City & State Regulations
ABC TMA programs and services are designed to enable our members to meet the requirements within the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Rideshare Regulation as well as the City of Boston's Transportation Access Plan Agreements (TAPA). For further information on theses regulations please see the information below.
Massachusetts DEP Rideshare Regulation (310 CMR 7.16)
The Massachusetts Rideshare Regulation (310 CMR 7.16), requires many businesses with 250 or more employees and educational facilities with 1,000 or more students and employees combined to develop plans and set goals for reducing by 25 percent the number of times commuters drive alone to work or school.
As part of this process, your organization needs to:
- Survey current commute patterns
- Identify available commuting options
- Set goals for reducing drive-alone trips
- Offer options and incentives for reducing drive-alone trips
- Review how commute patterns change as a result
By reducing drive-alone trips, your organization will help Massachusetts reduce air pollution, traffic congestion, and spending on road construction and repair projects.
Online Resources
Annual Rideshare Report Reporting Package
City of Boston Transportation Access Plan Agreements (TAPA)
At the discretion of the Zoning Board of Appeal, any project that requires a Transportation Access Plan Agreement (TAPA) should not be approved unless an executed TAPA is provided.
An executed TAPA between the Boston Transportation Department and the developer is required for any project subject to, or electing to, comply with Article 80 Large Project Review. Large Project Review is broadly defined as erecting a structure having a gross floor area of 50,000 or more square feet. More detailed definitions can be referred to in Sections 80B-1-2 and Sections 80E-1-2 in Volume 1 of Boston’s Zoning Code and Enabling Act.
Key components of TAPA’s include:
- Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Measures
- Implementation of TDM measures can include, but are not limited to:
- Subsidized MBTA Pass programs
- Membership in the local area Transportation Management Association
- Bicycle parking areas
- Priority carshare, vanpool and carpool parking