Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Each year, approximately 150 transportation infrastructure projects, collectively costing more than one billion dollars, are submitted as candidates to receive funding through the Boston Region MPO’s rolling, five-year capital investment program, the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The types of projects that are eligible for TIP funding include intersection improvements, Complete Streets redesigns, bicycle and pedestrian connections, highway reconstruction, transit maintenance, and transit expansion. Typically, approximately $95 million is available in any given year for such projects. Each year, the MPO gathers project ideas, evaluates and prioritizes the candidate projects, and then selects which projects will receive the region’s share of federal and state roadway funding. The vision established in the MPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Charting Progress to 2040, guides the project selection process. For a better understanding of the TIP process, please explore these pages:

The Current TIP: FFYs 2019-23 Developing the FFYs 2020-24 TIP Interactive Project Database Municipal TIP Contacts

FFYs 2020–24 TIP Development

To see the current schedule for the federal fiscal years (FFY) 2020-24 TIP development, key upcoming MPO meetings, and relevant documents, visit the TIP Development Page.

Adopted Amendments to the Current TIP (FFYs 2019–23)

Amendment One

On December 20, 2018, the MPO board voted to approve an amendment to the FFYs 2019–23 TIP. Amendment One includes changes to highway funding in FFY 2019 and transit funding in FFYs 2019–23. 
 
The changes to highway funding affect two regionally prioritized projects. The MPO has programmed construction funding for project #606226, the Reconstruction of Rutherford Avenue in Boston, in FFYs 2020–23. Amendment One moves federal earmarks for project #606226 into FFY 2019, to be used for project design. Following the development of the FFYs 2019–23 TIP, the MPO has approximately $1.6 million in unallocated target funding available in FFY 2019. Amendment One adds a new project to FFY 2019, using $290,000 of the remaining MPO target funds to provide seed capital for Middlesex 3 TMA to run a second shift and weekend shuttle service between Lowell and Burlington.

The changes to transit projects reflect funds carried over from FFY 2018 to FFY 2019, and align the TIP with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)/ Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Capital Investment Program approved in June 2018. The amendment reflects the addition of MBTA projects including automatic train control for the commuter rail, Green Line track upgrades, Red Line interlocking upgrades, Alewife Crossing improvements, additional funding for battery-electric-powered buses, and the procurement of maintenance vehicles. The amendment removes the North Station Draw 1 bridge project, which will be completed without federal funds. For a summary of the changes to highway and transit funding proposed as part of Amendment One, refer to the simplified Amendment One tables.