Investing in our future

Scoring Criteria

Nominated projects will be scored based on how closely they align with the Transportation Outlook 2040's policy goals and criteria listed in the following table. These scores serve as one tool to evaluate submissions, and will be supplemented by MARC committee reviews, follow-up technical analysis, and public and stakeholder input. Analysis of nominated projects

Policy Goal	Factor	Points
Accessibility	The number of transportation modes directly integrated	5	10
Accessibility	Improves access to or from environmental justice tracts	5	10
Economic Vitality	Serves regional activity and employment centers	5	10
Economic Vitality	Supports the regional freight network	5	10
Energy Use and Climate Change	Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and/or reduces the use of carbon-based fuel	10	10
Environment	Preserves or restores environmentally sensitive lands, cultural resources and agricultural lands and/or includes an environmental mitigation plan	5	10
Environment	Helps implement or connect MetroGreen® regional trails and greenways system	5	10
Place Making	Is supported by or included in a regional plan or study and/or local land-use plan	5	10
Place Making	Supports Creating Quality Places factors (i.e., livable communities)	5	10
Public Health	Promotes increased non-motorized travel	5	10
Public Health	Reduces ozone precursor emissions	5	10
Safety and Security	Addresses an identified safety hot spot	10	10
System Condition	Increases useful life of existing facility	10	15
System Condition	Addresses a deferred maintenance or system maintenance need	5	15
System Performance	Increases efficiency of existing system	5	15
	Reduces current congestion	5
	Volume of travel (annual average daily traffic, passenger volume)	5
TOTAL			100