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.