Memorandum for the Record
Boston
Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
June 21, 2012 Meeting
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, State
Transportation Building, Conference Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston
David Mohler, Chair, representing
Richard Davey, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Department
of Transportation (MassDOT)
The Boston Region Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO) agreed to the following:
·
release
draft Amendment Two of the federal fiscal years (FFYs) 2012-15 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) for a 30-day public review period
·
approve
the FFY 2013 Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) budget
·
approve
the minutes of the meeting of June 7
·
authorize
staff to study four proposed transit stations in the Safe Access to Transit for Bicycles and Pedestrians study
1.
Public Comments
Jonah Petri, Friends of the Community Path,
thanked the MPO for programming funds for the Community Path in the FFY 2012 element of the TIP and urged them to
keep those dollars programmed for this project which dovetails with the Green Line Extension project. He then
expressed support for the Bruce Freeman
Rail Trail and Assabet River Rail
Trail projects, and asked that the MPO increase their funding of multi-use
trails. He also expressed support for the allocations of funds in the Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the Green
Line Extension to College Avenue and Union Square, and the funds for
planning to extend the Green Line to Route 16.
He also discussed the design of the Community Path, which will provide
access to four Green Line stations, and the need to design three more station connections.
He noted that the benefits of the Community
Path and Green Line Extension
will be even greater if the projects are designed together. He urged the MPO to
include full funding for the Community
Path as part of the Green Line
Extension phasing. He also expressed the Friends’ support of the following
bicycle and pedestrian projects in the FFY 2012 UPWP, now in effect: Impacts of Walking Radius/Transit Frequency
and Reliability; Safe Access to
Transit for Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Bicycle Network Evaluation; Green Line
Extension FEIR; Green Line Extension SIP Mitigation Strategies; and Bicycle-Pedestrian Support Activity.
2.
Chair’s Report – David Mohler, MassDOT
The MPO will meet once in July. After
discussion with members, the meeting date was set for July 12.
MassDOT has released its GreenDOT
Implementation Plan for a public review period that closes on August 2. Four
public meetings will be held around the state.
3.
Committee Chairs’
Reports – Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, Central
Transportation Planning Staff
The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
Committee met this morning to review public comments on the draft FFY 2013
UPWP. The committee voted to recommend that the MPO endorse the draft UPWP. The
MPO will vote on the document at the meeting of June 28.
4.
Regional
Transportation Advisory Council Report – Steve Olanoff,
Chair, Regional Transportation Advisory Council
The Advisory Council met on June 13. In the
morning, the group took a tour of the Green
Line Extension project area. The project was discussed at the meeting in
the afternoon, in addition to discussions about the TIP and LRTP. Two
committees met that day as well. The Council is working on changes to its
bylaws.
5.
Executive Director’s
Report – Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, Central
Transportation Planning Staff
MassDOT has reviewed the MPO’s
recommendations for projects to be funded through the federal Job Access and
Reverse Commute (JARC) Program and the New Freedom Program. The MPO recommended
four projects for JARC funding; all were accepted by MassDOT. The MPO
recommended eleven New Freedom projects; 7 of those were accepted by MassDOT.
Awardees have been notified.
The following are the JARC projects that won
funding:
·
128
Business Council: Alewife A3 Route 128
Corridor Plan/Reverse Commute Program
·
128
Business Council: Waltham Innovation –
Route 128 Corridor Plan/Reverse Commute Program
·
MetroWest
Regional Transit Authority (MetroWest RTA): JARC
Route 9 Extended Service
·
Salem
North Shore Career Center (NSCC): Mobility
Management and Employment Express
The following are the New Freedom projects
that won funding:
·
Greater
Lynn Senior Services (GLSS): Reaching
Beyond Borders: The GLSS Mobility Links Projects (two projects)
·
Friendship
Home: Wheels to Work
·
MBTA:
Taxi Vouchers for Paratranist Customers
Program
·
Town
of Acton: LRTA Road Runner
·
Salem
North Shore Career Center (NSCC): Mobility
Management and Employment Express
·
New
England Paralyzed Veterans of America (NEPVA): NEPVA Transportation Program
The following New Freedom applications did
not receive funding:
·
Cape
Ann Transportation Authority (CATA): Enhanced
Medical Travel
·
MetroWest
Regional Transit Authority: Mobility
Management and Training Support
·
Town
of Acton: MinuteVan Dial-a-Ride and Mobility Manager
6.
