Applicant overview

Organization type(Required)
Are you a registered vendor with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?(Required)
Legal address of your organization including 9-digit zip code
Contact person email(Required)
Have you received grant funding from MassDOT in the past 5 years?(Required)

Project narrative

Project type

1. Please select among the project type(s) below which category your project fits into.(Required)

Project details

Aim for: 1 to 4 paragraphs that briefly explain the proposed project. Do not go into detail about any content that is contained later in your application.

For shuttle, bus, and transit service ONLY

For vehicle replacement projects ONLY

Information on the vehicle(s) proposed to be replaced

Information on the new vehicle(s) proposed to be purchased

For new vehicle purchases ONLY

For commuter marketing services ONLY

TMA Grant Program’s goals

  1. Reducing single occupancy vehicle (SOV) trips and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,
  2. Facilitating mode shift through increasing active transportation and transit trips, and/or
  3. Improving access to critical destinations?
Please describe the need. How do you know it is a need? Cite any needs assessments; surveys; plans such as Comprehensive Regional Transit Plans (CRTP), Long Range Transportation Plans (LRTP), or Coordinated Human Service Transportation (CHST) Plans; and anecdotal data that point to this being a need for commuters or potential transit riders.
Is your proposal for a new idea or continued funding for an existing project? If you are applying for continued funding, please briefly describe the history and progress to date. If you are applying for a new project, please describe any planning and outreach that has already occurred or is underway.

Evaluating success

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are tools to measure our progress towards our goals.

Refer to the KPI table in the appendix of the application instructions. If awarded, you will be required to report quarterly on any of these KPIs that are relevant to your project. Will these standardized KPIs capture your progress? If not, what additional KPIs do you plan to track to measure your progress towards your desired outcomes?
In order to truly measure mode shift, we need to survey riders/participants to get baseline data and find out what other mode they would be using if not for your shuttle, and/or how your programming has affected their behavior. Please describe how you will survey your riders and/or participants. Include the content, timing, and frequency of the surveys. Also indicate whether this type of survey is something you already do or whether it will be new to your TMA.
Please indicate whether, to what extent, and how your project will provide access to underserved populations to support social equity. Note any community organizations you are partnering with to expand access to underserved communities such as low-income workers, workers with disabilities, workers who speak languages other than English, etc.

Deliverability

Please describe your implementation plan and a projected timeline for key steps and deliverables.
What steps are you taking to make sure your program can endure over time? For example, describe any other funding sources you are leveraging or exploring, and your work to build community support for your program.

Commitment and coordination

Please describe any other funding sources you have secured or plan to use to support this project.
What other services are addressing similar needs in your region? Describe how you have researched whether there is already a program serving this need and any steps taken to coordinate or collaborate with other services. How is your program different from or complementary to other programs? For proposed new shuttle or bus service, as part of your response, please reference whether the proposed project would overlap with existing transit service.
Are you partnering with other organizations on this specific program? Describe the partnership. What will your organization do, and what will the other organization(s) do?
Describe any conversations you have had with local transit authorities about this project, and any outreach efforts you have made to engage your transit authorities in your service area on this proposed project.
Please describe the support for this project within your community, including from the municipalities served. As part of your application, at least one letter of support is required.

Please review the following guidelines before you continue your application process:

  • Make sure that the combined file size for all your attachments does not exceed 20MB
  • Download and complete the budget template. Be sure to answer the questions at the bottom of the budget
  • Compile any letters of support into one (1) PDF packet per project
  • If you want to include any additional attachments, compile them into one PDF packet per project
Documents
I understand that save for later will no longer be available beyond this point and that I will need to submit my application after all required uploads have been uploaded.

Uploads

Please use the Excel template provided.
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