FW: Boston Region MPO Open House scheduled for Wednesday, July 22
Tom Michelman
Fyi. It would be great if someone could attend
- 1 PM and 6:30 PM: An Update on the Development of Two MPO Planning Documents: the FFYs 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Amendment to the Regional Transportation Plan, JOURNEY TO 2030. Through the TIP, the MPO programs funding for highway and transit projects over a four-year period. JOURNEY TO 2030, with a 20-year time frame, is the comprehensive transportation planning document of the Boston Region MPO.
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Subject: Boston Region MPO Open House scheduled for
Wednesday, July 22
You are invited to attend an Open House of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) on Wednesday, July 22. An afternoon session will begin at 12 noon and an evening session will begin at 5:30 PM.
The Open House is an opportunity for the MPO staff to update the public on transportation issues and receive feedback on work being conducted by the MPO.
Descriptions of the presentations and a schedule are below:
- 12:00 noon and 5:30 PM: The Draft Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2010 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The UPWP describes surface transportation planning studies and projects within the MPO region proposed for the upcoming federal fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2009.
- 12:30 PM and 6 PM: The Results and Implementation Plan of MetroFuture. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council led the development of MetroFuture, which is a regional smart-growth plan for the Boston metropolitan region.
- 1 PM and 6:30 PM: An Update on the Development of Two MPO Planning Documents: the FFYs 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Amendment to the Regional Transportation Plan, JOURNEY TO 2030. Through the TIP, the MPO programs funding for highway and transit projects over a four-year period. JOURNEY TO 2030, with a 20-year time frame, is the comprehensive transportation planning document of the Boston Region MPO.
- 1:30 PM and 7 PM: Upgrades to the MPO’s Travel Model. The travel model is an important tool that underlies much of the MPO’s work. The model captures people’s daily commuting habits by predicting the number of trips made daily in the region, where those trips will go, the distribution of those trips by route, and the number of trips made by each transportation mode. Plans for upgrading the model, with an emphasis on efforts to integrate it with a land use allocation model, will be discussed at the Open House.
Presentations will be given in the MPO Conference Room, which is located in Suite 2150, on the second floor of the State Transportation Building. (A photo ID is required for admittance.) The State Transportation Building is located at 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116. It is accessible via the following MBTA transit services:
Orange Line – New England Medical Center or Chinatown Stations
Green Line – Boylston or Arlington Stations
Silver Line – New England Medical Center Station
MBTA Bus Routes 43 and 55