Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, September 26, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
October 3, 2019, 10:00 AM (Approximate duration: 2
hours, expected ending at 12:00 PM)
Please note: This meeting will be proceeded by a meeting of the Unified Planning Work Program Committee beginning at 9:00 AM.
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1.
Introductions, 2
minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 2 minutes
7. Action
Item: Approval of August 29, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (posted)
8. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020 Certification Activities Work Plans, Ali Kleyman, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the FFY 2020 work plans for 3C Planning and MPO Support, the Long-Range Transportation Plan, the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the Unified Planning Work Program, the Transportation Equity Program, the Performance Based Planning and Programming Program, and Air Quality Conformity work, 10 minutes (to be posted)
9. TIP
Project Evaluation Criteria Revisions Update, Matt
Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of current updates to staffs
work to reorganize and revise the TIP project evaluation criteria, 30 minutes
10.
FFYs 202125 TIP Development Schedule, Matt
Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of staffs draft TIP development
schedule and the next steps for TIP outreach, 15 minutes
11.
Review of Critical Urban Freight Corridors: Crossing
Mystic River, Bill Kuttner, MPO Staff:
Presentation and discussion of this report examining traffic flows of heavy
vehicles on the corridor between Route 99 in Everett and at the Charlestown and
Gilmore Bridges, 20 minutes (to be posted)
12.
Reverse Commute, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff:
Presentation and discussion of this report examining reverse commuting in the
Boston Region, 20 minutes (posted)
13.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes
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