The DVRPC Board

10:00am, February 23, 2012

Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA

For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance

CALL TO ORDER - CHAIR'S COMMENTS

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

ACTION ITEMS

NOTE: Visitors may view details and leave comments on any Action Item below by clicking on the hyperlinked title.

1. Minutes of Meeting of January 26, 2012

2. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Actions     

1. PA11-59:  Route 13/Bristol Pike, PA 413 to Levittown Parkway Restoration (MPMS #47392), Bucks County
2. PA11-60:  All-Weather Pavement Markings 2012 (MPMS #94964), Various Counties
3. PA11-61:  State of Good Repair (MPMS #77180), SEPTA
4. PA11-62:  System Improvements (MPMS #60557), SEPTA
5. NJ12-09:  Small Special Services Program (DB #T120), NJ TRANSIT

3. FY 2012 New Jersey Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI)     

Staff will present the New Jersey recommended projects for the FY 2012 TCDI Program.

4. Approval of the List of Recommended Projects and TIP Commitment for the Pennsylvania FY 2013 Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) and FY 2013/FY2014 New Freedom (NF) Grant Programs

Staff will present the recommended list of projects for the Pennsylvania JARC and New Freedom Programs.

ONE MINUTE REPORTS

5. Board Members and Alternates are invited to provide updates on the activities of their counties/agencies.

PRESENTATION

6. Scorecard for Rail Travel

Richard T. Roberts, NJ TRANSIT’s Chief of Capital Planning, will discuss the agency’s new way of managing its services and investments embodied in the “Scorecard” which uses metrics for measuring NJ TRANSIT’s performance in the areas of customer service, safety and security, financial health and service accountability publicly reported on their website.

7. Executive Director's Report

1. Federal transportation funding activities
2. Board Policy Analysis Committee
3. Regional Community & Economic Development Forum
4. Public Participation Task Force
5. Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance event
6. Right-to-Know Requests

8. Committee Reports

1. Planning Coordinating Committee/Regional Transportation Committee              
2. Regional Community and Economic Development Forum

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

Attachments:

1. Minutes of Meeting of January 26, 2012
2. Commissioner Summary Sheets (Action Items 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3, and 4)
3. PCC/RTC Recommendations for February 23, 2012