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He explained that the schools will face increased traffic this next school year because of the cost increase to parents of bussing, combined with the increase of the radius (from the school) before a child qualifies for free bussing. The SWC expects a challenge to keep traffic down. Request for table by Bikeway during event: Dick Fleiss, a York St. Mr. Fleiss agreed to all these stipulations, and agreed to put the request in writing so Stew can forward the request and our recommendations to the Town Manager. Safety data: Abe reported on his meeting with Fire Chief Middlemiss as a follow up to the letter we wrote requesting bicycle related accident reports. Chief Middlemiss was very responsive and helpful. He explained that the accident data base does not easily allow creation of a separate field for bicycle related reports, so the only way to sort for them is by a more laborious manual process. The Chief had that done for the past five years and gave the resulting data to Abe. Abe will examine this data and see if patterns emerge from which we can draw conclusions and then make recommendations for improving safety. This interaction with the safety officials is encouraging and promises to lead to continuing helpful collaboration. RTP trail grant : Mike reported he was informed by DCR that our grant request for this year was approved, for all parts except the brush mower. The only problem is we have no idea when the money will be forthcoming: based on recent years’ results, it’s unlikely any work will be able to be done before this fall at the earliest. Location signs on Bikeway: Jim had asked that consideration be given to requesting posting of location signs along the bikeway, as he recently saw an emergency vehicle (from Bedford) having trouble finding an accident victim who apparently was confused in reporting his location. As Jim missed this meeting we decided to wait until next month to take up this issue, but at this time the committee unanimously passed a motion to recommend that signs identifying the town borders with Bedford and Arlington be put up. Repaving plans for the Bikeway: Stew reported talking recently with Bill Hadley about plans for repaving in the fiscal year starting this July. The plan is to start at the Bedford line and proceed eastward with repaving the entire surface, and installing some root barriers where root damage shows they are needed. The allocated money will allow about half the bikeway to be done – reaching somewhere near the center. The plan is then to request from town meeting money and authorization to complete the bikeway in the following fiscal year. This year’s work will probably occur next spring. Bill understands our position recommending removal of the rumble strips as the repaving gets to them. Stew promised Bill he will speak with John Rosenberg about removal of the rumble strips. (John had mentioned liking them when the paving question arose at this year’s town meeting.)