Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is the five-year rolling capital plan for the 97 cities and towns in the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) planning area. The TIP documents all transportation projects receiving federal funding in the region over the next five years. This includes projects funded with federal transportation dollars that the MPO has direct discretion over, called Regional Target funds, and projects pursued with federal transportation dollars by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA), and the Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA).

More Information

• What is the TIP?
• The Current TIP: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2021–25
• Developing the New TIP: FFYs 2022–26
• Creating New TIP Criteria
• Community Connections Funding Program
• Interactive Project Database
• Municipal TIP Contacts

The Current TIP: FFYs 2021–25

The current TIP (PDF) (HTML) includes a list of transportation construction projects that the MPO will fund over the next five years, including the pilot of the Community Connections Program, which focuses on solutions to first- and last-mile transportation gaps. For the complete list of Regional Target- and state-prioritized projects, refer to the TIP tables. The FFYs 2021–25 TIP is in effect from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. To review a summary of the development of the FFYs 2021–25 TIP, visit the archived TIP development page.