FFYs 2012-15
Transportation Improvement Program Amendment – Sean
Pfalzer, TIP Manager, MPO Staff
S. Pfalzer gave an overview of proposed changes
in project programming for the draft amendment to the FFYs 2012-15 TIP. These
changes were detailed in a spreadsheet and table showing proposed changes to
target funding for the FFY 2012 element of the TIP and the impacts of the
changes on the FFY 2013 element.
Proposed Changes to the FFY 2012 Element
The proposed changes to the FFY 2012 element
are as follows:
·
transfer
$108,000 of Clean Air and Mobility Program funds, which are no longer needed in FFY 2012 for the Brookline Bike Share project, to the Somerville Multi-use Path project, which
has increased in cost, and program an additional $76,971 of target funds for
the Path
·
transfer
$6 million, which are no longer needed to complete the Dedham/Needham – Route 128 Add-a-lane (Contract 4) project, to the Concord/Lincoln – Crosby’s Corner
project
·
program
nearly $1.2 million of additional target funds for the Belmont – Trapelo Road project, which has increased in cost to
nearly $1.9 million, and apply nearly $713,946 from the Crosby’s Corner project to the Trapelo
Road project
These proposed actions would result in the FFY
2013 element exceeding fiscal constraint. The change in cash flows for the Crosby’s Corner project in FFY 2012
would require an additional $713,946 to be programmed for the project in FFY
2013. Also, the Danvers – Liberty Street
project, which is programmed in FFY 2013, has increased in cost by a $567,440.
As a result, the FFY 2013 element would be over-programmed by $714,509.
Members discussed the proposed changes to the
FFY 2012 element. (Impacts to the FFY 2013 element will be addressed at the next
meeting when the MPO discusses the FFYs 2013-16 TIP.)
Dennis Crowley, South West Advisory Planning
Committee (Town of Medway), asked for confirmation that the figures shown in
the spreadsheet represent the completion of the Route 128 Add-a-lane (Contract 4) project in FFY 2012. S. Pfalzer
confirmed that Contract 4 would be complete.
In response to a question from David Koses,
At-Large City (City of Newton), D. Mohler explained that the $6 million from
the Route 128 Add-a-lane (Contract 4)
project became available because MassDOT pre-paid some of its Advance
Construction balances last year.
D. Crowley asked if there were any changes to
funding for the Natick – Route 9/Oak
Street project. D. Mohler replied no.
Jim Gillooly, City of Boston (Boston
Transportation Department), asked about the schedule for completion of the full
Route 128 Add-a-lane project. David
Anderson, MassDOT Highway Division, stated that there is one more contract for the
project and that it will probably be complete in two or three years.
Richard Reed, Minuteman Advisory Group on
Interlocal Coordination, asked for information at the next meeting as to
whether the $26 million cost estimate for Contract 5 of the Route 128 Add-a-lane project is still
accurate
Staff will provide a recommendation next week
of how to solve the problem of fiscal constraint in the FFY 2013 element. Eric
Bourassa, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), recommended that staff
contact project proponents whose projects may be affected by a staff
recommendation.
Accelerated Bridge Program Updates
S. Pfalzer provided an update on projects
funded through the Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP). The changes were detailed
on a spreadsheet that showed amounts programmed in FFYs 2012-13 and total
construction costs.
The updated information and proposed changes
include the following:
·
the
amount programmed for the Boston/Cambridge
– Longfellow Bridge project has increased by $20.5 million due to the inclusion
of a pedestrian bridge and streetscape improvements in the design; the amount
programmed in FFY 2012 would be $280 million
·
the
Boston – Morton Street Bridge project would be moved from the
FFY 2012 element to FFY 2013 to allow time for the demolition of a building in
the project area; nearly $10.6 million would be programmed in FFY 2013
·
the
cost of the Quincy/Weymouth – Route 3A
over the Fore River project increased in cost; $326 million would be
programmed in FFY 2013
·
the
revised cost estimate in the 25% design of the Everett/Medford – Revere Beach Parkway over the Malden River
project increased the cost estimate by $17 million; $63.9 million would be
programmed in FFY13
Members discussed these changes.
Christine Stickney, South Shore Coalition
(Town of Braintree), asked if the cost changes to the Quincy/Weymouth – Route 3A over the Fore River project are
reflected in the TIP. S. Pfalzer replied that the additional funding is
non-federal aid and therefore is not reflected in the TIP.
