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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, November 26, 2025

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Transportation Board Room, 2nd Floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

December 4, 2025, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours 5 minutes, expected ending at 12:05 PM)

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Meeting Agenda

1.       Introductions, 5 minutes  

2.       Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

3.       Executive Director’s Report, 10 minutes  

4.       Public Comments, 5 minutes  

5.       Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6.       Community Advisory Council Report, 3 minutes

7.       Action Item: Approval of September 4, 2025, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8.       Action Item: Work Scope for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Heavy Rail Capacity Analysis, Joe Delorto, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the MBTA Heavy Rail Capacity Analysis work scope, 5 minutes (posted)

9.       Action Item: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Project Readiness Guidelines, Ethan Lapointe and Adriana Jacobsen, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve proposed guidelines for assessing TIP project readiness, 45 minutes (posted)

10.   Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2026–30 TIP Adjustment Two, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse TIP Adjustment Two, 5 minutes (posted)

11.   Action Item: FFYs 2026–30 TIP Amendment One, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse FFYs 2026–30 TIP Amendment One, 10 minutes (posted)

12.   Route 114 Corridor Study in Salem, Seth Asante, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the Route 114 Corridor Study, 20 minutes (to be posted)

13.   Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes