Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, January 12, 2017

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

January 19, 2017, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 35 minutes, expected ending at 12:35 PM)

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 5 minutes

2. Public Comments, 5 minutes

3. Chairs Report, 5 minutes

4. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes

6. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes

7. Approval of Past Meeting Minutes; vote to approve, 5 minutes

a. Minutes of December 1, 2016, MPO meeting (posted)

b. Minutes of December 15, 2016, MPO meeting (posted)

8. Action Items:

a. Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 201721 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 2, Alexandra Kleyman, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of proposed amendments and adjustments; vote to release the draft TIP amendment for a 30-day public review period; 20 minutes (posted)

b. Public Participation Plan (PPP) Amendment, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director: presentation and discussion on a proposed amendment of the PPP to change the formal public review period of MPO actions from 30 days to 21 days; vote to release the draft PPP amendment for 45-day public review period; 15 minutes (posted)

c. Work Program: Planning for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Scott Peterson, Director of Technical Services, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion on the proposed work to understand the transportation planning consequences of these technologies; 10 minutes (posted)

d. Work Program: Study of Promising Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Strategies, Bruce Kaplan, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion on the proposed work to understand the potential of specific strategies for cost-effective implementation, contribution to GHG reduction, and other impacts;
10 minutes (posted)

9. Representation of Regional Transit Agencies (RTAs) on the MPO Board, Elizabeth Moore, Director of Policy and Planning, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the ways to formalize the representation of operators of public transportation services on the MPO board; 30 minutes

10. Pedestrian Level-of-Service Metric Development, Ryan Hicks, MPO Staff: presentation of the results of this effort to develop a performance monitoring tool to evaluate the suitability of pedestrian facilities; 25 minutes (posted)

11. State Implementation Plan (SIP) Update, Bryan Pounds, MassDOT: monthly progress report; 5 minutes

12. Members Items, reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues; 5 minutes

Posted materials are available via the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at http://www.ctps.org/calendar/month.

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