Paul Regan, MBTA Advisory Board, asked if funds
are identified in an existing state bond bill to cover the $20.5 million cost
increase of the Boston/Cambridge –
Longfellow Bridge project. D. Mohler stated that those funds were spent
through an early action contract and were reflected in an earlier TIP.
Dennis Giombetti, MetroWest Regional
Collaborative (Town of Framingham), inquired about the reason for the cost
increase for the Everett/Medford – Revere
Beach Parkway over the Malden River project. D. Mohler replied that the
scope of the project expanded to include a second bridge.
S. Olanoff raised a question about whether
all the ABP costs will be paid with non-federal aid. D. Mohler explained that
some of the projects in the ABP are federal-aid eligible for the use of Grant
Anticipation Notes (GANs). The commonwealth will be funding the projects now, but
after FFY 2015, when the state pays off its GANs debt for the Central Artery/Tunnel project, the commonwealth
can begin converting ABP funds to GANs, which will be used to reimburse the
state.
JARC and New Freedom Grant Updates
S. Pfalzer reported on the programming of
JARC and New Freedom projects in the TIP, and provided information regarding
the operating and capital costs for each project.
The following awardees would like to begin accessing
their funds in FFY 2012, which would require these projects to be programmed in
the amendment:
·
128
Business Council: Alewife A3 Route 128
Corridor Plan/Reverse Commute Program and Waltham Innovation – Route 128 Corridor Plan/Reverse Commute Program
·
Greater
Lynn Senior Services (GLSS): Reaching
Beyond Borders: The GLSS Mobility Links Projects
·
MBTA:
Taxi Vouchers for Paratransit Customers
Program
·
New
England Paralyzed Veterans of America (NEPVA): NEPVA Transportation Program
The following awardees plan to access their
funds starting in FFY 2013:
·
Friendship
Home: Wheels to Work (FFY 2013-15)
·
MetroWest
Regional Transit Authority (MetroWest RTA): JARC
Route 9 Extended Service (FFY 2013-14)
·
Town
of Acton: LRTA Road Runner
·
Salem
North Shore Career Center (NSCC): Mobility
Management and Employment Express
D. Mohler asked if staff coordinated with the
MassDOT Rail and Transit Division regarding the FFY 2012 contracts. S. Pfalzer
replied yes.
Transit Carryover Funding
S. Pfalzer then gave an overview of proposed changes
to the programming of MBTA carryover funding in the transit element of the TIP.
He provided a table that highlighted those projects for which funds would be
moved from the FFY 2012 element to FFY 2013 because the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) would not be able to approve the funds in this fiscal
year.
Members discussed the transit element.
D. Mohler asked why FTA was not able to
approve the funds for this fiscal year. Joe Cosgrove, MBTA, explained that the
reason is due to the situation with Congressional appropriations, and he noted
that the MBTA has applications pending with FTA.
J. Cosgove noted that the Section 5307
projects should be characterized as an Urban Formula Program and Section 5309
as a Rail Modernization Program.
D. Mohler asked staff to record matching Transportation
Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant funds in the table.
Release of TIP Amendment
A motion to release draft Amendment Two of
the FFYs 2012-15 TIP for a 30-day public review period was made by the MBTA
Advisory Board (P. Regan), and seconded by the Inner Core Committee (City of
Somerville) (T. Bent). The motion carried.
D. Crowley asked if any projects programmed
in the FFY 2012 element are at risk of not being advertised by September, the
end of this fiscal year. D. Anderson noted that two projects – Belmont – Trapelo Road and Natick – Route 9/Oak Street – are at 100%
design and will be ready pending right-of-way acquisitions. D. Mohler added
that the project proponents do not expect those acquisitions to be problematic.
7.
Central
Transportation Planning Staff Operating Budget – Paul Regan, Chair, Administration and Finance Committee, and Karl
Quackenbush, Executive Director, Central Transportation Planning Staff
The
MPO’s Administration and Finance Committee voted at their meeting of June 7 to
advance CTPS’s draft FFY 2013 operating budget to the MPO for approval. Members
were provided with a copy of the proposed budget.
P. Regan gave an overview of the budget request,
which totals $5.9 million. The budget would support 61 professional staff
positions, four interns, and 5 part-time staff positions. The amount requested
is approximately $40,000 more than the FFY 2012 budget, nearly a level-funded
budget. CTPS will have spent approximately $5.6 million at the close of FFY
2012, which is lower than originally expected due to staff vacancies.
