Page 8 - 2020 MVPC Annual Report

Transportation

Route 495 bridge replacement, Photo by MassDOT April 2020

As an important data resource for the region, MVPC MVPC completed the Coordinated Public Transit Hu-
Transportation staff continued collecting traffic counts man Services Transportation Plan, which identifies the
with an eye toward COVID-related trends and impacts unmet transportation needs for seniors and individu-
sidewalk data and turning movements across the re- als with disabilities in the region as well as strategies
gion. To further enhance our work to help communi- for addressing them. Staff also worked with the Mer-
ties improve management of their infrastructure, we rimack Valley Regional Transit Authority on such tasks
coordinated with the GIS Department to implement as finalizing a Bus Route Marker project used to im-
the new “Cartegraph OMS” system, a web-based prove its public-facing transit app, developing the Au-
pavement management system that connects to thority’s Regional Transit Plan, updating its fixed route
MVPC’s GIS ecosystem, substantially improving staff’s bus maps, completing ADA analyses of the MVRTA’s
ability to collect and manage road surface condition demand response transit services and reviewing rid-
data, produce maps and other graphics, and perform ership on the Authority’s Boston Commuter Bus ser-
various roadway surface maintenance budgeting vice.
analyses. This technology was then used in the Town
of Groveland as MVPC assisted that community in im-
plementing a Pavement Management Program.
MVPC worked with communities and MassDOT to de-
velop the FFY 2021-2025 Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), which includes roadway improvement
projects, bridge replacements, and multi-use trail con-

struction across the region, as well as the replacement
of nine MVRTA fixed route buses. Additionally, staff
initiated several transportation studies and developed
the MVMPO’s FY21 Unified Planning Work Program, The MVRTA provides services to people of all ages and abilities
Photo by More Advertising/MVRTA
which will include several traffic studies and safety
audits across the region. Staff also developed a list of
transportation projects that received federal funding For more information on MVPC Transportation programs visit:
mvpc.org/transportation/
obligations in 2020. https://mvpc.org/transportation/

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