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,SUS Mopes! pQ` 1775 `�(3 APRIL 11- � k/NG'V part of the Transportation Mitigation package. The Town will decide how these funds are to be spent, and wants to put a signal at the intersection of Hayden and Waltham Streets. This may provide an opportunity for bike accommodations on Waltham, and Richard encouraged the Committee to speak up about its importance as a benefit to Hayden Avenue bicycle commuters, schools in the area, etc. He also suggested this be promoted at TSG, as well. b. Although there are no applicants from LBAC to serve on the Comprehensive Plan advisory board, Richard encourage the Committee to attend and to provide input in the meetings. c. Peggy said that, at the recent TSG meeting, Maguire Road will be signalized with bike lanes. There was also a discussion of using one of the radar guns to record speeds on the Bikeway. d. Sgt Callahan talked about recent bicycle crashes. There were two in September: Mass Ave near Independence, and on Marrett Road near Follen. There were medical transports, but he had no further information. On July 1, he said, two cyclists crashed into each other on the Bikeway near the DPW. Finally, a woman on Worthen Road drove through the Bedford intersection toward the Bikeway on Camelia Place. She hit a tree and didn't go onto the Bikeway, but it was close, since there is no barrier at the Bikeway intersection. 7. Other Business: The Zagster Bike Share has been reviewed by the Tourism Committee and HDC; the sign cannot face Mass Ave owing to aesthetic concerns. Bedford has been looking at a bike share without docking stations (V -Bike). Watertown Street will have bike lanes after it is paved (10 foot lanes with 5 foot bike lanes); MassDOT has painted sharrows on the Route 2 bridge. Peggy said that the Maple Street ramp will not have a curb cut at the entrance; MassDOT prefers that users access the sidewalk closer to the gas station on Mass Ave. Bob Dangel described an incident at the Bow Street intersection where an angry motorist was unhappy that another motorist stopped for a cyclist. Peggy said TSG received a suggestion from a Bikeway user that the large plastic barrels remain year-round at the Bikeway intersections. The meeting was adjourned. Record of the Discussions of the Friends of Lexington Bikeways/Bike Lexington 1. The Treasurer's Report was given. 2. Bike Smart Program: Peggy said that the Friends, working with the Recreation Department and the Police, will offer a second Bike Smart program this year, on September 23 at the Community Center. Bruce Kulik from Medford will lead the program.