2015-2017 Completed Studies . 4-1 4.1 Tracking Study Progress . .4-1 4.2 Project Budget Tables and Work Products . 4-2 Chapter 5 — Certification Requirements . 5-1 5.1 Introduction . 5-1 5.2 Certification Requirement Activities . 5-7 3C Planning and MPO Support . 5-7 Long-Range Transportation Plan . 5-12 Transportation Improvement Program . 5-16 Unified Planning Work Program. 5-18 Air Quality Conformity and Support Activities . 5-20 Transportation Equity Program . 5-23 Congestion Management Process . 5-27 Freight-Planning Support: FFY 2018. 5-29 Table of Contents Table x • FFYFFY 2018 2018 Unified Unified Planning Planning Work Work Program Program Draft TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) PAGE Chapter 6 — Boston Region MPO Planning Studies and Technical Analysis . 6-1 6.1 Introduction . 6-1 6.2 Planning Studies . 6-5 Bicycle Level-of-Service Metric . 6-5 Transportation Mitigation of Major Developments: ..
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