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Transportation Planning and Programming Committee


The MPO has a standing working committee, the Transportation Planning and Programming Committee, charged with providing policy direction for and oversight of the MPO’s planning and programming activities. It supervises preparation of certification documents and, after approving them, recommends these documents and other actions to the MPO for final adoption. It has established four subcommittees:
  • Administration and Finance
  • Suburban Mobility and Travel Demand Management
  • TIP Criteria
  • Unified Planning Work Program
The current member entities of the Transportation Planning and Programming Committee, and the person designated to represent each, are as follows:

Voting

  • Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works (EOTPW)

    David Mohler, Deputy Secretary for Planning
  • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

    Joseph Cosgrove, Director of Development and Planning
  • MBTA Advisory Board

    Paul Regan, Executive Director
  • Massachusetts Highway Department (MassHighway)

    Stephen Woelfel, Manager, Office of Transportation Planning
  • Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)

    Lourenço Dantas, Senior Transportation Planner
  • Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MassPike)

    Shirin Karanfiloglu, Director of Planning and Development
  • Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)

    Barbara Lucas, Transportation Planning Manager
  • City of Boston

    James Gillooly, Deputy Commissioner of Transportation
  • City of Newton

    David Koses, Transportation Planning Coordinator
  • City of Salem

    Lynn Duncan, Director of Planning
  • City of Somerville

    Thomas Bent, Mayor’s Liaison
  • Town of Bedford

    Richard Reed, Town Manager
  • Town of Framingham

    Ginger Esty, Selectman
  • Town of Hopkinton

    Mary Pratt, Selectman
  • Regional Transportation Advisory Council

    Malek Al-Khatib, Chair

Nonvoting

  • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Edward Silva, Program Development Team Leader
  • Federal Transit Authority (FTA)

    William Gordon, P.E., Regional Planner