Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, December 12, 2019

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

December 19, 2019, 10:00 AM (Approximate duration: 2 hours and 55 minutes, expected ending at 12:55 PM)

Note: This meeting will be preceded by a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Criteria Focus Group in Conference Rooms 2 and 3 at 9:00 AM. Refreshments will be available at 8:45 AM.

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 3.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 2 minutes

2. Public Comments, 10 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 2 minutes

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7. Action Item: Approval of November 21, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (to be posted)

8. Action Item: Work Program for Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Diversity Series Posters, Ken Dumas, MPO staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work to produce posters and flyers for MassDOT diversity events organized by the Partners in Transportation Committee for calendar year 2020, 5 minutes (posted)

9. Addressing Transportation Equity through Project Scoring, Betsy Harvey, MPO staff: Presentation of current transportation equity project scoring criteria and drawbacks, considerations for possible revisions to the criteria, and discussion of key decisions to move forward with developing the new criteria, 40 minutes

10. Break; 5 minutes

11. Emerging Metrics, Ryan Hicks, MPO staff: Presentation of multimodal performance monitoring criteria to quantify the mobility of motorists, transit riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians and measure corridor suitability for the effective movement of people, 45 minutes (to be posted)

12. Update on Transportation Priorities in the North Suburban Planning Council (NSPC) Subregion, Tina Cassidy, MPO representative for NSPC, and Brian Szekely, Winchester Town Planner and NSPC Chairman: Discussion of planning priorities in the NSPC subregion, 30 minutes

13. FFY 2019 Addressing Priority Corridors from the LRTP Needs Assessment, Seth Asante, MPO staff: Presentation and discussion of this federal fiscal year (FFY) 2019 UPWP-funded study that analyzed safety, mobility, and operations on the Route 16 corridor in Chelsea and Everett; 20 minutes (posted)

14. Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

Meeting materials are posted on the MPO’s 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 the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinfo@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or another nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. Complaints filed under federal law (based on race, color, national origin [including limited English proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (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) must be filed no later than 300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Cape Ann Transportation Authority, and MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, which are Federal Transit Administration 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 Transportation Improvement Program 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.