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Agenda posted before October 12, 2021
Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transit Working Group Meeting
October 12, 2021, 3:00 PM (Estimated duration: 2 hours, expected ending at 5:00 PM)
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1.
Welcome, Tegin Teich, Executive Director, Central
Transportation Planning Staff, and Sandy Johnston, MPO staff, 5 minutes
2. MPO Activities Update, 15 minutes
a. Transit Working Group Update, Michelle Scott, MPO staff: Update on the process of ending the pilot status of the Transit Working Group, 5 minutes
b. Regional Transit Service Planning Technical Assistance Program, Paul Christner, Manager of Transit Analysis and Planning, MPO staff: Advertising the availability of assistance for transit providers and communities through this program, 5 minutes
c. Community Connections Program Update, Sandy Johnston and Matt Genova, MPO staff: Review of new information about the upcoming grant round for this program, 5 minutes
3. Transit Provider Items, 5 minutes
4. Implications of Federal Legislation for Transit, Sarah Kline, SK Solutions: Summary of the implications for transit of recent federal legislative activity related to the new infrastructure bill, including a question-and-answer period, 60 minutes
5.
Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Discretionary
Grant Program, Ellie
McCarthy, Transit
Program Manager, MassDOT Rail & Transit Division: Introduction to this state-funded program designed to test
innovative solutions to local mobility challenges and to provide targeted
operating assistance, technology improvements, service evaluation, and program
design that best demonstrate compliance with the Task Force on RTA Performance
and Fundings recommendations, 15 minutes
6. Taxicab, Livery, and Hackney Transportation
Partnership Grants Program, Travis Pollack or Marah Holland, Metropolitan Area Planning Council:
Information about a
grant program for municipal and state agencies, regional transit authorities,
health and human service providers, and nonprofit organizations to partner with
taxicab, livery, or hackney businesses to fill transportation gaps and meet
transportation and delivery needs, 5 minutes
7. Public Comments, 10 minutes
8. Closing
and Next Steps, 5
minutes
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