BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), on behalf of the Baker-Polito Administration, and in partnership with the Barr Foundation, announced applications are now being accepted from municipalities and Regional Transit Authorities (RTA) for the Shared Streets and Spaces Program. 

 

Since the program’s start in June of 2020, a total of $33 million dollars in grant funding has been provided to Massachusetts cities and towns to facilitate 310 projects. 

 

Building on the success of the program first launched as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program continues to be a funding source for communities as they address ongoing challenges and seek to improve their transportation infrastructure. The grant funding is available to help municipalities and RTAs conceive, design, and execute improvements to sidewalks, curbs, streets, plazas, and parking areas in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce.

 

While multiple project types are eligible for Shared Streets and Spaces funding, this funding round will be placing particular emphasis on a specific type of roadway project: the management of vehicular speeds through design interventions.