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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, November 30, 2020
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
December 3, 2020, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: Approximately 2 hours
and 40 minutes, expected ending at 12:40 PM)
Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 5 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 20 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
7.
Action Item: Approval of November 5, 2020,
MPO Meeting Minutes, 10 minutes (posted)
8. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 202125 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Adjustment One, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed TIP adjustment and vote to endorse, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Action Item: FFY 202125 TIP Amendment Two, Matt Genova, MPO Staff and Samantha Silverberg, MBTA Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed TIP amendment and vote to release it for a 21-day public review period, 40 minutes (to be posted)
10. Presentation/Discussion: Innovations in Estimating Trip Generation Rates, Ariel Patterson and Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this FFY 2020 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) study, 25 minutes (posted)
11. Action Item: Work Scope, Trip Generation Rate Research, Drashti Joshi, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work scope to understand the appropriateness of model trip generation rates to support the relationship between land use and trip activity, 10 minutes (posted)
12. Action Item: Work Scope, Addressing Priority Corridors from the Long-Range Transportation Plan Needs Assessment for FFY 2021, Seth Asante, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work program for studying one of the priority corridors identified in the Needs Assessment of the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and MPO vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)
13. Action Item: Work Scope, Addressing Safety, Mobility and Access on Subregional Priority Roadways for FFY 2021, Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work program to identify and evaluate roadway corridor segments in the Boston region that have not been identified in the Needs Assessment of the LRTP, 5 minutes (posted)
14. Action Item: Work Scope, Regional Travel Demand Management Strategies Coordination, Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and MPO approval of the work plan and budget for this FFY 2021 UPWP task, 10 minutes (posted)
15.
Members Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
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and do not constitute a schedule. Meeting locations are accessible to people
with disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request
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to provide accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in
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857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or
eharvey@ctps.org. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning
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compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
1987, and related statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination
in federally assisted programs and requires that no person in the United
States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin
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of age, sex, and disability. The Boston Region MPO considers these protected
populations in its Title VI Programs, consistent with federal interpretation
and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO provides meaningful
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English proficiency, in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation
policy and guidance on federal Executive Order 13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, M.G.L. c 272 sections 92a, 98, 98a,
which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
admission to, or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race,
color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with
the Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4, which requires that all
programs, activities, and services provided, performed, licensed, chartered,
funded, regulated, or contracted for by the state shall be conducted without
unlawful discrimination based on race, color, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, ancestry,
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veterans), or background. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO or at http://www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination. To request this
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