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Changes inevitably impact some passengers. Requests for service in specific neighborhood or to new establishments are frequent, and efforts are made to accommodate. Most recently, the Community Center was added to the schedule, but this required some reductions elsewhere. The buses serve the Community Center twice an hour between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The routes cannot be extended any further and continue to provide service once an hour. If we had a fourth bus, as Lexpress had when it first started, it would be possible to get deeper into neighborhoods and serve many areas more frequently. Transportation Demand Management: 6. Mr. Manz shared a draft memo to the BoS regarding the use of TDM funds and this Committee’s concern that TDM funds are being depleted faster than is wise. Those funds are being used to support the commuter bus, The Rev, as well as Lexpress. Town support for The Rev is supposed to be temporary. Mr. Manz will incorporate some suggested edits and redistribute the memo. School Transportation Needs 7. Mr. Manz and Mr. Weeks met with Elaine Celi, School Transportation Coordinator. The Flex-Pass works well for high school students but not so well for middle schoolers. Ms. Celi would like Lexpress to help more with the school population needs. It is generally agreed that collectively the Town needs better townwide transportation, but it is difficult to know how to achieve that goal. It was noted that Ms. Rebecchi has also met with school staff. There are no “magic bullets”. Ms. Rebecchi has receive 200 responses to a recent survey of Clarke Middle School parents. She will share data when it is available. Future Meetings: 8. It was agreed to continue meeting the second Monday of the month at 3:30 p.m. Ms. Rebecchi distributed two handouts about schedule changes for discussion at a future meeting. Meeting adjourned at 5:18 Respectfully Submitted, Sara Arnold Materials presented at the meeting: Agenda Minutes MBTA Rate Increases, effective July 1, 2016 Memo from Ms. Rebecchi to Mr. Valente Regarding Lexpress Adult Cash Fare Increase, March 14, 2016 Draft memo from TAC to the BoS regarding TDM Funding, March 13, 2016 Lexpress Route On-Time Performance Graphs Memo from Ms. Rebecchi to Ms. Rodgers regarding FY17 Lexpress Schedule Change Proposal