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I was just gonna say as far as high school.Yeah,I do agree.It's,you know,there are a lot of students that drive to school,it's impossible.I've gone to meetings there,it's possible to get in and out,especially at the end of the day.But I think if we're going to recommend taking something away,you know,from the students or,you know,limiting them being able to drive their their cars in any way,which in some of them might be just luxury.But I think for students,they really do need it,you know,to get to sporting events and extracurricular activities.So I think if we made any kind of recommendation surrounding the the high school,student usage of cars,we should there should be some kind of increase in services from L'Express to,you know,to help the student gets to get to where they need to get to,because I think from what we've heard the feedback was that that wasn't in alignment,like the routes were not in alignment with what students needed.So I just wanted to put that out there that if we recommend limiting the number of cars of the high school,then definitely they should we should have something from L'Express to replace that. 2 Deepika really just gonna make a quick point.Very good point.And just piggyback off of what Sharon was saying, since my kid is now learning how to drive a car,post graduation.I mean,we also have to acknowledge that sometimes the kids who are driving to and from school,this is their driving practice.And,you know, to some extent,having kids learn how to drive within the safe environments of Lexington,there is some value to that.Not saying that's the only thing that should inform our thinking. The other quick thing is that there was a policy recommendation,I think,in what I was saying at some point.And I was like,Bridget,I don't know if you captured that that they should be because there will be in the end some policy recommendations:she was talking about changing the car culture in Lexington,or sort of restricting the number of cars per family or something she was talking about no mistake.Whoa, that's a policy recommendation,which should be flagged as that to be discussed,but should be flagged as that. Varda:Peak load rules.Many cities have that eventhough Lexington is a small town Bridger:We should discuss that because this isnt London where we tax people if they have three cars.I’d love to see the AG to weigh in Sally:People who park in Lexington have to pay and all teh people parking on Worthern road have to buy a pass.That could be a significant amount of money.Now students are driving their own cars and not paying a penny.Earlier we used to get parking meter money for many years the Lexpress budget,then at a town meeting it was decided that parking meter money eventhough it's meant for transportation could not go to Lexpress.It should be a recommendation for substantial money maybe a tax that goes to Lexpress. We need to get it right so that money should come to the right place. Bridger. Its inconsistent because people who can afford to buy a 300 dollar pass will buy one to park on Worthern. But you cannot fund the $1.6 million required to fund Lexpress (as it should be,not current state - clarification on Varda’s question)on the back of a parking pass