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DRAFT MEETING MINUTES April 26,2023 The Ad hoc Transportation Advisory Committee held a meeting on Wednesday,April 26,2023 from 9am-10am via Zoom. Attendance was taken and Quorum was established at 9:06am.Members of the ad Hoc Committee and Transportation Advisory Committee attended per the posted meeting agenda. AD HOC MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:Howard Cloth,Deepika Sawhney,Bridger McGaw,Sally Castleman, Varda Haimo,Carolyn Kosnoff,Joe Pato all were in attendance. Susan Barrett,Lexington Transportation Manager attended. Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)IN ATTENDANCE:Elaine Dratch,Sally Castleman,Mark Andersen,Kunal Botla,and Pamela Lyons attended from TAC Mark Andersen presented on the recent TAC proposal regarding changes in the transit pass pricing.The goal is through a simpler fare system and more marketing to increase rider engagement to drive increased utilization.(link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XQ0KefP5GW12jPcNcyxv-Q1aLPlp_j6/view He shared the analysis of the pass pricing recommendation,the acknowledgement that fares do not materially contribute to cost reduction of the service,and the challenges of free vs fixed fare cost,and the fact that the proposal has not yet gone further. Discussion continued around how/where the passes are purchased as an open issue. Net new cost to the town is minimal to change to this pass structure,but hopefully more engagement and opportunity to increase ridership year over year would be possible. Goal is to move from 25K rides today to 70K rides in 3 years.This will both get the cost/ride down from $26/ride $10/ride but some cross talk if this is really a real town goal overall. Goal of new fare structure would be driving new ridership vs capitalizing on increasing engagement of existing riders.