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The MPO engages in a variety of efforts to improve the safety, comfort, and ease of travel for people biking and walking throughout the Boston region. MPO staff support the Boston region's active transportation planning needs through ongoing data collection, the work of the Active Transportation Steering Committee, analysis, and technical assistance.
NO-HEAT Project — Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant
The MPO is currently working on a two-year project uses data and tools that help us understand how people who walk, bike, and use transit are exposed to heat risk. We are currently working with the cities of Chelsea, Everett, Framingham, and Revere to identify specific corridors for future interventions. Learn more about the NO-HEAT Project.
Data Collection
The Boston Region MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Data Application
The MPO gathers data on bicycle and pedestrian volumes at locations throughout the Boston region and provides the travel counts online for public use.
Active Transportation Steering Committee
The Boston Region MPO convened the first meeting of its Active Transportation Steering Committee on October 17, 2024. Members of the Steering Committee include municipal staff, community-based organization representatives, faculty from academia, and state and regional planning agency employees. The Steering Committee helps to influence active transportation planning at the MPO and serves as a forum for issues of regional interest.
A full list of Steering Committee members can be found here.
Analysis
- 2024: Skyline Trail Crossing of Route 28 in the Blue Hills Reservation
- 2024: Parking in Bike Lanes: Strategies for Safety and Prevention
- 2024: Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Data Application Update
- 2023: Intersection Improvement Project
- 2021: Locations with High Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Rates in the Boston Region
- 2019: Pedestrian Report Card Assessment (PRCA) Interactive Database
- 2018: Bicycle Level-of-Service Metric (Bicycle Report Card)
- 2018: The Safe Routes to School Program: Progress and Opportunities
- 2018: Bicycle Network Gaps – Feasibility Evaluation
- 2017: Pedestrian Report Card Assessment
- 2017: Fairmount Line Station Access Analysis
- 2015: Pedestrian Signal Phasing Study
Technical Assistance
Municipal officials can apply to the MPO’s Community Transportation Technical Assistance (CTTA) Program to receive technical advice about local transportation concerns related to safety, access, comfort, and livability for people walking and bicycling.
Contact
Kyle Casiglio
Senior Transportation Planner
857.702.3656
kcasiglio@ctps.org