MassDOT seeks nominations for its Municipal Innovation Award

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is seeking nominations through March 18 for its Municipal Innovation Award.

This year’s nominations should focus on safe and equitable transportation.

Any municipality interested in being considered for an award for work external to MassDOT can submit the online Municipal Project Award Contest Nomination Form.

Awards will be judged on the following criteria:
• Submittals should be no longer than 250 words, and should clearly convey the innovative work performed by the city or town. It should be clear which municipal officials led the innovation, but submittals can include any consultant teams involved.
• The submittal should detail the safe and equitable transportation problem solved by the innovation, and how the innovative practice/project addressed challenges faced by the municipality.
• The submittal should make clear how other cities and towns could replicate the innovation (an emphasis of the selection committee), and whether the practice/project solution was shared with other cities and towns.

The awards will be presented at the MassDOT’s annual Transportation Innovation Conference, which will be held on April 30 and May 1 at the DCU Center in Worcester. The conference is an opportunity for transportation practitioners to share knowledge, sponsor peer-to-peer learning, and collaborate on issues of mutual interest.