Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting
Conference Room 4, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Wednesday, November
8, 2017, 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 New Voting Member and Meeting Minutes October 11, 2017, 5 minutes
(4:10 PM) T. Bennett,
Chair New voting
member, MBTA Rider Oversight Committee and its representative Lenard Diggins;
new representative for the Town of Acton, Frances Osman. (Minutes posted to MPO Website Calendar)
4.
Transportation Mitigation for Development Projects, 20
minutes (3:15 PM) J.
Lionel Lucien, P.E.,
Public/ Private Development Unit Office of Transportation
Planning, MassDOT Review and discussion of the states role in the Massachusetts
Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) process to assess transportation impacts and
require mitigation.
5.
Regional Transportation Modeling and Analysis, 20
minutes (3:35 PM) Ed Bromage, Manager, Travel
Model Development, CTPS Presentation on how the regional travel model informs
the MEPA process for regionally significant transportation impacts.
6.
Draft Massachusetts Freight Plan, 30 minutes (3:55 PM) Gabriel
Sherman, Capital Planning Group Office
of Transportation Planning, MassDOT Overview and discussion of the freight planning
process with public comment period ending December 6, 2017.
7.
Old Business, New Business, and Member Announcements, 5 minutes (4:25 PM) Ongoing
Advisory Council items and issues, including notices by members and items that
were not anticipated.
8.
Adjourn (4:30 PM)
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Agenda posted before 3:00 PM, November 1, 2017
Agenda re-posted before 3:00 PM, November 7, 2017