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Central Transportation Planning Staff – Overview
OVERVIEW • STAFF LISTING
The staff to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS), was created in 1974. The purpose of creating CTPS was to develop a permanent resource of expertise in comprehensive, multimodal transportation planning and analysis, to promote interagency cooperation, to ensure consistency among planning efforts, to reduce redundancy, and to fill gaps in the capabilities of MPO members—thus enabling the MPO´s 3C work and other, related work for member agencies to be accomplished efficiently and effectively.

The staff is multidisciplinary: it includes transportation analysts, planners, and engineers, as well as other support professionals working in the areas of geographic information systems, data processing, cartography, and graphic design. They are organized into ten groups, each with its own mission.


Administrative Services Group

Manager: Robin Mannion, Deputy Director for Administration, 617.973.7117, rmannion@ctps.org

The Administrative Services Group conducts all aspects of grant and contract management, budgeting, purchasing, human resources, space management, and general office functions.


Analytical Studies Group

Manager: Tom Lisco, 617.973.7079, tlisco@ctps.org

The Analytical Studies Group provides a variety of analysis services, participating in and carrying out studies related to transportation issues throughout the Boston metropolitan region. The group also develops and maintains several transportation-related datasets and prepares geographical representations of transportation-related data. The group is the agency’s repository of information on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project.


Certification Activities Group

Manager: Pam Wolfe, 617.973.7141, pwolfe@ctps.org

The Certification Activities Group conducts the MPO’s 3C (continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive) planning process and ongoing programs. The group develops the certification documents and implements the MPO’s Disability Access Support and Transportation Equity programs. It also conducts MPO bicycle and pedestrian planning, air quality analyses, and special studies.


Editorial Group

Manager: Lee Morrison, 617.973.7071, lmorrison@ctps.org

The Editorial Group ensures that all written MPO products are well organized, clearly written, correct in their English usage, appropriately formatted, and consistent internally and with each other.


Graphics Group

Manager: Jane Gillis, 617.973.7066, jgillis@ctps.org

The Graphics Group provides the MPO with graphics, designs, photographs, and maps.


Information Technology and Services Group

Manager: Ben Krepp, 617.973.7137, bkrepp@ctps.org

The Information Technology and Services Group (1) acquires, maintains, and operates information technology hardware and software; (2) develops, acquires, manages, processes, analyzes, and distributes transportation data and other information, (3) maintains Internet and intranet sites, and programs utilities and applications; and (4) provides staff assistance and training in the use of these resources.


Traffic Analysis and Design Group

Manager: Efi Pagitsas, 617.973.7106, epagitsas@ctps.org

The Traffic Analysis and Design Group identifies cost-effective improvements to the roadway system that will support the MPO’s efforts to address mobility and safety needs in the region. The group monitors the performance of the transportation system as it relates to mobility, identifies areas for potential improvement, and recommends potential action. The group also provides technical assistance to EOTPW and MassHighway.


Transit Service Planning Group

Manager: Liz Moore, 617.973.8495, emoore@ctps.org

The Transit Service Planning Group identifies efficient, cost-effective, and equitable transit service to support the MPO’s efforts to address the mobility needs of those who live or work in the region and those who visit. The group monitors the performance of existing services operated by transit providers in the Boston Region MPO service area, identifies areas that are unserved or underserved by transit, evaluates potential improvements, and develops plans for their implementation.


Travel Model Application Group

Manager: Scott Peterson, 617.973.7078, speterson@ctps.org

The Travel Model Application Group applies the regional travel demand model set and other modeling techniques to assess the impact of regionally significant transportation projects and land use alternatives on travel demand and air quality.


Travel Model Development Group

Manager: Sanjay Kaul, 617.973.7252, skaul@ctps.org

The Travel Model Development Group builds and maintains a state-of-the-practice regional travel demand model set for predicting the impact of regionally significant transportation improvements and land use polices on travel demand and air quality in eastern Massachusetts.

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