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require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical
difficulties during the meeting, please contact Heyne Kim MPO Staff, at hkim@ctps.org or 857.702.3678.
Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 24, 2022
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
March 31, 2022, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 54 minutes, expected ending at 12:54 PM)
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Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program Committee meeting beginning at approximately 9:00 AM.
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2.
Chairs Report, 2
minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 15 minutes
4. Public Comments, 20 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7. Action Item: Approval of February 17, 2022, MPO Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
8. Action Item: Work Scope, MBTA Boston Free Bus Fare Equity Analysis, Rose McCarron, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work program to conduct the federally required fare equity analysis of the fare-free program on MBTA bus Routes 23, 28, and 29, 15 minutes (posted)
9.
Action Item: 2022 Update of Boston
Region Transit Safety Performance Targets, Michelle
Scott, MPO Staff, and Matt DeDonato, MBTA Staff: Presentation, discussion, and
expected adoption of a proposed set of updated transit safety performance
targets, 30 minutes (to be posted)
10.
Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 202327 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) Development: Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Capital
Planning Process, Joy
Glynn, MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) and Felicia Webb, Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA): Presentation and discussion of the MWRTAs and CATAs
capital project selection processes, 10 minutes (to be posted)
11.
Action Item: FFYs 202327 TIP
Development: Draft Programming Scenario Approval, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and continued discussion of possible
draft scenarios for the FFYs 202327 TIP, including a vote to approve one
scenario for inclusion in the draft FFYs 202327 TIP, 60
minutes (to be posted)
12.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues,
5 minutes
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Meeting
materials are posted on the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month. Times reflect the expected duration of each item
and do not constitute a schedule. Meeting locations are accessible to people with
disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request (preferably two
weeks in advance of the meeting), every effort will be made to provide
accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible
formats and in languages other than English, and interpreters in American
Sign Language and other languages. Please contact MPO staff to request these
services. See below for contact information. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in 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 (including limited
English proficiency), be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits
of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity
that receives federal assistance. Related federal nondiscrimination laws
administered by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit
Administration, or both, prohibit discrimination on the basis 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 access
to its programs, services, and activities to individuals with limited 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,
national origin, disability, veteran's status (including Vietnam-era
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
information in a different language or in an accessible format, please
contact Title VI Specialist, Boston
Region MPO, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116 By Telephone: For
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