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 – Jim Hovland, Chair
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 January 21, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes

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

1. 2026-15: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment – MnDOT National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Charging Station
2. 2026-16: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment – Scope and Cost Increase for MnDOT’s MN 77 Bridge Rehabilitation

Non-Consent Business (1:10-1:30)

1. 2026-14: Scope Change Request – City of Minneapolis’ Elliot Park Neighborhood Pedestrian Improvement (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)
   • Original application
   • Scope Change Policy

Information (1:30-2:20)

1. National Scan of Integration of Travel Demand Management for Highway Projects (Jonathan Ehrlich, Bethany Brandt-Sargent, Met Council; Kaitlyn Denten, UMN)
2. Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Plan Update Recommendations (Kyle Burrows, Metro Transit)
3. Reading of Dakota Land, Water, People Acknowledgement (Jim Hovland, TAB Chair)

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]