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 857.702.3705.
Agenda updated at 3:30 PM, April 14, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
April 20, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 51 minutes, expected ending at 11:51 AM)
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Please note: This meeting will be followed by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting beginning at approximately 1:00 PM.
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1. Introductions, 2 minutes
2. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 5 minutes
5. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7. Action
Item: March 16, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote to approve the March 16, 2023, MPO meeting
minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8.
Action Item: Work Scope: Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA) Fare Equity Analysis for Low-Income Fares and
Ancillary Chages, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote
to approve the work program for the MBTA SFY 2025 Review of Fare Structure, 5
minutes (to be posted)
9. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023 UPWP
Amendment One, Srilekha
Murthy, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse the FFY 2023
UPWP Amendment One, following the conclusion of its 14-day public review
period, 5 minutes (to be posted)
10.
Action Item: FFYs 2024–28 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) Document,* Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff:
Presentation, discussion, and anticipated vote to release the draft FFYs
2024–28 TIP document for a 21-day public review period, 10 minutes (to be
posted)
11.
Action Item: Long-Range Transportation Plan
(LRTP) Investment Program Allocations and Projects, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Continued
discussion of proposed LRTP investment program allocations and projects from
the April 13, 2023, MPO meeting and anticipated vote to approve LRTP investment
program allocations and projects, 30 minutes (posted)
12. TIP Development: Capital
Investment Plan (CIP) Update—Highway and Transit Project Selection Process,* Michelle Scott,
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Staff, and Jillian Linnell, MBTA
Staff: Presentation and discussion of CIP updates, the highway and transit
project selection process, and continuing projects, 30 minutes
13. Members’
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
*The MBTA, Cape
Ann Transportation Authority (CATA), and MetroWest Regional Transit Authority
(MWRTA), which are Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307(c)
applicants, have consulted with the MPO and concur that the public involvement
process adopted by the MPO for the development of the TIP satisfies the public
hearing requirements that pertain to the development of the Program of Projects
for regular Section 5307, Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant applications,
including the provision for public notice and the time established for public
review and comment.
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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
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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
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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,
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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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