Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

TIP- and UPWP-Development and Be Informed, Be Involved Sessions

We invite you to help develop plans for transportation planning and spending in the Boston region by attending the following public-dialogue sessions:

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

9:00-11:00 AM

Dedham Town Hall—Community Room

26 Bryant Street

Dedham, MA  02026

• Accessible by MBTA bus Routes 34 and 34E

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

9:00-11:00 AM

Chelsea City Hall—Council Chambers (3rd Floor)

500 Broadway

Chelsea, MA  02150

• Accessible by MBTA bus Routes 111, 112, 114, 116, 117 and Commuter Rail (Chelsea Station - Newburyport/Rockport Line)

These discussions support development of the:

• Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) This document identifies the highway and transit projects in the Boston region that will receive federal funding during the next four years (federal fiscal years 2015–2018).


• Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) This document identifies the federally funded transportation planning studies that will be conducted in the region during federal fiscal year 2015.

You can view the current TIP and UPWP documents at www.bostonmpo.org.

At the sessions cited above, MPO staff will discuss the background, steps, and schedule for developing the next TIP and UPWP documents. We also will gather your ideas about transportation priorities; and explain how and when we need your additional input.

MPO Be Informed, Be Involved Sessions

In addition to discussing the TIP and UPWP, MPO staff will provide an opportunity at the Be Informed, Be Involved sessions for you to hear briefings and give feedback on MPO work currently underway, planned or recently completed. There will be two sessions on:

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

12:30-2:00 PM and 5:30-7:00 PM (2 sessions)

State Transportation Building

10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150

Boston, MA 02116

• Accessible by the Orange and Silver Lines (Tufts Medical Center); the Green Line (Boylston or Arlington Station); and MBTA bus Routes 43 and 55


• Photo ID required for access to building

MPO meeting sites 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 617.973.7100 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.