Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting
Conference Room 4,
10 Park Plaza, Boston,
MA
Wednesday, August
10, 2016, 3:00 PM (Estimated duration:
One hour
and
thirty minutes, expected ending at 4:30 PM)
1.
Introductions, 5 minutes (3:00 PM) T.
Bennett, Chair
2.
Chairs Report, 5 minutes (3:05 PM) T.
Bennett, Chair
3.
Approval of Meeting Minutes June 8, 2016, 5 minutes
(3:10 PM) T. Bennett, Chair (posted to MPO Website Calendar)
4.
Autonomous Vehicles: Roadways, Public Transit and our Communities Presentation, 60 minutes (3:15 PM) Shannon Greenwell,
Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT; Price
Armstrong, Pioneer Valley Transit Authority A deeper
exposure to the implications of driverless vehicles, with a particular focus on
transit systems.
5.
Election Committee, 5 minutes (4:15
PM) M. Gowing, Chair Nominations
for Chair and Vice Chair positions will be accepted through the September 14
meeting. Election of officers for 2017 will be held at October 12 meeting.
6.
Old Business, New Business, and Member Announcements, 10 minutes (4:20 PM) Ongoing
Advisory Council items and issues, including notices by members and items that
were not anticipated.
7.
Adjourn (4:30 PM)
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Agenda posted before 3:00 PM, August 3, 2016