Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

Each federal fiscal year (FFY), the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) produces the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). This document programs studies and research projects that provide transportation planning and technical assistance to municipalities and agencies in the region. These studies focus on all modes of travel, with the goal of creating communities that are safe, accessible, more walkable, bikeable, and resilient.

The UPWP work undertaken by MPO staff fulfills a number of functions:

• Supports the MPO’s collaborative public decision-making process
• Gathers data about the transportation system
• Identifies needs of transportation system users to enhance the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Needs Assessment
• Develops project concepts for improving the transportation system along roadway corridors, at intersections, on bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and on transit routes
• Looks ahead to help the MPO anticipate trends that shape the transportation industry and to understand the relationship between transportation and other matters, such as land use or climate change

FFY 2020 UPWP Endorsed

Resumen Ejecutivo Sumario Executivo Rezime Egzekitif 执行总结 執行總結

At the MPO meeting on July 18, 2019, the board voted to endorse the FFY 2020 UPWP (pdf) (html). The UPWP includes 11 new discrete studies and analyses to be undertaken during FFY 2020. The FFY 2020 UPWP will be reviewed by the MPO’s federal partners and go into effect on October 1, 2019.

To review this year's UPWP development process and relevant documents, visit the UPWP Development Page.

See below for the current (FFY 2019) UPWP and past documents.