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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, April 6, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
April 13, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 24 minutes, expected ending at 12:24 PM)
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chair’s Report, 5 minutes
3. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 5 minutes
5. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 2 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7. Action
Item: March 9, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote
to approve the March 9, 2023, MPO meeting minutes, 5
minutes (posted)
8.
Action Item: Work Scope: MBTA State Fiscal Year
(SFY) 2024 National Transit Database, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion,
and vote to approve the work program to develop estimates of passenger-miles
traveled and unlinked trips for various MBTA modes, 5 minutes (posted)
9.
Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2023–27
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Four,* Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff:
Presentation, discussion, and vote to release for a 21-day public review
period, 10 minutes (to be posted)
10.
Summary of Final FFYs 2024–28 TIP Programming
Scenario,* Ethan
Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the final FFYs 2024–28 TIP
Programming Scenario, selected at the March 30, 2023, MPO meeting, 10 minutes
(to be posted)
11.
TIP Development: Capital Investment Plan (CIP)
Update—Highway and Transit Project Selection Process,* Michelle Ho, Massachusetts Department of
Transportation Staff, and Jillian Linnell, MBTA Staff: Presentation and
discussion of CIP updates, the highway and transit project selection process,
and continuing projects, 30 minutes
12.
Discussion: Long-Range Transportation Plan
(LRTP) Investment Program and Project Selection Proposals, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff:
Presentation and discussion of investment program allocations and projects to
include in the LRTP, 30 minutes (posted)
13. Final
Socioeconomic Projections for the LRTP, Tim Reardon, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Staff: Presentation and discussion of the final socioeconomic projections for
the Destination 2050 LRTP, 25 minutes
14. Members’
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
*The
MBTA, Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA), and MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA), which are Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) Section
5307(c) applicants, have consulted with the MPO and concur that the
public involvement process adopted by
the MPO for the development of the TIP satisfies the public hearing requirements that pertain to
the development of the Program of Projects
for regular Section 5307, Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant
applications, including the provision for
public notice and the time established for public review and comment.
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and do not constitute a schedule. Meeting locations are accessible to people with
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accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible
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services. See below for contact information. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in
compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
1987, and related statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination
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of age, sex, and disability. The Boston Region MPO considers these protected
populations in its Title VI Programs, consistent with federal interpretation
and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO provides meaningful
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English proficiency, in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation
policy and guidance on federal Executive Order 13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
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which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
admission to, or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race,
color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with the Governor's
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