Revised agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 17, 2014

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

March 20, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes, expected ending at 11:50 AM)

Please note: This meeting will be followed immediately by a UPWP Committee meeting.

Meeting Agenda

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:

a. FRA NEC FUTURE: Modeling Support Work Scope, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation and discussion of this work program, 15 minutes (posted)

b. Minutes of February 20 and March 6, 2014, meetings, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8. South Coast Rail Corridor Plan Presentation, Jean Fox, Project Manager, MassDOT and Scott Peterson, Director of Technical Services, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this transit expansion and economic development project, 45 minutes

9. State Implementation Plan Update, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes

10. Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

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

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