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The Clean Air and Mobility Program – How to Apply
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2011 Clean Air and Mobility Program Applications

Eligible Applicants


Questions and Answers from the 2010 Pre-Proposal Meeting

Regional transit authorities (RTAs), municipalities, transportation management associations, chambers of commerce, and nonprofit and not-for-profit transportation-advocacy groups in the MPO region are invited to submit proposals. All projects must have an RTA, a municipality, or a transportation agency as a fiduciary agent.

Eligible Activities


Eligible types of projects and programs fall into three categories, transit operations, programs to reduce automobile or other motorized travel, and infrastructure projects. Listed below are some examples of eligible projects and programs.
  • Diesel engine retrofits (nontransit vehicles)
  • "Costs-above” fleet replacement by hybrid vehicles (nontransit vehicles)
  • Congestion relief measures (intersection and roadway improvements that improve traffic flow)
  • Infrastructure investments that increase bicycle and pedestrian mode share (bike lanes, sidewalks, signs, curb ramps, signals, crosswalks, crosswalk technology)
  • Transit access improvements
  • Marketing and promotion of transit, bicycle, and pedestrian modes
  • Bicycle parking infrastructure
  • Parking-demand-management programs
  • Access management programs
  • New transit services (according to past practice in the MPO’s Suburban Mobility Program)
  • Intermodal facilities
  • Travel demand strategies
  • Incident management programs
  • Traffic operations centers
  • Idling-reduction methods

Eligibility Prerequisites


There are several basic eligibility prerequisites. Projects must comply with all federal-aid eligibility requirements, such as, for an intersection project, being on a federal-aid-eligible roadway. Another requirement is compliance, when applicable, with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition, infrastructure improvements must be initiated according to the MassDOT Highway Division Design Guide.

Projects must meet the criteria of the Statewide CMAQ Committee and either must reduce vehicle emissions or, in the case of activities promoting nonautomobile modes, must not increase emissions in the region.

Transit operations proposals must be for new service. They cannot be used to supplement or replace funding for existing service.

Project and Program Selection


Considerations will include:
  • Emissions reductions
  • Contribution to mobility and sustainability
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Population served
  • Mode(s) promoted
  • Geographic balance (in relation to other projects to be funded in this program)
Each project and program will be compared both against those in its own category and against all submitted. Priority is given to projects in underserved areas.

For more information on the Clean Air and Mobility Program, please contact Eric Bourassa, Transportation Manager, MAPC, at ebourassa@mapc.org or 617.451.2770 ext. 2043; or Mike Callahan, Clean Air and Mobility Program Manager, MPO staff,
at mcallahan@bostonmpo.org or 617.973.8853.