Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

For in-person meetings held at the Robert Street location: As of 1/20/26, to enter the building, simply press the call button located at the west side doors (nearest Robert Street). Our front desk team will be promptly alerted and will assist you with entry.

Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment

The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.

Call to Order (12:30)

1. Approval of the Agenda

Public Invitation

Invitation to interested persons to address the Transportation Advisory Board. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.

Reports (12:35-1:00)

1. TAB Chair’s Report – Taylor Hubbard, 2^nd Vice-Chair

• Welcome new TAB members

2. Agency Reports – MnDOT, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Council, Suburban Transit Association (2 minutes per report)
3. TAC Report (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)

Approval of Minutes (1:00-1:05)

1. Approval of February 18, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes

Consent Business (1:05-1:10) Joe MacPherson

1. 2026-21: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – I-394 Lighting Systems Replacement
2. 2026-25: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – Cost Decrease for MnDOT’s MN 77 Bridge Rehabilitation

Non-Consent Business (1:10-2:00)

1. 2026-18: Program Year Extension Request: City of Anoka's TH 47 Corridor Improvement (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)
   • Program Year Policy
2. 2026-19: Release of the 2026 Regional Solicitation, Active Transportation, and Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Applications (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)
   • Presentation
   • Public Comment Report
   • Draft Regional Solicitation
   • Draft Active Transportation Solicitation
   • Draft Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Solicitation
3. 2026-20: Active Transportation Administration Costs (Joseph Widing, MTS)

Information (2:00-2:20)

1. METRO Bronze Line BRT Project Update (Amy Vennewitz, MTS; Craig Lamothe, Stephen Smith, and Liz Jones, Metro Transit)

Items of TAB members

Other Business

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Committee information

Transportation Advisory Board

Committee contact:

Elaine Koutsoukos
[email protected]