Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting
Conference Room 4,
10 Park Plaza, Boston,
MA
Wednesday, October
11, 2017, 3:00 PM
(Estimated duration:
One hour
and
thirty minutes, expected ending at 4:30 PM)
1.
Introductions, 5 minutes (3:00 PM) T.
Bennett, Chair
2.
Chairs Report, 5 minutes (3:05 PM) T.
Bennett, Chair
3.
Approval of Meeting Minutes September 13, 2017, 5 minutes
(3:10 PM) T. Bennett, Chair (posted to MPO Website Calendar)
4.
Election Committee, 15 minutes (3:15
PM) M. Gowing, Chair Presentation
of nominees, statements from candidates, and vote to elect;
nominee for Chair, Tegin Bennett (Chair, Cambridge) and nominee for Vice Chair,
AnaCristina Fragoso (Boston Society of Civil Engineers).
5.
Creating Transportation Solutions in a Diverse Region, 40
minutes (3:30 PM) Betsy
Harvey, Transportation
Equity Program Manager, CTPS Presentation on how the Boston Region MPO plans for
a growing, fair and equitable region.
6.
Old Business, New Business, and Member Announcements, 15 minutes (4:10 PM) Ongoing
Advisory Council items and issues, including notices by
members and items that were not anticipated.
7.
Adjourn (4:30 PM)
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.
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Agenda posted before 3:00 PM, October 6, 2017