Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 27, 2014

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

April 3, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2.75 hours, expected ending at 12:45)

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, 10 minutes

6.      Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7.      Action Items:

a.      TIP Amendment Two, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion of public comments and decision to endorse this proposed amendment to the FFYs 2014 – 17 Transportation Improvement Program, 15 minutes (posted)

b.     Minutes of March 20, 2014, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted) 

8.      TIP First Tier List of Highway Projects and Development of FFYs 2015 – 18 TIP, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of issues for the development of the FFYs 2015-18 Transportation Improvement Program, 60 minutes (to be posted) 

9.      Exploring the 2011 Massachusetts Travel Survey: Focus on Journeys to Work Report, Bill Kuttner, presentation and discussion of the information gleaned, its application to MPO products, and the policy implications, 30 minutes (to be posted)

10.   A Preferential Lane on I-93 North: A Conceptual Plan Technical Memorandum, Bill Kuttner, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the conceptual plan and related issues, 15 minutes (posted)

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

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