TIP Evaluation Criteria

SAFETY (30 possible points)

• Crash Severity Value: Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) index
• Crash Severity Rate: Equivalent Property Damage Only (EPDO) index per vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
• Improves truck-related safety issue
• Improves bicycle safety
• Improves pedestrian safety
• Improves safety or removes an at-grade railroad crossing

SYSTEM PRESERVATION (29 possible points)

• Improves substandard roadway bridge(s)
• Improves substandard pavement
• Improves substandard traffic signal equipment
• Improves transit asset(s)
• Improves substandard sidewalk(s)
• Improves emergency response
• Improves ability to respond to extreme conditions

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT/MOBILITY (29 possible points)

• Reduces transit vehicle delay
• Improves pedestrian network and ADA accessibility
• Improves bicycle network
• Improves intermodal accommodations/connections to transit
• Improves truck movement
• Reduces vehicle congestion

CLEAN AIR/CLEAN COMMUNITIES (16 possible points)

• Reduces CO₂
• Reduces other transportation-related emissions (VOC, NOx, CO)
• Addresses environmental impacts
• Is in an Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)-certified "Green Community"

TRANSPORTATION EQUITY (12 possible points)

• Serves Title VI/non-discrimination populations

ECONOMIC VITALITY (18 possible points)

• Serves targeted development site
• Provides for development consistent with the compact growth strategies of MetroFuture
• Provides multimodal access to an activity center
• Leverages other investments (non-TIP funding)