Corridor planning is a process to formally coordinate land use plans, transportation investments, and transportation demand management strategies along key roadway or transit lines.  With support from the Commonwealth, the Boston MPO should commit to a full corridor planning process whenever:

• A major public transportation investment is planned for a particular corridor, regardless of mode;
• Significant private or private development is anticipated in a particular corridor; or
• A corridor is acutely failing meeting the transportation needs of the surrounding area.

Corridor planning should be a coordinated effort involving municipalities, MAPC, and state transportation agencies.  In order to be most effective, corridor planning should be conducted (or at least begun) before the specifics of any new transportation project are determined.  The final product should be a consensus plan that identifies the infrastructure investment (if any) needed to address the needs of the corridor; as well as a binding land use plan that will preserve the capacity added by any such investments.  Each plan should be developed consistent with the goals and objectives of MetroFuture, and each plan should provide the affected municipalities with the necessary tools and resources to grow responsibly and to preserve critical resources.

1.a    The Department of Transportation (MassDOT) should provide funding for Regional Planning Agencies (RPAs) to conduct corridor planning efforts

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