The Multimodal Mobility Infrastructure Program (MMIP) aims to address gaps in both regional and community multimodal transportation needs. It also seeks to identify opportunities to advance a safe, integrated, sustainable, and accessible regional transportation system. MMIP places a particular focus on improving outcomes for those who have been historically underserved and burdened by our transportation system.
Site-specific Studies
One of the major focus areas of this program is to develop conceptual design recommendations that address identified regional multimodal transportation needs with an emphasis on the most vulnerable roadway users. Each year, the MPO undertakes two to three site-specific studies as part of the MMIP. These include a combination of corridor and intersection studies. In addition to Complete Streets guidelines and operational and safety considerations, our analysis concentrates on transit services, nonmotorized modes of transportation, curb usage, and truck activity along roadway segments.
Regional Studies
Another key focus area of the program is to explore potential strategies to mitigate the challenges that hinder residents from using multimodal transportation, especially non-auto modes such as walking, rolling, biking, and transit. Regional studies explore various roadblocks to achieving a well-functioning multimodal transportation system. MPO staff conduct one to two regional studies every year. Potential regional study topics include investigating the dynamics of roadway pricing; exploring how people walking, rolling, and biking may be exposed to dangerous levels of heat during heatwaves; understanding how bikesharing can facilitate higher public transit ridership; learning from mode shift efforts by peer agencies; examining the effects of car-free streets; and exploring connections between transportation and land use at a regional level, with a particular focus on transit-proximate areas in light of the recently passed MBTA Communities Act (Section 3A of MGL c. 40A).
Previous Reports and Analyses
Corridor Studies
- Route 114 Study in Salem (TBA)
- Route 37 Priority Corridor Study in Braintree
- Route 1 Priority Corridor Study in Norwood
- Route 9 Priority Corridor Study in Framingham and Natick
- Grove Street Corridor Study in Braintree
- Route 28 Priority Corridor Study, Milton, Massachusetts
- Exploring Resilience in MPO-Funded Corridor and Intersection Studies
- Route 53 Corridor Study in Norwell
- Route 16 Priority Corridor Study, Chelsea and Everett, Massachusetts
- Route 9 Corridor Study in Brookline
- Route 138 Priority Corridor Study, Milton, Massachusetts
- Route 138 Priority Corridor Study, Canton, Massachusetts
- Route 1A Corridor Study in Wrentham
Intersection Studies
- Intersection Study in Woburn (TBA)
- Intersection Study in Walpole (TBA)
- Lynn Intersections Study
- Safety and Operations Analyses at Selected Intersections - FFY 2020
- Safety and Operations Analyses at Selected Intersections - FFY 2018