Please join us at a forum to discuss the topic, “transportation for people with unmet travel needs in the Boston Region Metropolitan Organization (MPO) area.” We plan to review successful initiatives currently underway that address these needs, and develop a network for ongoing collaboration.
Anticipated participants are representatives from transportation agencies and service providers, social service organizations, councils on aging, and other organizations whose clientele historically have had trouble accessing, paying for, and/or receiving transportation that meets all of their trip-making needs. Members of the public also are invited.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 (snow date: January 28, 2014)
9:00 AM to noon
WHERE: Conference Rooms 2 and 3
State Transportation Building, Second Floor
10 Park Plaza Boston 02116
Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP by January 6, 2014 publicinformation@ctps.org
PANELISTS INCLUDE
Jayne Colino Director, City of Newton’s Department of Senior Services and President of the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging
and Senior Center Directors (MCOA)
Theadora Fisher Outreach Coordinator, Human Services Transportation Office of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Doug Halley Transportation Coordinator, CrossTown Connect
(a seven-community regionalized shared-transportation system)
Valerie Parker-Callahan Director of Planning and Development,
Greater Lynn Senior Services, an Area Agency on Aging and provider of The RIDE services on the North Shore
Mark Whitmore Executive Director, North Shore Career Center, and a member of the Statewide Coordinating Council on Community Transportation (SCCCT).
The forum also will feature breakout sessions where you can share information on needs, problems, and successful experiences—not only to address them, but also to find answers to your questions.
Sponsors:
Boston Region MPO
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Human Service Transportation Office of the Massachusetts EOHHS
MassDOT Statewide Mobility Manager
Meeting locations 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 (email).
The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.