Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, September 14, 2018

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

September 20, 2018, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 17 minutes, expected ending at 12:17 PM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 3.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 3 minutes

2. Public Comments, 2 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 1 minute

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 1 minute

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 2 minutes

7. Action Item: Approval of June 21, 2018, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (to be posted)

8. Action Item: Work Program for Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Diversity Series Posters, Kate Parker-O’Toole, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to produce posters and flyers for MassDOT diversity events organized by the Partners in Transportation Committee for calendar year 2019; MPO vote to approve; 10 minutes (posted)

9. Action Item: Work Programs for Traffic Analysis and Design Group Studies in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019, Seth Asante and Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of FFY 2019 work scopes for Addressing Priority Corridors from the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Needs Assessment; Low-Cost Improvements to Express-Highway Bottleneck Locations; and, Addressing Safety, Mobility, and Access on Subregional Roadways; MPO vote to approve; 10 minutes (posted)

10. Action Item: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program Performance Targets, Michelle Scott, MPO Staff, and Bryan Pounds, MassDOT: presentation, discussion, and vote to adopt a proposed set of federally required CMAQ performance targets, 40 minutes (posted)

11. Work Plan and Schedule for FFY 2019 Certification Activities, Ali Kleyman, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the various MPO staff activities that support the general operation of the MPO, its 3C process, and development of its certification documents; 10 minutes (posted)

12. Schedule and Budget for the Long-Range Transportation Plan: FFY 2019, Anne Mcgahan, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the upcoming work to continue to develop Destination 2040 and associated activities; 10 minutes (posted)

13. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Transportation Management Area Planning Certification Review Update, Nelson Hoffman, FHWA, and Rachel Strauss McBrien, Volpe Center: discussion of the US DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center’s work to support the FHWA and FTA during the 2018 certification review of the MPO, and the input being sought from MPO members to help inform the certification review report; 10 minutes

14. Incorporating Cost-Benefit Analysis into Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Project Evaluations, Eric Bourassa, Metropolitan Area Planning Council: discussion of Transportation for America’s work with the Boston Region MPO to research and recommend possible approaches for incorporating cost-benefit analysis into its decision making about project programming; 30 minutes

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

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Times reflect the expected duration of each item and do not constitute a schedule.

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