Recommendations for MassDOT Project Selection Criteria

"The Project Selection Advisory Council was established by Section 11 of Chapter
46 of the Acts of 2013 and, 'charged with developing a uniform
project selection criteria to be used in the development of a comprehensive state transportation
plan.'

"The recommendations documented in this report are a work in progress

"Chapter 2 identifies the universe of projects that should be evaluated using project prioritization
criteria. Chapter 3 explains the set of criteria and the scoring systems recommended to be used
for various project types. Chapter 4 outlines plans for implementation and illustrates how the
project priority formula fits into the larger context of program development in furtherance of the
goal toward a regionally- and modally-balanced transportation investment program"
-Taken from the executive summary and introduction