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Demographic analysis on app usage.Less than half actually offered app based payment;they also offered a cash based option.It would be good to know what the barriers are to actually get the app and rely on it. Howard -City of Newton and their own demand service.Looking at transit options outside of MA.Part of the problem with ridership and usage of Lexpress and also I don't know whether they are early or late.The T has an app which actually lets us know when the bus is early or late. Having to wave down a bus is hard for senior citizens.L'express does go into Brookhaven because there has never been enough demand.They have to call the Lexpress,they don't need much advance notice and it can be arranged. Susan Barrett -we do have an app for real time bus tracking.Called RIDE SYSTEMS.Mission hill is part of the MBTA suburban bus resources.If we pool contracts together you can get a better contract and a better rate. The trends in ridership went up in 2014,2015 and 2016.They had not suffered the loss of flexpass ridership.The senior ridership was also beginning to take off as we started the senior ass. They tried to streamline the routes.They were made into 3 longer bus routes as opposed to 6 mini routes.They made one seat rides as opposed to breaking it up.But there are half as many opportunities for boarding. External transfers -LRTA and the MBTA both of those use Charlie cards.BUt L'express cannot use Charlie cards.Earlier there was an LRTA agreement.Bring down the cost of the ride Barr Turner -Mission Hill at the grocery store stop,they consolidated into pick up and drop off points.The scheduling became more reliable.By adding the fixed stopes Sally -Funding sources for the Mission Hill system,it would be great to know their funding sources.Because it's really hard to make comparisons.The other thing that happened was to lexpress on not to change things.However,as gradually as more industry or apartments got built along the edges of Lexpress then the routes got long.Especially during more traffic time. Longer routes had to be done because of congestion. Barr Turner -Challenges with small networks data is really hard to find.The kind of detailed ridership is very hard to find. Kunal -TAC:Creating a uniform experience,Mobility study Ivy answered.It was talking about the marketing and branding experience,the buses should look the same,creating uniform bus stops.It did not cover fare as a uniform experience.A single amp could create a uniform experience.A lot more to do marketing and design than fare structure.TAC had suggested some of these measures.TACEffort to have charlie card integrations. Branding Fare side -integration and simplification through the $20 pass proposal Technology -seeing l'express bus in the same interface as the other transit options,in all our map apps. Oct 2022,maintaining level service,but also allocating sufficient funding sources to the 2023 standards,