Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, January 2, 2014                                             

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, Second Floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

January 9, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours 35 min, expected ending at 12:35 PM)

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes  

2.      Public Comments, 10 minutes  

3.      Chair’s Report, 5 minutes  

4.      Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

5.      Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes

6.      Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7.      Action Items:

a.      MBTA Fare Increase Work Scope, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this MBTA-funded work program, 25 minutes (posted)

b.     Pedestrian Signal Phasing Study, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, , CTPS, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this UPWP work program, 15 minutes (posted)

c.      Traffic Signal Retiming Program, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this UPWP work program, 15 minutes (posted)

d.     Minutes from MPO Meetings on December 5 and 19, 2013, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 10 minutes (posted) 

8.      Technical Memorandum: FFY 2013 Priority Corridors for LRTP Needs Assessment, Traffic Signal Retiming Study For Route 2 in Concord and Lincoln, Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the results of work conducted in this study, 20 minutes (posted)

9.      Development of Demographic Data for the LRTP, Tim Reardon, Assistant Director of Data Services, MAPC, presentation and discussion of the development of the demographic information needed for the development of the MPO’s long-range transportation plan update, 30 minutes

10.   Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

 

 

 

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