Public Meeting - Federal Certification Review

Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 6:00pm

Public Meeting

Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) – Transportation Planning Process

You are invited to participate in an evaluation of transportation planning process in the Springfield, Massachusetts region.

Every four years, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are required by law to review the metropolitan transportation planning process conducted by the Pioneer Valley MPO and its partners in order to certify that they are carrying out the process in accordance with all applicable Federal requirements.

As part of this review, the Federal agencies would like to hear from members of the public on their views of how the metropolitan transportation planning process is conducted in the Springfield region. The FHWA and FTA are particularly interested in hearing from people who have participated in some aspect of the Pioneer Valley MPO’s work.

Please attend the public meeting conducted by the FHWA and FTA:
Thursday, October 29, 2015, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Second Floor Large Conference Room
60 Congress Street
Springfield, MA 01104

You may also submit your thoughts, comments, or observations before October 27, 2015 to:

FHWA:           Pamela Stephenson, Division Administrator                                                       

55 Broadway, 10th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142                                 

                                Email: brandon.wilcox@dot.gov

OR

FTA:               Mary Beth Mello, Regional Administrator

55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142

Email: nicolas.garcia@dot.gov

For detailed schedules of public transportation services available for getting to and from the meeting, please visit the PVTA’s website, www.pvta.com, or call PVTA Customer Service at 413-781-7882 or 877-779-7882

This location is accessible to people with disabilities. PVPC  provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact PVPC by phone (413-781-6045), fax (413-732-2593), TTD/TTY (413-781-7168) or by email gmroux@pvpc.org. Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the meeting.