Members discussed the proposed budget:
Laura Wiener, At-Large Town (Town of
Arlington), asked if CTPS plans to fill vacant positions. K. Quackenbush
replied that CTPS is currently recruiting for three positions: a generalist
planner, a modeler, and a bicycle/pedestrian coordinator.
D. Mohler asked for details about several
line items in the budget that increased from the previous year: Travel and
Transportation, Recruitment, and Transit Subsidy. K. Quackenbush explained that
the line item for Travel and Transportation covers travel costs associated with
specific projects (such as the cost for rental cars used for HOV lane monitoring)
and for staff to travel to conferences. The line item for Recruitment covers
the costs of recruiting out-of-state job candidates and their travel expenses
to interview, and some of their relocation costs if hired. The increase in the
Transit Subsidy line item is reflective of the projected increase in transit
fares.
A motion to approve the FFY 2013 CTPS budget
was made the MBTA Advisory Board (P. Regan), and seconded by the Inner Core
Committee (City of Somerville) (T. Bent). The motion carried.
8.
Meeting Minutes – Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff
A motion to approve the minutes of the
meeting of June 7 was made by the Inner Core Committee (City of Somerville) (T.
Bent), and seconded by MAPC (E. Bourassa). The motion carried.
9.
Station Selection for
the Safe Access to Transit for Bicycles and Pedestrians – Mark Abbott, Project Manager,
MPO Staff
In March, the MPO approved the work program
for Safe Access to Transit for Bicycles
and Pedestrians, which would examine selected transit stations and identify
low-cost solutions to improve access to stations for pedestrians and
bicyclists. At that time, members asked staff to submit a list of proposed
study locations for their review.
M. Abbott provided members a proposal that
identified four stations for study: Braintree Station on the Red Line; Morton
Street Station on the Fairmount commuter rail line; Oak Grove Station on the
Orange Line; and Riverside Station on the D Branch of the Green Line.
Staff conducted a two-step process for
identifying stations for study. Starting with 260 possible stations, they
narrowed the candidate stations down by eliminating very large stations. Then
staff examined population and employment densities around the remaining
stations. Twenty-one stations were identified for further review. Data on
parking utilization, daily boardings, and walk/bicycle share were used to
narrow the list further. Staff also obtained input from MAPC, and gauged
community interest in implementing study recommendations.
M. Abbott then discussed the four candidate
stations. The Braintree, Oak Grove, and Riverside stations all have high
parking utilization rates and low rates of bicycle and pedestrian access. The
municipalities of Braintree, Melrose, and Newton have all expressed interest in
improving bicycle and pedestrian access to the stations. The Morton Street
station has no parking and most people access the station by other MBTA
services. It has poor pedestrian access from the neighborhood.
Members discussed the staff recommendation.
D. Koses noted that the City of Newton is
working on a redevelopment project in the Riverside Station area. He asked if
staff would have recommendations in time to incorporate them into that project
by the fall. M. Abbott replied yes, and noted that staff plans to complete the
study by the end of September.
D. Giombetti asked for more detail about the
station selection process. M. Abbott provided more detail about how staff used
population and employment density data to identify stations with the highest
and lowest surrounding density levels, and how staff applied criteria to both
commuter rail and rapid transit stations.
S. Olanoff remarked that the Morton Street
Station was recently rebuilt and asked why it should have poor pedestrian
access. J. Cosgrove added that the Morton Street Bridge is scheduled for
reconstruction, which will change access to the station. D. Anderson noted that
the bridge reconstruction is scheduled for the spring of 2014. He suggested
that staff review the current project design. M. Abbott noted that the intent
of the study is to examine the areas outside of the stations (within a
half-mile for pedestrian access and 2 miles for bicycle access).
S. Olanoff noted that the Morton Street
Station is poorly utilized – perhaps due to infrequency of service or fare
structures – and questioned whether addressing bicycle and pedestrian access
issues there would be meaningful. M. Abbott noted that the City of Boston
expressed interest in studying the location. J. Gillooly added that there is
significant investment underway along the Fairmount Line and that the city
hopes that pedestrian and bicycle improvements would help grow ridership at
that station. E. Bourassa noted that the area is densely settled and that the
point of the study is to identify why people may not be accessing the station.
D. Crowley raised the issue that the
municipalities may experience “sticker shock” when they learn the cost of
implementing study recommendations. He expressed concern that the MPO may pay
for a study whose recommendations may not be implemented. D. Mohler noted that
historically the MPO has had no guarantee that their study recommendations
would be implemented by municipalities.
