2024 UPWP Universe of Proposed Studies

Staff Ranking Results Raw

ID Project Name Staff 1 Staff 2 Staff 3 Staff 4 Staff 5 Staff 6 Average
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
A-1 Use of TILE2NET for Pedestrian Facilities 10 12 6 11 11 13 10.5
A-2 Comparative Analysis of Sidewalk Infrastructure Expenditure in MPO Communities: A Case for Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements 11 10 4 13 10 3 8.5
A-3 Micromobility Impacts, Outlook, and Planning Implications 12 6 9 8 8 10 8.833333333
A-4 Regional Bike LTS Analysis 1 4 10 2 2 2 3.5
A-5 Making the Data Walk: Improving the Use of the Bike-Ped Count Data Application 9 5 5 14 3 9 7.5
FREIGHT blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
F-1 Sustainability and Decarbonization in the North Suffolk Region Part II 8 14 3 12 14 14 10.83333333
ROADWAY AND MULTIMODAL MOBILITY blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
M-1 Understanding Bikeshare and Transit Relationships 2 7 8 3 4 5 4.833333333
M-2 Bikes and Trains: A Marriage Made in Heaven, at Loggerheads, or a Mix of Both? 3 8 7 6 5 1 5
M-3 Mode Shift: What Would it Take to Move the Needle? 4 3 2 1 1 7 3
M-4 Roadway Pricing: Balancing the Need for a Transition to Sustainable Mobility with Equity Considerations 13 2 1 4 7 11 6.333333333
TRANSIT blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
T-1 Learning from Transit Outage and Closure Experiences 6 9 12 9 6 8 8.333333333
T-2 Identifying Long-Term Funding for On-Demand Transit 7 11 11 10 13 4 9.333333333
T-3 Understanding Suburban Change and Impacts to Transit Demand 14 13 14 15 12 14 13.66666667
RESILIENCE blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
R-1 Modeling Flood Impact on Destination Access 5 1 13 7 9 6 6.833333333

14 Total study concepts

 

 

Staff Ranking Results - Average

ID Project Name Average
M-3 Mode Shift: What Would it Take to Move the Needle? 3
A-4 Regional Bike LTS Analysis 3.5
M-1 Understanding Bikeshare and Transit Relationships 4.83
M-2 Bikes and Trains: A Marriage Made in Heaven, at Loggerheads, or a Mix of Both? 5
M-4 Roadway Pricing: Balancing the Need for a Transition to Sustainable Mobility with Equity Considerations 6.33
R-1 Modeling Flood Impact on Destination Access 6.83
A-5 Making the Data Walk: Improving the Use of the Bike-Ped Data Application 7.5
T-1 Learning from Transit Outage and Closure Experiences 8.33
A-2 Comparative Analysis of Sidewalk Infrastructure Expenditure in MPO Communities 8.5
A-3 Micro-mobility Impacts, Outlook, and Planning Implications 8.83
T-2 Identifying Long-Term Funding for On-Demand Transit 9.33
A-1 Use of TILE2NET for Pedestrian Facilities 10.5
F-1 Sustainability and Decarbonization in the North Suffolk Region Part II 11
T-3 Understanding Suburban Change and Impacts to Transit Demand 13.67

14 Total study concepts

 

 

Committee Ranking Results - Raw

ID Project Name MassDOT OTP Advisory Council MAPC City of Boston TRIC At-Large City of Newton Average
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
A-1 Use of TILE2NET for Pedestrian Facilities 7 5 12 3 8 7 7
A-2 Comparative Analysis of Sidewalk Infrastructure Expenditure in MPO Communities: A Case for Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements 5 8 6 11 9 8 7.833333333
A-3 Micromobility Impacts, Outlook, and Planning Implications 6 10 7 6 12 9 8.333333333
A-4 Regional Bike LTS Analysis 2 6 4 7 13 10 7
A-5 Making the Data Walk: Improving the Use of the Bike-Ped Count Data Application 3 7 9 1 11 11 7
FREIGHT blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
F-1 Sustainability and Decarbonization in the North Suffolk Region Part II 1 2 10 9 4 14 6.666666667
ROADWAY AND MULTIMODAL MOBILITY blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
M-1 Understanding Bikeshare and Transit Relationships 10 14 5 2 3 3 6.166666667
M-2 Bikes and Trains: A Marriage Made in Heaven, at Loggerheads, or a Mix of Both? 11 9 8 10 10 12 10
M-3 Mode Shift: What Would it Take to Move the Needle? 13 3 1 5 15 13 8.333333333
M-4 Roadway Pricing: Balancing the Need for a Transition to Sustainable Mobility with Equity Considerations 15 1 2 4 14 5 6.833333333
TRANSIT blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
T-1 Learning from Transit Outage and Closure Experiences 14 13 13 8 6 2 9.333333333
T-2 Identifying Long-Term Funding for On-Demand Transit 8 12 14 13 1 1 8.166666667
T-3 Understanding Suburban Change and Impacts to Transit Demand 4 4 11 12 2 4 6.166666667
RESILIENCE blank blank blank blank blank blank blank blank
R-1 Modeling Flood Impact on Destination Access 9 11 3 14 5 6 8

14 Total study concepts

 

 

Committee Ranking Results - Average

ID Project Name Average
M-1 Understanding Bikeshare and Transit Relationships 4.83
F-1 Sustainability and Decarbonization in the North Suffolk Region Part II 6.17
T-3 Understanding Suburban Change and Impacts to Transit Demand 6.17
M-4 Roadway Pricing: Balancing the Need for a Transition to Sustainable Mobility with Equity Considerations 6.83
A-4 Regional Bike LTS Analysis 7
A-5 Making the Data Walk: Improving the Use of the Bike-Ped Data Application 7
A-1 Use of TILE2NET for Pedestrian Facilities 7
A-2 Comparative Analysis of Sidewalk Infrastructure Expenditure in MPO Communities 7.83
R-1 Modeling Flood Impact on Destination Access 8
T-2 Identifying Long-Term Funding for On-Demand Transit 8.17
M-3 Mode Shift: What Would it Take to Move the Needle? 8.33
A-3 Micro-mobility Impacts, Outlook, and Planning Implications 8.33
T-1 Learning from Transit Outage and Closure Experiences 9.33
M-2 Bikes and Trains: A Marriage Made in Heaven, at Loggerheads, or a Mix of Both? 10

14 Total study concepts

 

 

Staff-Recommended Studies

Code Title Ranking (Staff) Ranking (Committee)
M-3 Mode Shift: What Would it Take to Move the Needle? 5 8.3
M-2 Bikes and Trains: A Marriage Made in Heaven, at Loggerheads, or a Mix of Both? 5 10
M-4 Roadway Pricing: Balancing the Need for a Transition to Sustainable Mobility with Equity Considerations 6.3 6.83
R-1 Modeling Flood Impact on Destination Access 6.83 8
F-2 Decarbonizing the Freight Sector: Exploring the potential for using e-cargo bikes for first-/last-mile freight deliveries unranked unranked