Unified Planning Work Program Federal Fiscal Year 2016 BOSTON REGION METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Unified Planning Work Program Federal Fisc al Year 2016 Endorsed by the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization July 30, 2015 Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Staff 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) Plum Island Ipswich Rockport Topsfield Hamilton Essex Middleton Gloucester Wenham North Manchester- Reading By-the-sea Danvers Beverly Wilmington Reading Littleton Lynnfield Peabody Carlisle Bedford Wakefield Salem Marblehead Boxborough Acton Concord LexinBgutrolinn gton WiWncohbeusrtner mahenotSMelroSsea ugus Lynn Swampscott N Bolton Stow Maynard Lincoln Medford Malden Nahant Hudson Sudbury Weston Waltham BWeAlamrtloeinnrgtto townnC amSobmridegrveille EveretCthRelesveear e Winthrop Wayland Marlborough Newton Brookline Southborough Framingham Wellesley Boston Natick Hull Needham Ashland Dedham Quincy Sherborn Dover Milton Cohasset Hopkinton Holliston Medfield Westwood Braintree mouth Hingham Scituate Norwood Randolph Wey Millis Canton Norwell Milford Bellingham Medway Norfolk Walpole Sharon Stoughton Holbrook Rockland Hanover Marshfield Franklin Pembroke Foxborough Wrentham Duxbury Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Municipalities FFY 2016 Unified Planning Work Program 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. 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Access and Contact Information iii Contents Page List of Exhibits viii Executive Summary S-1 1 The Transportation Planning and Programming 1-1 Process in the Boston Region MPO Area 2 Status of the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 UPWP Projects 2-1 Conducted by Boston Region MPO Staff 3 Index of Projects by Agency 3-1 4 Administration and Resource Management Projects 4-1 5 Certification Requirements 5-1 6 Planning Studies 6-1 7 Technical Support/Operations Analysis Projects 7-1 8 Boston Region MPO Budget and Operating Summaries 8-1 Appendix A: Other Boston Region Transportation- A-1 Planning Projects Appendix B: Public Participation B-1 Appendix C: Federal Fiscal Year 2016 UPWP Universe C-1 of Proposed New Projects Appendix D: MPO Glossary of Acronyms D-1 Table of Contents vii List of Exhibits Figure Page 1-1 Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization– 1-5 Organization Chart 1-2 Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Subregional 1-10 Groups 1-3 Charting Progress to 2040 Vision, Goals, and Objectives 1-28 1-4 Planning Process–Relationship of UPWP to Other 1-34 Transportation-Planning Documents Table Page 1-1 UPWP Project and Program Relationship to Federal 1-17 Planning Factors 2-1 Complete FFY 2015 UPWP Projects with FFY 2015 UPWP 2-3 Budgets 2-2 Continuing Discrete FFY 2015 UPWP Projects with FFY 2-5 2015 UPWP Budgets 2-3 Ongoing FFY 2015 UPWP Projects with FFY 2015 UPWP 2-7 Budgets 2-4 Inactive FFY 2015 UPWP Projects with FFY 2015 UPWP 2-10 Budgets 2-5 FFY 2015 UPWP Project Status and Funding Summary 2-11 2-6 FFY 2014 UPWP Projects Complete in FFY 2015 with FFY 2-12 2014 UPWP Budgets 8-1 FFY 2016 UPWP Budget Summaries–Administration and 8-3 Resource Projects 8-2 FFY 2016 UPWP Budget Summaries–Certification 8-4 Requirements 8-3 FFY 2016 UPWP Budget Summaries–Planning Studies 8-5 8-4 FFY 2016 UPWP Budget Summaries–Technical 8-7 Support/Operations Analysis Projects 8-5 FFY 2016 UPWP Program Budget By Recipient Agency 8-9 8-6 FFY 2016 UPWP Budget By Funding Source 8-11 viii List of Exhibits