Agenda
posted before 5:00 PM, March 8, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3 hours, expected ending 1:00 PM)
Please
note: This meeting will be preceded by a UPWP Committee meeting at 9:15 AM.
Also, the monthly State Implementation Plan Update is discussed at MPO meetings
for public information purposes.
1.
Introductions, 5 minutes
2.
Public Comments, 10 minutes
3.
Chair’s Report, 5 minutes
4.
Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes
5.
Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6.
Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes
7.
Action Items:
- Results of the Boston Region MPO’s 2010 Freight Study – A Profile of Truck Impacts, Mike Callahan, MPO Staff
- Low-Cost Improvements to Bottleneck Locations, Phase II, Efi Pagitsas
8.
Work Scope: Assembly
Square Station Service and Fare Equity Analysis, Karl Quackenbush and Scott
Peterson, Manager, Travel Model Application Group, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this proposed
MBTA-funded work scope, 15 minutes (posted)
9.
Technical
Memorandum: Maintenance Costs for Municipally Controlled Federal-Aid-Eligible
Roadways, Karl Quackenbush and Efi Pagitsas, presentation and discussion of this research concerning possible
adoption of a pavement management system for the region, 20 minutes (posted)
10.
Bicycle Programs Update: Regional Hubway, MPO
Bike Racks, and Boston Bike Infrastructure, David Loutzenheiser, MAPC (MPO Bicycle Rack Program and Regional Hubway)
and Nicole Freedman, City of Boston (Boston Initiatives), update on current activities and status of
these programs, 20 minutes
11.
Mystic
Valley Parkway Green Line Community Visioning Project Update, Eric
Halvorsen, MAPC, briefing on this project
and its progress, 15 minutes (posted)
12.
Priority
Corridors for LRTP Needs Assessment, Karl Quackenbush and Efi Pagitsas, discussion and consensus on selection
recommendations for the arterial segments to be analyzed in this study, 15
minutes (posted)
13.
State
Implementation Plan Update, Kate
Fichter, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for
public information on progress, 5 minutes (to be posted)
14.
Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including
regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
The meeting location is accessible to
people with disabilities and via public transportation. Assistive listening
devices and large-print materials will be available at the meeting site. Upon
advance request, every effort will be made to prepare materials in other
formats and in languages other than English, and to provide interpreters in
American Sign Language and other languages. For assistance or accommodations,
contact Mike Callahan, preferably two weeks before the meeting, at 617.973.8853
(voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or mcallahan@bostonmpo.org.
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