NOTE: If you
require any accommodations in order to participate or
experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Sean
Rourke, MPO Staff, at srourke@ctps.org or 857.702.3693.
Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 7, 2022
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
April 14, 2022, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours, expected ending
at 12:00 PM)
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 5 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
7. Action
Item: Approval of March 3, 2022, MPO Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
8.
Action Item: Work Scope, Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) State Fiscal Year 2023 National
Transit Database, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this work program to
develop estimates of passenger-miles traveled and unlinked trips for various MBTA
modes, 5 minutes (posted)
9.
Action Item: Work Scope, MBTA 2023
Triennial Title VI Program, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this work program to collect data and assess performance of MBTA services rendered to
predominantly minority riders and predominantly nonminority riders, and to
produce a report for the MBTA to meet its triennial Title VI reporting
obligations to the Federal Transit Administration, 5 minutes (posted)
10.
Action Item: Work Scope, MBTA Bus Delay
Tool Ongoing Support, Jonathan Belcher, MPO Staff: Presentation and
discussion of this work program to activate and maintain the interactive bus
delay tool developed by the Central Transportation Planning Staff for the MBTA, 5
minutes (posted)
11. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 202226 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Four, Matt Genova,
MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed TIP amendment and vote
to release for a 15-day public review period, 8 minutes (to be posted)
12. Action
Item: FFYs 202226 TIP Adjustment One, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed TIP
adjustment and vote to endorse, 8 minutes (to be posted)
13. Discussion:
TIP Process Debrief, Member discussion about the TIP
decision-making process, 20 minutes
14. FFYs
202226 TIP Development: State Capital
Investment Plan (CIP) Update, Michelle Ho, MassDOT Staff, and
Jillian Linnell, MBTA Staff: Presentation and
discussion of the highway and transit project selection process and discussion
of continuing CIP projects, 30 minutes (to be posted)
15.
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
people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service: ·
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TTY or Hearing Carry-over: 800.439.2370 ·
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