NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to
participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please
contact Rσisνn Foley, MPO Staff, at rfoley@ctps.org or 857.702.3704.
Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, October 29, 2020
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
November 5, 2020, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: Approximately 1 hour, 40
minutes, expected ending at 11:40 AM)
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 5 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 10 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
7. MPO Election Results Welcome New MPO Members, 10 minutes
8.
Action Item: Approval of September 17,
2020, MPO Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Action Item: Work Scope, Cape Rail Study, Ben Dowling, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this work scope to provide analytical support to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) that will utilize the travel demand model to produce forecasts for three build alternatives, 5 minutes (posted)
10.
Action Item: Work Scope, Informing the Big
Ideas Behind the MPOs Scenario Planning Process, Kate White, MPO Staff: Presentation
and discussion of this work scope to support development of big picture
questions to be explored through a thorough program of outreach to
stakeholders to determine
priorities for possible scenario planning analyses, 5 minutes (posted)
11. Action Item: Revised Target for the Percent of Non-Single Occupancy Vehicle Travel in the Boston Urbanized Area, Ben Muller, MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning: Vote to approve an adjustment to this four-year performance target, 5 minutes
12. Action Item: Disparate Impact Metrics Study and Disparate Impact and Disproportionate Burden (DI/DB) Policy, Betsy Harvey, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the Disparate Impact Metrics Study and vote to endorse amended DI/DB policy, 30 minutes (posted)
13.
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 the MPO staff at
857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or
eharvey@ctps.org. 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
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