REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

Agenda posted before 3:00 PM, June 4, 2014

Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting

Conference Room 4, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:00 PM (Estimated duration: One hour and thirty minutes, expected ending at 4:30 PM)

Please Note: There will be a Freight Committee meeting at 1:00 PM in Conference Room 4

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes (3:00 PM) D. Montgomery, Chair

2.      Chair’s Report, 5 minutes (3:05 PM) D. Montgomery, Chair

3.      Implementing The Way Forward: Priorities for Addressing the Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth, 45 minutes (3:10 PM) Richard A. Davey, Secretary and CEO, MassDOT – Presentation on the progress in addressing future transportation needs in the Commonwealth

4.      Committee Reports and Upcoming Activities, 15 minutes (3:55 PM)

•      Freight Committee Report Dom D’Eramo and Walter Bonin, Co-Chairs

•      TIP/UPWP Committee Report– Review of Draft Comment Letter to MPO on FFYs 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program and FFY 2015 Unified Planning Work Program

5.      Members’ Views and Take-Away Points for MPO, 5 minutes (4:10 PM) D. Montgomery, Chair

6.      Approval of February 2014, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (4:15 PM)  D. Montgomery, Chair (to be posted)

7.      Old Business, New Business and Member Announcements, 10 minutes (4:20 PM) Ongoing Advisory Council items and issues including notices by members and items that were not anticipated

8.      Adjourn (4:30 PM)


 

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