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Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) Minutes February 23, 2015 Members Present : Sara Arnold, Peter Levy, Francine Stieglitz, Sally Castleman, Bill Levison, Hank Manz Members Absent : Matt Zhang, Elaine Dratch Staff Present : Charlotte Rogers, Director Human Services; Jeanette Rebecchi, Transportation Services Manager Liaisons Present : Rich McDonough, COA; Richard Canale, Planning Board; Michelle Ciccolo, Board of Selectmen 1.Public Comment No public comments were made at this meeting. 2.Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Minutes from the January 2015 meeting were unanimously approved. (Note: Ms. Castleman and Mr. Manz were not present for this vote.) 3.Transportation Systems Update Ms. Rebecchi has returned from maternity leave. Her new work hours are from 8 am to 5 pm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Office hours (advertised to the public) remain the same: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm every weekday and Monday/Thursday afternoons from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Ms. Judkins is in the office every weekday morning. Round-trip bus tickets have been available for sale on the Lexpress buses since January st 1. A small number have been sold to date. MBTA grant money for this fiscal year has still not been distributed. A written statement from the MBTA that the T is providing para-transit service for Lexington has been promised, but has not been received. (Ms. Rebecchi to follow-up.) The Lexpress GPS tracking is running well, but still has a few glitches. Ms. Rebecchi is working with the vendor to address these few remaining problems. th Patriots’ Day is April 20. Ms. Rebecchi is looking for volunteers to walk with the Lexpress bus in the parade. Rev Bus ridership statistics for Q4 2014 were distributed. During the three month period there were 254 rides from the Depot to Alewife and 81 return rides. Overall, The Rev provided 3280 total trips for the quarter. Ms. Rebecchi was contacted by a Brookhaven resident who asked about the possibility of having the Lexpress bus drive up to the Brookhaven front door. The resident is planning to attend the March meeting to make her case to TAC. 4.Semi-Annual Lexpress Ridership Report Lexpress ridership between July and December statistics were compiled by the Lexington Transportation office. Total ridership is essentially the same (increased by 2.9% to 42,640). Total Ridership Revenue, however, decreased by 12.8% to $44,566.74. The decrease is attributed primarily to a decrease in revenue from Lexpress passes. TAC asked the Transportation Office to include revenue reduction due to pass subsidies in the ridership report. The Committee had a discussion about approaches for increasing student ridership. Ideas discussed included: Link rider “training” and promotions to programming at the Community Center o Њ