The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces its 2022 Spring Meeting on Friday June 3, 2022 at 10:30 am. This meeting will be hosted by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments as a webinar. Registration for the meeting webinar can be accessed below.
Welcome and Introductions (10:30 am – 10:40 am) – Rick Dunne, Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments
Welcoming Remarks (10:40 am – 10:50 am) – Mayor Neil O’Leary, City of Waterbury & Chair, Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments
Keynote (10:50 am – 11:05 am) — Rail Service and the Post-Pandemic Market Fred Nangle, Deputy Director, Service Planning Projects Operations Planning & Analysis MTA Metro-North Railroad
Regional Issues (11:05 am – 11:45 PM) a. COVID survey results — Mark Abraham, DataHaven b. Route 8 and Waterbury Rail Line Alternative Modes Assessment – Mark Nielsen, Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments
Public Participation (11:45 am – 12:00 pm)
Work Program Activities(12:00 pm – 12:25 pm) a. Multi-State Freight Working Group – Anne Strauss-Wieder, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority b. Multi-State Resilience Working Group – Meghan Sloan, Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments c. MAP Forum Hub – Gabrielle Fausel, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
Next meeting and agenda items (12:25 pm – 12:30 pm) – Rick Dunne
Adjourn (no later than 12:30 pm)
The MAP Forum is a consortium of ten metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and councils of government (COGs) in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the coordination of planning activities in the multi-state metropolitan region.
The MAP Forum complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and federal Limited English Proficiency guidelines. If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, or translation services, please contact NYMTC-Public-Info@dot.ny.gov no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting.
Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) is holding a public comment period from March 10, 2022 to April 10, 2022 on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) air quality emissions analysis. The analysis titled, Ozone and PM2.5 Air Quality Conformity Determination of the 2019-2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plans and the 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Programs, As Amended, is available for review below.
This is a statewide initiative and comments are encouraged. The public meeting to potentially endorse the analysis will be held during the HVMPO and SWRMPO meeting on Thursday, April 21st at 12pm. Please refer to the WestCOG website for more information and meeting updates. To submit comments please email: plan@westcog.org or mail: 1 Riverside Rd, Sandy Hook, CT 06482.
In 2017, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) published the Connecticut Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) to guide the State in reducing injuries and fatalities along Connecticut roadways. This Regional Transportation Safety Plan (RTSP) is in congruence with the Connecticut SHSP. It will serve as a road map and strategy to help the Western Connecticut Region and its 18 municipalities collaborate with the State in reducing injury and fatal crashes. It will also serve to increase safety awareness and allow the member towns, cities, and the region to focus on their transportation safety issues.
The Section 5310 program provides Federal funding for capital expenses (up to 80% of total project cost) and operating expenses (up to 50% of total project cost) to improve mobility for seniors and individuals with disabilities by removing barriers to transportation service and expanding transportation mobility options.
The application process has begun. See more information on the application process on WestCOG’s 5310 Webpage.
Join us at the Transit Roundtable: Successes, Challenges and Your Community at the Norwalk City Hall Community Room on Tuesday, January 28th, 9-11AM. Please register, more information after the cut:
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum The Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum announces its 2019 Annual Meeting on December 13, 2018 at 10:30 am in Lower Manhattan. For security purposes, please RSVP via Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/2KgMcz1 . More below.
The Fourth Annual CT Trails Symposium, “Shout it Out!”: Trails Tourism and Marketing, presented by the CT Greenways Council In Partnership, will be held on the East Hartford Campus of Goodwin College on Thursday, October 24, 2019, 9am-3pm. The eventbrite page is here.
