ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE MBTA (AACT)

FINAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA

10 PARK PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOMS 2/3

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018  1-3 PM

 

Please note: This meetings are public and open to all. They are conducted in compliance with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Open Meeting Law, M.G.L. c.30A, §§ 18-25 (effective July 1, 2010).

1:00 PM   Call to Order –Chairman James White

 

Introductions/Review of Agenda

 

                Approval of Meeting Minutes and Other AACT Business

                       

                Chairman’s Report

 

1:10 PM PRESENTATIONS TO AACT – MBTA GENERAL MANAGER & CEO  LUIS RAMERIZ AND COMMISSIONER KRISTEN McCOSH, CITY OF BOSTON

1:20 PM REMARKS- LAURA BRELSFORD, AGM-SYSTEM-WIDE ACCESSIBILITY AND BEN SCHUTZMAN, DIRECTOR OF INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION AND THE RIDE

1:30 PM  MBTA Reports

 

Mike Hulak, Manager, Paratransit Contract

Operations, Office for Transportation Access

 

                Rob Sampson, Manager, SWA

 

Sgt. Ben Carrasco, Transit Police Community Outreach

 

1:45 PM   MBTA Vendor Reports  

                    Keolis Commuter Services

                        Liz Hickey, Manager-Diversity, Inclusion, & Title VI

 

The RIDE Access Center (TRAC)

    Jamie or Palle, Transdev IntelliRide

 

National Express Transportation

 Victor Herrera- General Manager

 

Veterans Transportation Services

                         Kevin MacDonald- Project Manager

 

Greater Lynn Senior Services

                         Lisa Darlington- Director of Transportation

 

2:00 PM   OPEN DISCUSSION/ANNOUCEMENTS

 

2:15 PM   REMARKS BY AACT EXECUTIVE BOARD

 

2:45 PM   CLOSING REMARKS BY AACT CHAIRPERSON

 

3:00 PM  FINAL ADJOURNMENT

Future meeting locations/dates and times for the newly formed community engagement group will be announced via email distribution, using the former AACT distribution list, and on the T website.  The meetings will be accessible to people with disabilities and via public transportation. Assistive listening devices will be available at the meeting site. Every effort will be made to provide other accommodations, such as materials in accessible formats or languages, or interpreters in American Sign Language upon advance request of 15 days of the scheduled meetings. In the interim, please contact MBTA’s System-wide Accessibility office at 617-222-5237 or email swa@mbta.com  with any additional questions or concerns.