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LBAC Meeting Minutes <br />8 <br /> <br />Committee opened this for discussion to exchange ideas. <br /> <br />Chris Barry – they are willing to share speed equipment for the bikeway. <br />Per the Police Department, they want to be there on the bikeway and be a part of the solution but it <br />comes down to their staffing levels. They would be happy to put out an officer on the bikeway but the <br />staffing levels don’t allow it. <br />The town is broken into 4 sectors – the cruisers take precedence over the bikeway. <br />It’s hard to stop a biker – to get them to slow down. If they don’t give them their name the police have to <br />arrest them. The police don’t have much authority to ask riders to slow down. <br /> <br />Peggy – we have so many different kinds of vehicles and a lot of fast moving vehicles on the bikeway <br />What belongs on the bikepath is really tough. Signed posted state “No Motor vehicles”. <br />Officer Mitch Caspe – over the summer they staffed bike officers to go out on the bikeway. The officers <br />stopped electric scooters from traveling on the bikeway and asked them to leave the bikeway to go out <br />on the streets. <br />E-bikes – are allowed on the bike path. <br /> <br />QUESTION – Betty asked to confirm that scooters are not allowed on the bikeway? <br />Per Mitch Caspe, that is correct that scooters and other electric MMDs are not supposed to be on the <br />bikeway. <br />Note that this is not defined on the Mass State level. <br />E- bike are considered bicycles, but Scooters are not allowed, per Mitch Caspe. <br /> <br />Mitch – what is reasonable to monitor the bikeway? Arlington has it as a public way but Lex does not <br />own the bikeway and Arlington did adopted the bikeway to make it a public way. <br /> <br />Education is the first step to improving behavior on the bikeway. <br /> <br />Ram – people slow down when they see a camera recording their speeds <br /> <br />Captain Chris Barry – we could use the speed trailers on the bikeway. He agrees to use the speed <br />trailers on a weekend/ <br />Mitch – if the Committee comes up with money to purchase a speed trailer that could be stationed on <br />the bikeway. But keep in mind it is open towards vandalism. <br />Jim – Education is important especially in the schools.