Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, May 11, 2017

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

May 18, 2017, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes, expected ending at 12:20 PM)

Please Note: This meeting will be preceded by a Congestion Management Process (CMP) Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM in Suite 2150, CTPS Conference Room

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 3 minutes

2.      Public Comments, 5 minutes

3.      Chair’s Report, 5 minutes

4.      Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

5.      Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes

6.      Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7.      Action Item: Approval of April 6, 2017, MPO Meeting Minutes, 2 minutes (to be posted)

8.      Action Item: Work Program for Youth Pass Equity Analysis, Annette Demchur, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to conduct a Title VI fare-equity analysis of the proposed Youth Pass program expansion; vote to approve; 5 minutes (to be posted)

9.      Action Item: Work Program for Support to MBTA Service Standards Development, Steven Andrews, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed study to work with the MBTA to refine its existing service standards and metrics and develop new metrics; vote to approve; 5 minutes (to be posted)

10.   Review of Public Comments on the Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2018–22 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), Ali Kleyman, MPO Staff: overview of comments received on the draft TIP document during the 21-day public review period; 10 minutes (to be posted on May 18)

11.   MassDOT Capital Investment Plan (CIP), Trey Wadsworth, MassDOT: presentation of the draft five-year CIP, which is currently in release for public review and comment; 30 minutes

12.   Go Boston 2030 Vision and Action Plan, Vineet Gupta, City of Boston: presentation of the recently released report that documents the City’s goals, targets, transportation projects, and policies; 30 minutes (posted on the City’s webpage)

13.   Safety and Operations at Selected Intersections, Seth Asante, MPO Staff: presentation of the study examining safety, operations, and mobility issues at two intersections on Broadway in Chelsea and two intersections on Andover Street in Peabody; 25 minutes (posted)

14.   Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues; 5 minutes

Meeting locations are accessible to people with disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request (preferably two weeks in advance of the meeting), every effort will be made to provide accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and in languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages. Please contact the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination 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 nondiscrimination statute or regulation 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 that the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.

Posted materials are available via the MPO’s meeting calendar webpage at http://www.ctps.org/calendar/month.