M. Abbott noted that the four municipalities
expressed interest in implementing recommendations from the study. He also
noted that recommendations would be low-cost and could be implemented piecemeal
as municipalities have funding.
J. Gillooly expressed optimism that the study
recommendations would be implemented in Boston. The city could implement the
recommendations through programs that address bicycle lane stripping, signage,
and pedestrian signals.
A motion to authorize staff to study the four
proposed transit stations in the Safe
Access to Transit for Bicycles and Pedestrians study was made by the Inner
Core Committee (City of Somerville) (T. Bent), and seconded by the South Shore
Coalition (Town of Braintree) (C. Stickney). The motion carried.
10.
Update on FFYs 2013-16 Transportation
Improvement Program – Sean Pfalzer, TIP Manager, MPO Staff
S. Pfalzer provided an update on the
development of the draft FFYs 2013 –16 TIP. The document will include a new
appendix that contains information regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) tracking and
monitoring for TIP projects. Members were provided with copies of the draft
Appendix C.
MassDOT has been coordinating with MPOs to
begin incorporating GHG tracking and monitoring in the TIP project evaluation
process so that estimates of the potential for a project to increase or
decrease emissions can inform project selection. Two approaches have been taken
to estimate these impacts: quantifying emissions reductions or increases, and
making assumptions about them.
Projects for which emissions can be
quantified include high cost or capacity adding projects that are included in
the LRTP. These projects were modeled collectively in 2011 to assess overall
emission impacts from the set of LRTP projects; therefore the individual impact
of each project has not been quantified. For quantifying the impacts of lower
cost projects, staff used MassDOT’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement Program (CMAQ) spreadsheets, which allow for estimating the impact
of traffic and operational improvements that reduce traffic delays and idling,
and bicycle and pedestrian projects that reduce auto trips and vehicle miles
traveled. Data is not available to quantify all projects at this time, so staff
has made assumptions about the GHG impacts for some projects.
S. Pfalzer provided examples from Table C-1
in Appendix C, which lists TIP projects along with notes on their GHG impact.
For projects that have quantifiable impacts the number of tons per year of
carbon dioxide reduction are indicated. He also noted that transit programs are
listed in Table C-2; this table does not include quantified impacts because
specific transit projects have not yet been identified for the programs listed.
Members discussed the topic.
P. Regan expressed concern that the air
quality benefits of transit projects have not been quantified. He noted that transit
constitutes a very large mode share in the region, much higher than trails
which do have quantified impacts. He asked how staff determined the carbon
dioxide reduction figure for the trail projects, and whether an assumption was
made that all bicycle trips would be replacing auto trips. S. Pfalzer explained
that staff used MassDOT’s CMAQ spreadsheets to perform the calculation; the
process of making the estimates incorporates Journey to Work census data,
employment data, and mode share data. D. Mohler added that an assumption has
been made that a certain percentage of bicycle trips would replace auto trips.
P. Regan expressed concern that this tracking
system would give disproportionate weight to trail projects in the TIP
evaluation process, to the detriment of transit projects.
D. Mohler noted that the difficulty with
making the calculations for transit projects at this time has to do with the
definition of transit funding categories, which do not enable staff to know
specifically what the project features are that will reduce GHG emissions.
D. Mohler also noted that it will be important
also to be able to measure the air quality impacts of not implementing specific
transit projects and to find a way to determine impacts of individual highway projects
that were modeled for the LRTP.
S. Olanoff asked about which elements of
roadway reconstruction projects would be considered as having air quality
benefits. D. Mohler replied that projects that turn a roadway into a “Complete
Street” with bicycle and pedestrian accessibility features could provide
nominal air quality improvements. Also projects that include signal
improvements could provide benefits.
D. Giombetti asked staff to provide members
with some information that would provide a sense of scale when looking at the
carbon dioxide reduction figures.
T. Bent suggested that the MBTA capture data
on air quality impacts from emergency projects that are implemented, such as
replacement bus service for example. J. Cosgrove noted that such an idea has been
in the Universe of UPWP projects in the past.
Members then heard comments from the public.
Wig Zamore, Somerville Transportation Equity
Partnership and Mystic View Task Force, asked staff to hold workshops on the
air quality topic. He suggested using data on BTUs per passenger mile in the
analysis, and using a carbon dioxide equivalency analysis. He noted that it
will be important to focus on transit and the impacts of lost transit capacity
that could result from lack of maintenance of the transit system. He also noted
that the MBTA is the largest consumer of energy in Massachusetts and that
switching to a greener power source would have a large impact on air quality.
