Access Advisory Committee to the MBTA

Membership Meeting, 1:00 to 3:00 PM

Conference Room 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston

 

Chairman James (Jim) White

 

Wednesday, June 22, 2016  

 

Please note: AACT meetings are public and open to all. They are conducted in compliance with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Open Meeting Law, M.G.L. c.30A, §§ 18-25 (effective July 1, 2010).

 

This information is subject to change.

Agenda

1:00 PM   Call to Order/Introductions

Agenda/Approval of Meeting Minutes

March 23, 2016

January 27, 2016

 

1:10 PM   Chairman’s Report

 

1:15 PM   Luiza Aguiar, Director of Products, Perkins Solutions, a technology division of Perkins School for the Blind, is developing an iPhone app that will allow bus travelers who are visually impaired to more precisely locate bus stops. 

 

 

 

 

1:45 PM    MBTA Reports   

                                       •       System-Wide Accessibility  

Rob Sampson, Manager

                                       •       Office for Transportation Access

 

Frank Oglesby, Deputy Director

 

                                       •       Transit Police Department 

Dana Nye, Community Coordinator

 

2:00 PM   BREAK

 

2:10 PM    MBTA Vendor Reports   

                                       •       Keolis Commuter Services

Selena Walckner, Manager, Title VI

                                       •       Veterans Transportation Services

Kevin MacDonald, Project Manager

                                       •       Greater Lynn Senior Services

        Steve Epps, Director of Transportation

                                       •       National Express Transportation

        Victor Herrera, General Manager

 

2:40 PM   Open Discussion

 

                Old Business

  

                New Business

  

                Announcements   

                    

3:00 PM           Adjourn  

Text Box: The AACT meeting locations are accessible to people with disabilities and via public transportation. Assistive listening devices are available at the meeting site. Every effort will be made to provide other accommodations, such as materials in accessible formats or languages, or interpreters in American Sign Language upon advance request of 15 days. Please contact the AACT Coordinator at 857.702.3658 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or AACT@ctps.org. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other federal and state non-discrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other non-discrimination statute may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax).
 The next meeting will be on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in Conference Rooms 2 and 3.