Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

The FFYs 2025–29 TIP programs approximately $6.2 billion across five years for critical regional projects by the MPO, MassDOT, MBTA, MWRTA, and CATA. The Boston Region MPO has prioritized 70 projects for regional funding in this TIP, 32 of which are new projects. The FFYs 2025–29 TIP was endorsed by the Boston Region MPO Board on June 6, 2024 and went into effect on October 1, 2024.

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FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendments and Adjustments

Amendment One

Amendment One programs 13 new or adjusted earmarks for federally funded projects and four scheduling and funding adjustments for MPO Target Funded projects. These adjustments include the Peabody Independence Greenway Extension, Columbus Avenue Phase 2, and Jackson Square Station Accessibility project shifted through Amendment 13 of the FFYs 2024–28 TIP. For more information, refer to the Amendment One (PDF) table.

Adjustment Two

Amendment Two programs a portion of a United States Department of Transportation FFY 2023 Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods grant award for the Allston Multimodal Project. The portion of the grant programmed through Amendment 2 is $10.3 million of an overall award of $335.3 million to address early action items associated with the Cambridge Street Bridge.  For more information, refer to the Amendment Two (PDF) table.

Amendment Three

Amendment Three programmed 20 federal discretionary grant awards for communities and transportation agencies throughout the Boston Region, including the MBTA, MWRTA, and the Boston Region MPO. The projects included in Amendment Three include awards for funding planning, design, and construction activities. For more information, refer to the Amendment Three (PDF) table.

Amendment Four

Amendment Four included changes to the FFY 2025 Statewide Highway Program to account for cost decreases on a pavement and bridge preservation project for Interstates 93 and 95 and a cost increase to resurface Route 9 in Brookline and Newton. The amendment also included changes to account for awarded and prospective discretionary grants for both the City of Boston and MBTA, along with other changes for the MBTA across all years of the Transit Program (FFY 2025 through 2029). For more information, refer to the Amendment Four (PDF) table.

Adjustment Two

Adjustment Two reflected changes to projects for the MWRTA to support the acquisition of revenue vehicles. For more information, refer to the Adjustment Two (PDF) table.

Amendment Five

Amendment Five reallocated funding between projects for the MWRTA to support the acquisition of Type D revenue vehicles. For more information, refer to the Amendment Five (PDF) table.

Amendment Six

Amendment Six programmed a $21,600,000 Congestion Relief Grant award to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and City of Boston for expanding local public transit and the regional Bluebikes system. For more information, refer to the Amendment Six (PDF) table.

Amendment Seven

Amendment Seven programmed three Clean Heavy Duty Vehicles (CHDV) grant awards through the Environmental Protection Agency to support electric school bus acquisitions for three school districts in the Boston region. These school districts are Boston Public Schools, Hingham Public Schools, and the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District. For more information, refer to the Amendment Seven (PDF) table.

Amendment Eight

Amendment Eight programmed four Safe Streets and Roads for All grant awards for planning and demonstration activities in the Boston region. Amendment Eight also reflected a cost increase on a pavement preservation contract for Route 3 between Burlington and Tyngsborough.  For more information, refer to the Amendment Eight (PDF) table.

Amendment Nine

Amendment Nine programmed three Reconnecting Communities grant awards for the City of Boston, City of Revere, and the MBTA alongside an earmark for the Broadway at-grade crossing in Wakefield. Amendment Nine also included funding adjustments for CATA projects. For more information, refer to the Amendment Nine (PDF) table.

Amendment Ten

Amendment Ten programmed MPO Regional Target funding for nine transit projects in FFY 2025 and addressed a cost adjustment for the Stratton School Improvements project in Arlington. As a result of the TIP Readiness Days exercise for the FFYs 2026–30 TIP, MPO staff identified three projects that would be unable to advertise in FFY 2025 and would require a delay to FFY 2026. Amendment Ten utilized the unprogrammed balance resulting from those delays to fund new projects in FFY 2025 in parallel to the FFYs 2026–30 TIP development. For more information, refer to the Amendment Ten (PDF) table.

Adjustment Three

Adjustment Three reflected changes to the FFY 2025 Transit Program to include awards through the MassDOT Community Transit Grant Program for vehicle procurement. This adjustment included additional changes for CATA to improve the efficiency of paratransit software and Dial-A-Ride services.  For more information, refer to the Adjustment Three (PDF) table. 

Amendment Eleven

Amendment Eleven addressed changes to FFY 2025 for the Transit Program to reflect updates to the MBTA Capital Investment Plan (CIP).  This amendment also included the removal of select projects from the FFY 2025 Statewide Highway Program due to changes in project cost and readiness dates and allocations of Carbon Reduction funding to the MBTA for station and facilities upgrades at the Quincy Bus Maintenance Facility and for the procurement of 40-foot Battery Electric BusesFor more information, refer to the Amendment Eleven (PDF) table.