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Journey To 2030 – Overview
OVERVIEW • VISIONS AND POLICIES • THE LAST 25 YEARS
UNIVERSE OF PROJECTS • AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY • PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Updated on 3/5/10

JOURNEY TO 2030 is the MPO´s current Transportation Plan, outlining the MPO´s vision through the year 2030. The MPO began developing JOURNEY TO 2030 in November 2005. A comprehensive and ongoing public participation process was conducted to involve the general public throughout its development.

The MPO adopted the JOURNEY TO 2030 Plan on April 12, 2007. The Plan was then revised by an administrative adjustment on June 28, 2007, and submitted to the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration for their review and approval; they approved the Plan on September 27, 2007.

Plan Amendment

The MPO adopted an amendment to the Plan on September 24, 2009. At the time that the MPO adopted the original JOURNEY TO 2030, it knew that amendment of the Plan would be necessary because of the need to:
  • Update land use assumptions when MetroFuture—the regional smart-growth plan for the Boston metropolitan region—was completed.
  • Include State Implementation Plan (SIP) commitment projects that were in the process of being revised. Implementation of SIP projects is required to help improve the air quality in the region.
Federal transportation agencies later required that the financial plan be updated to include revised financial assumptions.

The MPO started the amendment process in October 2008. In July 2009, when the Executive Office of Transportation submitted updated financial information to the MPO, work became focused to meet an October 1, 2009, deadline for completion. The MPO then selected the draft set of projects to be funded with monies that will be available over the next 20 years. The types of projects eligible to be listed in the Plan are those that add capacity to the transportation system and those that cost more than $10 million. The projects were selected according to a number of factors, including:
  • Criteria ratings based on the policies adopted for the Plan by the MPO regarding key factors such as safety and mobility.
  • Design status of each project.
  • Availability of earmarks.
The next step was to model the draft set of projects using the transportation demand model. This enabled the MPO to forecast various kinds of impacts of the projects and to perform:
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