Agenda posted before 3:00 PM, February 18, 2026

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Process, Engagement, and Readiness Committee Meeting

Zoom Video Conferencing Platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83084799522

February 25, 2026, 3:00 PM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, expected ending at 4:30 PM)

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

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 5 minutes

2. Public Comments, 5 minutes

3. Action Item: Approval of January 22, 2026, Meeting Minutes, Adriana Jacobsen, Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Staff, 5 minutes (posted)

4. Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2027–31 TIP Project Updates and Readiness Guidelines, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion around areas of concern and required action for currently funded projects in the FFYs 2027–31 TIP, 30 minutes.

5. FFYs 2027–31 Program Development Objectives, Adriana Jacobsen and Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Overview of anticipated needs and objectives to be addressed in the creation of the program of projects for the FFYs 2027–31 TIP, 20 minutes.

6. Project Scoring and Rescoring Preview, Adriana Jacobsen and Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Introduction to projects newly seeking funding through the TIP for FFYs 2026 through 2031. Review of expected score changes because of TIP project rescoring, 20 minutes.

7. Members’ Items: Reports and notices by TIP Process, Engagement, and Readiness members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

8. Next Meeting: The TIP Process, Engagement, and Readiness Committee will next meet on March 12 to discuss further development of the program of projects for the FFYs 2027–31 TIP.

CIVIL RIGHTS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Welcome. Bem Vinda. Bienvenido. Akeyi. 欢迎. 歡迎.

You are invited to participate in our transportation planning process, free from discrimination. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is committed to nondiscrimination in all activities and complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency). Related federal and state nondiscrimination laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, sex, disability, and additional protected characteristics.

For additional information or to file a civil rights complaint, visit www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination.

To request accommodations at meetings (such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages) or if you need this information in another language, please contact:

Boston Region MPO Title VI Specialist

10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150

Boston, MA 02116

Phone: 857.702.3700

Email: civilrights@ctps.org

For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service, www.mass.gov/massrelay. Please allow at least five business days for your request to be fulfilled.

Posted materials are available via the MPO’s meeting calendar webpage at bostonmpo.org/calendar/month.