Cape Cod Unified Planning Work Program

What is the UPWP?

The Cape Cod Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is a list of planning activities anticipated to be performed by MPO staff
over the next year. The UPWP is developed and approved by the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization, the regional body comprised of local, regional, state, and federal officials charged with overseeing the region's transportation planning process.  Discussions at MPO meetings help to select planning studies to be included in the UPWP. 

UPWP Funding - Funding comes from a combination of state and federal sources, typically in the range of $900,000 per year.

UPWP Studies - Typical efforts include: data collection efforts, Living Streets studies, safety studies, bicycle planning initiatives, and coastal resiliency projects. Planning efforts are designed to address safety and congestion concerns for all transportation modes, including vehicle, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian travel. Recent studies include the Top Crash Location Report and Crash Dashboard and the Mashpee Rotary Study.

Happening Now: DRAFT FFY 2026 UPWP For Public Comment

The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has released the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for a 14-day public review and comment period.

• Draft FFY 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
• FFY 2026 UPWP Handout |  Sumário Executivo

Please send written comments to Colleen Medeiros by mail or email: transportation@capecodcommission.org by May 12, 2025.

Colleen Medeiros
Cape Cod Commission
3225 Main Street
Barnstable, MA 02630

A virtual public meeting of the Cape Cod MPO is scheduled for Monday, May 19, 2025 at 1:00PM to hear public comments and vote for potential endorsement. More information on this meeting can be found here. 

FFY 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
(Active October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025)

On May 20, 2024 the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to adopt the (FFY) 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) and subsequently voted to administratively modify the 2025 UPWP on October 21, 2024. The plan along with plan summaries in English and Portuguese as presented below.

• FFY 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
• FFY 2025 UPWP Administrative Modification
• FFY 2025 UPWP Handout | Sumário Executivo 

Watch a recording of the virtual public meeting describing the development of the 2025 Unified Planning Work Program:

Previous UPWP Documents

• Federal Fiscal Year 2024 UPWP (Approved May 22, 2023)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2023 UPWP (As Modified February 27, 2023)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2023 UPWP (Approved May 23, 2022)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2022 UPWP (Approved May 24, 2021)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2021 UPWP (As Amended May 24, 2021)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2021 UPWP (As Amended November 16, 2020)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2021 UPWP (As Adjusted September 17, 2020)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2021 UPWP (Approved May 26, 2020)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2020 UPWP (Approved May 20, 2019)
• Federal Fiscal Year 2019 UPWP (Approved May 21, 2018)