NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Sam Taylor, MPO Staff, at staylor@ctps.org or 857.702.3702.

Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, April 4, 2024

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

April 11, 2024, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 11 minutes, expected ending at 12:11 PM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 3.

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Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 2 minutes

2. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

3. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

4. Public Comments, 10 minutes

5. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

7. Action Item: March 7, 2024, Meeting Minutes, Vote to approve these minutes, 5 minutes

8. Action Item: Work Scope for MBTA Fiscal Year 2025 National Transit Database, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this work scope, 5 minutes

9. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2024–28 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Six, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release this amendment for its 21-day public review period, 10 minutes

10. TIP Development: Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Capital Investment Plans, Jim Nee, MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, and Felicia Webb, Cape Ann Transportation Authority: Presentation and discussion of RTA Capital Investment Plans and capital project selection processes, 20 minutes

11. TIP Development: MBTA Capital Investment Plan, Ryan Josti, MBTA Staff: Presentation and discussion of the MBTA Capital Investment Plan updates, the transit project selection process, and continuing projects, 30 minutes

12. TIP Development: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Capital Investment Plan, Michelle Scott, MassDOT Staff: Presentation and discussion of the MassDOT Capital Investment Plan updates, the highway project selection process, and continuing projects, 30 minutes

13. Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

CIVIL RIGHTS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Welcome. Bem Vinda. Bienvenido. Akeyi. 欢迎. 歡迎.

You are invited to participate in our transportation planning process, free from discrimination. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is committed to nondiscrimination in all activities and complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency). Related federal and state nondiscrimination laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, sex, disability, and additional protected characteristics.

For additional information or to file a civil rights complaint, visit www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination.

To request accommodations at meetings (such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages) or if you need this information in another language, please contact:

Boston Region MPO Title VI Specialist

10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150

Boston, MA 02116

Phone: 857.702.3700

Email: civilrights@ctps.org

For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service, www.mass.gov/massrelay. Please allow at least five business days for your request to be fulfilled.