Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, December 12, 2014

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

December 18, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3hours and 10 minutes, expected ending at 1:10 PM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

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 Item: Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this work plan and these work programs, 15 minutes (to be posted)

- Access Advisory Committee to the MBTA Work Plan

- Freight Planning Support: FFY 2015

- MBTA Study of Passenger Noninteraction with Automatic-Fare-Collection Equipment

8. FFY 2015 Certification Activities Schedule and Work Plans and Congestion Management Program Work Plan, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, overview of the work plans for these activities that are programmed in the FFY 2015 UPWP, 10 minutes (to be posted)

a. Overview of Certification Activities Work Plans

b. Congestion Management Process: FFY 2015 Work Plan

9. LRTP Development, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, and Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, 120 minutes, presentation and discussion of the following and consensus on proposed scenarios (to be posted):

a. Revisions to Vision, Goals, and Objectives

b. Priority Transportation Needs

c. Universe of Projects

d. Proposed Scenarios for Scenario Planning

10. State Implementation Plan Update, Sreelatha Allam, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes (to be posted)

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

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