Jenifer Rushlow, Conservation Law Foundation,
expressed support for the idea of an MPO hosted workshop on air quality. She
also agreed with the comments regarding the need to quantify impacts of transit
projects.
11.
Update on Draft Amendment to the Long Range
Transportation Plan – Anne McGahan, LRTP Manager, MPO Staff
A. McGahan provided a summary of the public
comments received to date on the draft Amendment to the LRTP. The public review
period began on May 24 and will end on June 22. A summary of the comments received
to date was provided to members.
As of noon on June 20, the MPO received
comments expressing the following:
·
support
for the Woburn – New Boston Street Bridge
project from an alderman of the City of Woburn
·
support
for the Green Line Extension to Route 16
project as programmed in the LRTP from Congressman Michael Capuano, State
Representative Carl Sciortino, Jr., and Medford and Somerville residents (45
comments)
·
support
for extending the Green Line to Arlington
·
support
for the I-93/I-95 Interchange, Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, and Assabet River Rail Trail projects from a
Medford resident
·
opposition
to extending the Green Line beyond College Avenue from a Medford resident
·
support
for a number of projects from A Better City: reconstruction of Causeway Street;
reconstruction of Rutherford Avenue from City Square to Sullivan Square;
improvements at Audubon Circle; and improvements on Boylston Street at
Brookline Avenue and Park Drive; improvements in the Urban Ring Corridor;
Silver Line, Phase 3; design of the Red/Blue Line Connector; and projects that
improve transit capacity at the core of the MBTA system
·
support
for full funding of the Community Path
project (6 comments)
The MPO held three public meetings on the
amendment: one in Woburn on June 6 and two in Boston on June 12. Attendees at
the Woburn meeting included Mayor Scott Galvin, State Representative James Dwyer,
four Woburn aldermen, and other members of the public. Attendees expressed
support for the Woburn – Montvale Avenue
and New Boston Street Bridge
projects. An Arlington resident also asked the MPO to fund intersection and
arterial improvements instead of multi-use trails.
At the Boston meetings, staff answered
questions regarding the programming of dollars for the Green Line Extension project. Somerville residents also voiced
their desire to have a different design for the McCarthy Overpass project.
Staff will provide a complete summary of all
comments after the close of the public review period.
12.
Members Items
J. Gillooly remarked on observations by staff
of the Boston Traffic Center that congestion appears to be increasing on city
streets on some evenings. Members discussed possible reasons including the
possibility that the increase in traffic represents more people back to work
and an improving economy.
J. Cosgrove announced that Wonderland Garage
will be opening on June 30. D. Mohler remarked on the need for traffic
enforcement on the bus lane to the garage.
13.
Adjourn
A motion to adjourn was made by the MBTA
Advisory Board (P. Regan) and seconded by the Inner Core Committee (City of
Somerville) (T. Bent). The motion carried.
Boston
Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting Attendance
Thursday,
June 21, 2012, 10:00 AM
At-Large
City (City of Everett) James
Errickson
At-Large
City (City of Newton) David Koses
At-Large Town (Town
of Arlington) Laura
Wiener
At-Large
Town (Town of Lexington) Richard
Canale
David
Anderson
Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Joe Cosgrove
Eric
Halvorsen
(Town of Bedford)
South
West Advisory Planning Committee Dennis Crowley
(Town of Medway)
Three
Rivers Interlocal Council (Town of Norwood) Tom
O’Rourke
Other
Attendees
Rep. Will Brownsberger State
Representative
Callida Cenizal MassDOT
Office of Transportation Planning
Glenn Clancy Town
of Belmont
Rachel Clark Conservation
Law Foundation
Bill Deignan City
of Cambridge
Jennie Harrison Town
of Braintree
Erin Kinahan MassDOT
Alan Moore Friends
of the Community Path
Hayes Morrison City
of Somerville
Joe Onorato MassDOT
Highway
Mary Anne Padien Office
of State Senator Spilka
Jonah Petri Friends
of the Community Path
Jenifer Rushlow Conservation
Law Foundation
Brittany Williams Conservation
Law Foundation
Wig Zamore Somerville
Transportation Equity Partnership, Mystic View Task Force
Alicia
Wilson
Pam
Wolfe