Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, November 26, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Transportation Board Room, 2nd Floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
December 5, 2019, 10:00 AM (Approximate duration: 2
hours and 5 minutes, expected ending at 12:05 PM)
Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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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, 5 minutes
7. Action
Item: Approval of November 7, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (to be posted)
8. Action Item: Transportation Improvement Program Amendment One, Final Approval, Matt Genova, MPO staff: Presentation and discussion of the public comments received during the 21-day public comment period and final approval of the amendment, 15 minutes (to be posted)
9. Action
Item: Operating
a Successful Community Shuttle, Andrew
Clark, MPO staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope to
study successful community shuttle programs in the Boston region and elsewhere,
and to develop a guidebook to inform the region's municipalities on strategies
for developing and operating successful shuttle programs, 10 minutes (to be
posted)
10. Boston MPO Public Outreach Activities, Kate White, MPO staff: Update on the MPOs public outreach program and a review of past and upcoming events, 20 minutes
11. Future
of the Curb, Andrew Clark, MPO staff:
Presentation of results from a study undertaken
to understand the changing demand on the curb lane and innovative ways that
other cities are addressing this demand, 30 minutes (posted)
12. Update on MBTAs Rail Vision, Alexandra Markiewicz, MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning: Update and next steps on the MBTAs Rail Vision project. Rail Vision will identify cost-effective strategies to transform the existing commuter rail system to support mobility and economic competitiveness in Greater Boston, 20 minutes
13. Members Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
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proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180
calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred.
Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color,
religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or
ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (based on race, color,
age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
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[including Vietnam-era veterans], or background) must be filed no later than
300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination
occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by
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Federal Transit Administration Section 5307(c) applicants, have consulted
with the MPO and concur that the public involvement process adopted by the MPO
for the development of the Transportation Improvement Program satisfies the
public hearing requirements that pertain to the development of the Program of
Projects for regular Section 5307, Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant
applications, including the provision for public notice and the time
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