2022 Certification Review: Site Visit

This webpage has been developed for use only by those participating in the federal government’s 2022 certification review of the transportation planning activities conducted by the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). This webpage outlines the agenda for the MPO's meetings with the members of the federal review team on September 28 and 29, 2022. It also contains information and links that will be used to support these discussions. Many of the links point to the MPO's website, while others link to documents not found on the MPO’s public-facing website.

To view the 2022 Certification Review: Advance Materials webpage, click here. 

To return to the 2022 Certification Review main webpage, click here. 

Day 1: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

  1. 9:00-9:15: Welcome and Introductions

  2. 9:15-9:45: Boston Region MPO Showcase

    1. Activities/Accomplishments

      1. Moving Toward Equity StoryMap

      2. DI/DB Thresholds App

      3. TIP Criteria Guidebook

  3. 9:45-10:30: MPO Organization and Governance 

    1. 2011 3C MOU
      1. Memorandum of Understanding (2011) 
    2. Operations plan
    3. Policy board member engagement
    4. RTAC

  4. 10:30-10:40: Break

  5. 10:40-11:10: TMA Coordination

    1. Internal/External coordination
      1. Boston UZA Map (2020)
    2. Discretionary grants
    3. Data sharing
      1. FFY 2023 UPWP: Data Program (page 102)

  6. 11:10-11:40: Financial Planning (MTP & TIP)

    1. Resources/Visual Aids
      1. Destination 2040 Finance Chapter
      2. FFYs 2023-27 TIP - Chapter 2 "Funding the TIP"
      3. FFYs 2023-27 TIP - Appendix G: Operations and Maintenance Summary

  7. 11:40-12:40: Lunch Break

  8. 12:40-1:40: TIP Development and Project Selection

    1. Project readiness / project replacement process
      1. TIP Policy Changes Fact Sheet 
    2. TIP Evaluation Criteria
      1. TIP Criteria Summary Handout (October 2020)
      2. FFYs 2023-27 TIP Appendix A - Criteria
      3. A Guidebook to Updating the TIP Criteria (2021)

  9. 1:40-1:50: Break

  10. 1:50-2:35: Public Outreach

    1. Public Engagement Plan
      1. Public Engagement Plan
    2. Communications and Engagement Team
    3. Effectiveness Evaluation

  11. 2:35-3:35: Civil Rights

    1. 2020 Title VI Plan
      1. Title VI page
      2. 2020 Title VI Report
    2. EJ, Equity in all policies (EiAP)
      1. Transportation Equity Program
      2. LRTP DI/DB Analysis
      3. DI/DB Policy
    3. ADA
      1. Nondiscrimination Handbook
      2. Public Engagement Plan, pages 3-4 and Appendix D
      3. Report of accessibility consultant on the MPO website
    4. LEP
      1. 2021 Language Assistance Plan
      2. Engage
      3. Localize for translation management

Day 2: Thursday, September 29, 2022

  1. 9:00-9:45: Transit Planning

    1. Transit Working Group
      1. Transit Working Group Webpage
    2. Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan

  2. 9:45-10:15: Bike and Pedestrian Planning

    1. UPWP Studies/Activities
    2. Data Collection
    3. Project Selection

  3. 10:15-10:45: Freight Planning

    1. Freight Planning Action Plan
      1. Freight Planning Webpage
      2. Advancing Freight Virtual Seminar for Massachusetts Presentation 
    2. UPWP Studies/Activities
      1. Sustainability and Decarbonization in the Freight and Logistics Sector in the North Suffolk Area Study (page 126)
    3. LRTP/TIP Freight Evaluation Criteria
      1. TIP Criteria Summary Handout (October 2020)
      2. Destination 2040 Evaluation Criteria

  4. 10:45-11:00: Break

  5. 11:00-11:30: Resiliency and Environmental Mitigation

    1. UPWP Studies/Activities
    2. Exploring Resilience in MPO-Funded Corridor and Intersection Studies

  6. 11:30-12:00: Performance Based Planning & Programming

    1. Monitoring and Evaluation
    2. Evolution of PBPP / Next Steps
    3. Resources/Visual Aids
      1. FFYs 2023-27 TIP Chapter 4 - Performance Analysis

  7. 12:00-12:15: Wrap-up