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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, August 28, 2025

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

September 4, 2025, 10:00 AM, (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 47 minutes, expected ending at 11:47 AM)

Please note:     This meeting will be followed by a Community Advisory Council meeting beginning at approximately 1:00 PM and a TIP Process, Engagement, and Readiness Committee meeting at 2:30 PM.

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Meeting Agenda

1.       Introductions, 5 minutes  

2.       Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

3.       Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes  

4.       Public Comments, 5 minutes  

5.       Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6.       Initial Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Project Rescoring, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of rescoring of TIP projects to ensure a consistent evaluation process, 30 minutes (to be posted)

7.       Multimodal Mobility Infrastructure Program: Woburn Intersection Study, Kyle Casiglio, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the analyses and improvement strategies for the intersection of Commerce Way/Presidential Way, Atlantic Avenue, and the Interstate 93 Exit 30 ramps in Woburn, 15 minutes (posted)

8.       Mobility Access and Transportation Insecurity (MATI) Grant Project Update: Moving Toward Universal Basic Mobility by Expanding Multimodal Accessibility for Transport-Insecure Communities, Rebecca Morgan and Joe Delorto, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the progress on the MATI project and the proposed pilot intervention design, 15 minutes

9.       Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Grant Project Update: Neutralizing Onerous Heat Island Effects on Active Transportation (NO-HEAT), Seth Strumwasser and Jenn Emiko Kaplan, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the NO-HEAT MVP Grant Project, which is a two-phased initiative to address heat resilience for safer active transportation, 20 minutes

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