The Pioneer Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) implements and oversees the 3C transportation planning process in the Pioneer Valley region. The objective of the 3C transportation planning process is to assist, support, and provide the capability to maintain an open comprehensive, cooperative, and continuing transportation planning and programming process at all levels of government in conformance with applicable federal and state requirements and guidelines. The Pioneer Valley MPO was restructured in August of 2006 to enhance the role of the local communities in the transportation planning process and allow local MPO members to represent sub regional districts respective to community size and geographic location.
The Secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
The Administrator of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division
The Chair of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
The Chair of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Advisory Board
The President and CEO of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council (EDC)
The Mayors of two of the following three (3) urban core cities:
Chicopee
Holyoke
Springfield
The Mayor or a Selectboard Member of one of the following four (4) cities and towns:
Agawam
Southwick
Westfield
West Springfield
The Mayor, Selectboard Member, or Town Councilor of one of the following five (5) cities and towns:
Amherst
Easthampton
Hadley
Northampton
South Hadley
A Selectboard Member or Town Councilor from one of the following fourteen (14) suburban and rural towns:
Belchertown
Brimfield
East Longmeadow
Granby
Hampden
Holland
Longmeadow
Ludlow
Monson
Palmer
Pelham
Wales
Ware
Wilbraham
A Selectboard Member of one of the following seventeen (17) suburban andrural towns:
Blandford
Chester
Chesterfield
Cummington
Goshen
Granville
Hatfield
Huntington
Middlefield
Montgomery
Plainfield
Russell
Southampton
Tolland
Westhampton
Williamsburg
Worthington
In addition, the Administrator of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA), the Administrator of the Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA), the Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) Chair, and one representative each from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the five (5) alternate community MPO representatives, and one representative each from both the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division District One and District Two Offices shall be considered ex-officio, non-voting members of the Pioneer Valley MPO. Alternate members shall be additional chief elected officials from each of the above-cited categories of communities and he/she shall be eligible to attend, participate and vote at MPO meetings in the event that the primary member cannot attend.
Pioneer Valley MPO Members
Name
Title
Monica Tibbits-Nutt
Secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Jonathan L. Gulliver
Administrator of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division
Walter Gunn
Chair of the Pioneer Valley Executive Committee
Doug Slaughter
Chair of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Advisory Board
Joshua A. Garcia
Mayor of Holyoke (Sub-Region 1)
John Vieau
Mayor of Chicopee (Sub-Region 1)
Michael McCabe
Mayor of Westfield (Sub-Region 2)
Gina-Louise Sciarra
Mayor of Northampton (Sub-Region 3)
Mark Gold
Longmeadow Selectboard (Sub-Region 4)
Roger Fuller
Chesterfield Selectboard (Sub-Region 5)
Rick Sullivan
Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts
Alternates
Domenic Sarno
Mayor of Springfield (Sub-Region 1)
William Reichelt
Mayor of West Springfield (Sub-Region 2)
Nicole LaChapelle
Mayor of Easthampton (Sub Region 3)
Vacant
Sub-Region 4
Vacant
Sub-Region 5
Ex-Officio (Non-Voting)
Joi Singh
Federal Highway Administration
Peter Butler
Federal Transit Administration
Sandra Sheehan
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Administrator
Tina Cote
Franklin Region Transit Authority Administrator
Bill Dwyer
Chair – Pioneer Valley Joint Transportation Committee
