UPWP TRAcking database fast facts
For the UPWP Committee, February 21, 2019
- The
UPWP Tracking Database currently catalogues 1,860 recommendations made by MPO staff in studies or
technical assistance projects between 2008 and 2017.
- The
database allows staff to analyze these recommendations in several ways. The
recommendations can be sorted by municipality, and staff may generate
“recommendation sheets,” which detail the recommendations and allow communities
to update the implementation status for each proposed improvement.
- MPO
staff initially sent recommendation sheets to the Cities of Boston and
Cambridge for review of the format and structure. After receiving feedback,
MPO staff began sending recommendation lists to other municipalities on October 5, 2018.
- To
date, 1,716 recommendations have been sent to 57 municipalities. Staff were able to
fill out data for three more municipalities independently. As of February
13, staff had received
- full
or partial data from 20 of the 57
municipalities (an increase from 3 on December 6);
- acknowledgements
and a pledge to collect data from 8;
and
- no updates from 29.
- From
these 20 municipalities, staff have received status updates on 459 recommendations (26.7% of all
recommendations made to municipalities), breaking down as follows:
- Implemented
or part of a design: 156 (34.0%)
- Partially
implemented: 48 (10.5%)
- Not
yet implemented: 82 (17.9%)
- Under
consideration: 132 (28.8%)
- Rejected:
41 (8.9%)
- MPO
staff independently confirmed that 20
other recommendations were implemented.
- Staff are confirming the status of 175 recommendations
with MassDOT.
- Recommendations
from studies and technical assistance projects finished in FFY 2018 and
each year going forward will be added to the database on a rolling basis.
Staff will develop a strategy for checking on implementation status after
an appropriate amount of time.