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

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

October 19, 2017, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 3 hours and 10 minutes, expected ending at 1:10 PM)

Please Note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting beginning at 9:15 AM

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 2 minutes

2. Public Comments, 5 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 5 minutes

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 1 minute

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7. Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2018–22 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 1, Lourenço Dantas, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of proposed amendments and adjustments; vote to release the draft TIP amendment for public review; 10 minutes (to be posted)

8. Action Item: Work Program for Addressing Priority Corridors from the Long-Range Transportation Plan Needs Assessment (FFY 2018), Mark Abbott and Seth Asante, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to study multimodal transportation solutions to safety, mobility, and access on a key arterial roadway; 5 minutes (posted)

9. Action Item: Work Program for Addressing Safety, Mobility, and Access on Subregional Priority Roadways (FFY 2018), Mark Abbott and Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to study multimodal transportation solutions to safety, mobility, and access on a key arterial or collector roadway; 5 minutes (posted)

10. Action Item: Work Program for Travel Alternatives to Regional Traffic Bottlenecks, Mark Abbott and Ryan Hicks, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to identify nonrecurring congestion patterns on freeways and major arterials near activity centers in the Boston region, and to recommend strategies to alleviate the congestion; 10 minutes (posted)

11. Shared-Use Mobility Services, Michelle Scott, MPO Staff: summary of the MassDOT-funded research into shared-use mobility services and their relationship to other regional travel modes, particularly relationships between bike sharing and transit; 35 minutes (posted)

12. Updates on Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Transportation Planning Activities (FFY 2017), Eric Bourassa and the following MAPC staff: David Loutzenheiser, Senior Transportation Planner (LandLine Regional Greenway Planning); Kasia Hart, Transportation Policy Associate (Hubway Regional Bike Share Planning); Chris Kuschel, Senior Regional Planner (Malden and Manchester Complete Streets Plans); Travis Pollack, Senior Transportation Planner (North Suburban and North Shore Subregional Mobility Studies); 40 minutes

13. Melnea Cass Boulevard Design Project, Patrick Hoey, City of Boston, and Matthew Jasmin, Howard Stein Hudson: update on the Boston Transportation Department’s work with the Roxbury community to redesign Melnea Cass Boulevard; 30 minutes [click here for project website]

14. MassDOT’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Project Intake Tool (MaPIT), Quinn Molloy, MassDOT: overview of a new web-based application designed to help both state and municipal proponents map, create, and initiate roadway projects; 30 minutes

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

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