City of Boston New RFP for OOH
A new vision for the City’s street furniture with the issuance of a RFP
CITY OF BOSTON TAKES FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING
A NEW STREET FURNITURE PROGRAM
Publisher’s notes:
On Monday, August 4th the City of Boston released a Request for Information (RFI) to the Out of Home Advertising, Design, Technology and related manufacturing industries. The issuance will be followed up with a Question and Answer Google Meet Conference Call with members of the City’s Property Management Department and Streets Cabinet on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 2-3pm. The RFI will inform the drafting of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to be issued later this year.
There are 441 pieces of street furniture in the City. They offer tourists and residents amenities like phones and bathrooms. The different types of street furniture match each other in style and architecture. JCDecaux will run the program until 2026 at no cost to the City of Boston. The program has generated $36,637,430 in revenue for the City.
Here are links OOH Today hopes will help you in discovering more about the City’s street furniture.
- Here is the report Decaux issued for fiscal 2024—JCDecaux Boston 2024 Report
- Coordinated Street Furniture Boston —https://www.boston.gov/departments/property-management/coordinated-street-furniture
One of the oldest programs of its kind takes on a new vision that adapts to changing lifestyles
BOSTON – This week, the City of Boston’s Department of Property Management took initial steps towards developing a new vision for the City’s street furniture program with the issuance of a Request for Information (RFI) to the Out of Home Advertising, Design, Technology and related manufacturing industries on August 4, 2025. The issuance will be followed up with a Question and Answer Google Meet Conference Call with members of the City’s Property Management Department and Streets Cabinet on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 2PM until 3PM. The RFI will inform the drafting of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to be issued later this year.
“Boston’s one of a kind street furniture program, from pillars to kiosks, offers unique amenities for our residents and visitors,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “These new additions will provide a diverse range of services, from shelter and safety for our transit riders to opportunities for the City to share important resources. I am grateful to the Department of Property Management for leading this project, building on our efforts to make Boston a home for everyone.”
Boston’s current Coordinated Street Furniture Program was the first of its kind in the United States when it was introduced in 2001. Over the term of the existing contract, the program’s shelters, pillars and kiosks have generated over $43,000,000 in revenue for the City while providing protection from the elements for transit riders and pedestrians. As the pandemic caused major changes in the lifestyles of many Bostonians, the City of Boston determined that street furniture could be used to build a stronger sense of community while enhancing the experience of those riding transit or using active transportation.
The City’s visioning effort analyzed the key components of the most successful peer city street furniture programs in the world, including those in London and Paris. The elements in those and other street furniture programs were evaluated for how they could be adapted for use along Boston’s often narrow streets and sidewalks. As well-designed elements in street furniture programs have proven to attract the public to the use of shelters, benches and other elements; the design of program elements was determined to be an important characteristic of the new program.
The City intends to release an RFP in 2025 in order to select a new contractor prior to the expiration of the current contract in 2026.
About Boston’s Street Furniture Program
There are 441 pieces of street furniture in the City of Boston. The shelters, pillars, and kiosks that comprise the program offer those who live and work in and visit the City shelter, shade and wayfinding and transit information. A private contractor operates the program providing the program elements and maintains them in exchange for the privilege of selling advertising space on select program elements with the resulting revenue being shared with the City.
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