Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, September 24, 2015

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

October 1, 2015, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes, expected ending at 11:40 AM)

 

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.


Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes  

2.      Public Comments, 15 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.  Work Program: Shared-Use Mobility Services: Study of Their Impacts on the Region’s Transportation System, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

b.  Work Program: Temporal Changes in Demographics and Title VI Implications, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

c.  MPO Meeting Minutes of September 17, 2015, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, presentation and vote to approve, 5 minutes (to be posted)

8.      Longitudinal Trends: Cities, Traffic, and CO2, Lucy R. Hutyra, Associate Professor, Ian Sue Wing, Associate Professor, and Connor K. Gately, PhD Candidate, Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, presentation and discussion of research studies that utilized data provided by the Boston Region MPO, 40 minutes

9.      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 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes that the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.