The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold its December 5, 2013, meeting in Franklin

Thursday, December 5, 2013

10:00 AM

Franklin Town Hall

355 East Central Street

Franklin, MA 02038

Third Floor Conference Room

Telephone: 508.520.4949

• Franklin Town Hall is accessible to people with disabilities. Enter the building through the front door.


• Town of Franklin will provide a free wheelchair-accessible shuttle from Forge Park/495 Station on the Franklin commuter rail line to Town Hall for attendees upon advanced request. Please call David Fargen, MPO Staff, at 617.973.7085 for details and arrangements.


• Town of Franklin will provide a free non wheelchair-accessible shuttle from Franklin/Dean College Station on the Franklin commuter rail line to Town Hall.


• Complete directions to the Town Hall by car and public transportation are on the back of this flyer. 

The MPO is scheduled to hear a welcome from Franklin officials and a presentation on transportation issues in Franklin, Medway, and the SouthWest Advisory Planning Committee (SWAP) area. Members are also scheduled to discuss the planning tools for forecasting and analysis for the Long-Range Transportation Plan Update. The full agenda and meeting materials are available at www.bostonmpo.org under Meetings and Input; click on Upcoming Meetings and then select the date of the meeting.

MPO meeting sites 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 617.973.7100 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.

DIRECTIONS TO FRANKLIN TOWN HALL

BY CAR

From I-93 (Southeast Expressway) and Route I-95 S: Travel on I-93 southbound toward Quincy; merge right onto I-93 toward Providence, RI; continue to travel on I-93 then take Exit 1 to merge onto I-95 S toward Providence RI. Travel 15.0 miles; take Exit 6B to merge onto I-495 N toward Worcester. Travel 8.0 miles; take Exit 16 toward Franklin; turn right onto King Street and travel 1.4 miles on King Street; take slight right onto E. Central Street (MA Route 140); travel 0.4 miles; Franklin Town Hall is on the left.

From MassPike (I-90): Travel westbound on MassPike (toll road) to Exit 11A; merge onto I-495 S toward Cape Cod. Travel 17.2 miles; take Exit 16 toward Franklin; turn right onto King Street and travel 1.4 miles; take slight right onto E. Central Street (MA Route 140); travel 0.4 miles; Franklin Town Hall is on the left.

Parking: Car parking is available directly in front of the Franklin Town Hall.

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Bus Route: There is no available bus service.

Commuter Rail: Take the Franklin Line commuter rail train (#705) that departs from South Station in Boston at 7:55 AM. This train arrives at Franklin/Dean College Station (which is not wheelchair accessible) at 8:43 AM and at Franklin/Forge Park Station (which is wheelchair accessible) at 8:05 AM.

• At Franklin/Dean College Station, board the free shuttle service located in the passenger pick-up area (the shuttle will be a City of Franklin designated vehicle). After the meeting, take the shuttle back to Franklin Station and board the 12:12 PM (#716) train or the 2:12 PM (#718) train to South Station.


• At Forge Park/495 Station, free shuttle service will be provided if arranged at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by calling David Fargen, MPO Staff, at 617.973.7085. After the meeting, pre-arranged shuttle service will take you back to Forge Park/495 Station, where you can board the 12:05 PM (#716) train or the 2:05 PM (#718) train to South Station.

For detailed schedules of the public transportation services above, please visit the MBTA website, www.mbta.com, or call MBTA Customer Service at 617.222.3200 or 800.392.6100, or via TTY, 617.222.5146. Driving directions can be generated from Google Maps (maps.google.com).