Agenda posted before 2:00 PM, November 9, 2017

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

November 16, 2017, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes, expected ending at 12:10 PM)

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 2 minutes

2. Public Comments, 8 minutes

3. Chairs Report, 5 minutes

4. Committee Chairs Reports, 1 minute

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

6. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes

7. Action Item: Approval of October 19, 2017, MPO Meeting Minutes, 2 minutes (to be posted)

8. Action Item: Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 201822 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 1, Alexandra (Ali) Kleyman, MPO Staff: review of public comments on the proposed amendment to the highway and transit program; vote to approve; 5 minutes (to be posted)

9. Action Item: Work Program for Bicycle Level-of-Service Metric, Mark Abbott and Casey-Marie Claude, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to develop a method for calculating the bicycle LOS of roadways and to provide guidance for implementing the metric; 10 minutes (posted)

10. Action Item: Work Program for Safety and Operations Analysis at Selected Intersections, Mark Abbott and Seth Asante, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to help municipalities identify potential low-cost solutions or develop conceptual designs for intersections that need safety improvements and congestion mitigation; 10 minutes (posted)

11. Action Item: Work Program for Review of and Guide to Regional Transit Signal Priority, Annette Demchur, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to develop a guidebook for use in planning and evaluating potential TSP treatments in the Boston region; 10 minutes (posted)

12. Development of Population and Employment Forecasts for the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, and Tim Reardon, Director of Data Services, MAPC: presentation; 30 minutes

13. Rutherford Avenue / Sullivan Square Design Project Update, Bill Conroy, Boston Transportation Department, and Erik Maki, Tetra Tech: presentation; 35 minutes

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

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