Transportation
Transportation planning at OCPC operates on multiple levels—from individual streets to entire municipalities and the region. With population growth projected at 4.5%, significant changes will shape how we move and connect in our daily lives over the coming decades. Our team collaborates with stakeholders and constituents to enhance quality of life through improved transportation systems. This growth presents both challenges and opportunities. Through our planning process, we develop strategies to meet the needs of a growing population while ensuring safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
Transportation planning is about more than just moving people and goods; it’s about fostering economic growth, promoting equity, and creating access to opportunities that improve quality of life. Whether by car, bike, foot, or public transportation, OCPC is committed to providing diverse, reliable transportation options that strengthen community ties and support long-term sustainability. Our approach is rooted in collaboration, data-driven solutions, and an inclusive decision-making process that reflects and serves the needs of all residents.
FEATURED PROJECT
The Old Colony Planning Council has been awarded a planning grant funding to develop a Regional Vision Zero Action Plan for the seventeen communities of the Old Colony Region through the Federal Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) Discretionary Grant Program. The SS4A program is funded by the U.S. DOT under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law / Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act (BIL/IIJA) to subsidize regional initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. Vision Zero is a vision to eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries on the nation’s roadways. The Vision Zero Action Plan will benefit all 17 cities and towns in the Old Colony Region. Once the Action Plan is developed, communities and projects identified in the Plan will automatically qualify to apply for a SS4A Implementation Grant. To learn more about this project click here or the title above.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
SERVICES AND PLANNING METHODS
Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning
At the Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC) we are working to help the Commonwealth meet its goal to be a leader in both environmental and economic sustainable transportation. As part of those sustainability objectives, OCPC, as does the Commonwealth, believes bicycle transportation and infrastructure is one of the tools that can help the Commonwealth realize these goals.
Culvert Assessment
Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC) offers a comprehensive Culvert Assessment Service to communities across the region. Properly functioning culverts play a critical role in protecting transportation infrastructure, reducing flood risks, and maintaining healthy ecosystems. Our services are designed to help municipalities assess and prioritize culvert needs, ensuring both resilience and safety.
Data Collection & Analysis
The scope and purpose of the Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Local Highway Technical Assistance (LTA) Program is to provide a rapid and effective response mechanism to address special localized short term transportation issues and/or projects as they arise.
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
With expertise in safety, transportation funding, complete streets, transit planning, and context-sensitive design, the transportation staff works to promote a safe, reliable, and multi-modal transportation system that meets the diverse needs of the region and its people.
Transportation Management & Studies
The Transportation Department conducts transportation planning studies and other initiatives in the areas of transportation safety, roadway and traffic conditions, congestion management, bicycle and pedestrian planning, transit planning, and transportation resilience planning.
Transit Planning
Old Colony Planning Council seeks to improve the public transit user experience, expand mobility options, help the Commonwealth obtain its transportation mode shift goals and help reduce climate changing greenhouse gases.
OUR COMMITTEES
Old Colony Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
BPAC provides a forum for communities, citizens, and organizations to discuss bicycle and pedestrian transportation issues
Joint Transportation Committee (JTC)
The JTC provides a valuable forum for citizen involvement in the in-depth and ongoing process of selecting the proper combination and scheduling of local and regional transportation projects through the development of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), thereby ensuring the optimized utilization of financially limited resources.
Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
The MPO is the region’s organization responsible for prioritizing transportation initiatives and producing the Transportation Improvement Plan.
