NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Ibbu Quraishi, MPO Staff, at iquraishi@ctps.org or 857.702.3695.

Agenda posted before 10:00 AM, January 29, 2026

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

February 5, 2026, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes, expected ending at 11:50 AM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 3.

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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.       Community Advisory Council Report, 3 minutes

7.       Action Item: Approval of December 18, 2025, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8.       Action Item: Approval of January 15, 2026, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

9.       Action Item: Work Scope: Pedestrian-Scale Lighting Study, Scott Pouder, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope for the Pedestrian-Scale Lighting Study, funded through the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2026 Unified Planning Work Program, 5 minutes (posted)

10.   Action Item: Roadway Safety Performance Targets, Priyanka Chapekar, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and expected vote to approve the calendar year 2026 Roadway Safety Performance Targets, 20 minutes (posted)

11.   Vision Zero Action Plan Update, Ali Kleyman, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the Vision Zero Action Plan, 15 minutes (posted)

12.   Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2027–31 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Funding Update, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation of the total funding allocated for regionally prioritized projects in the Boston region as part of the FFYs 2027–31 TIP, 10 minutes (to be posted)

13.   Disparate Impact and Disproportionate Burden (DI/DB) Analysis for the FFYs 2026–30 TIP, Betsy Harvey Herzfeld, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the DI/DB analysis for the FFYs 202630 TIP, 20 minutes (posted)

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

 


 

 

 

CIVIL RIGHTS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Welcome. Bem Vinda. Bienvenido. Akeyi. 欢迎. 歡迎.

 

You are invited to participate in our transportation planning process, free from discrimination. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is committed to nondiscrimination in all activities and complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency). Related federal and state nondiscrimination laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, sex, disability, and additional protected characteristics.

 

For additional information or to file a civil rights complaint, visit www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination.

 

To request accommodations at meetings (such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages) or if you need this information in another language, please contact:

 

Boston Region MPO Title VI Specialist

10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150

Boston, MA 02116

Phone: 857.702.3700

Email: civilrights@ctps.org

 

For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service, www.mass.gov/massrelay. Please allow at least five business days for your request to be fulfilled.