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1. Support integrated transportation services that meet the needs of Lexington residents of all ages and abilities and support the infrastructure needed to facilitate the use of those services. This could involve new services or the reallocation of existing services; Complete Streets initiatives and the Center Streetscape plans should incorporate such infrastructure. 2. Develop a sound plan to fund The Rev, the Alewife/Hartwell Avenue commuter shuttle, that does not unnecessarily deplete TDM funds that are needed for other services. It was agreed that the Tri-Town Transportation Study would be reported as this Committee's focus for the coming year. 7:30-8:00 a.m. Lexpress Service: Ms. Barrett reported that the current Lexpress schedule does not include service between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. because there was reason to believe that the buses did not get back from their 7:00 a.m. run in time to operate half hour routes starting at 7:30 a.m. Because the system now has GPS trackers, she was able to provide data that mostly contradicted that understanding. It was agreed that she would experiment with driving times needed to operate Routes 1, 3, and 5 at 7:30 a.m. If this does not seem possible, she will explore the idea of running shortened routes during that time, rather than having the buses sit idle at the Depot. Any route changes need to be presented to the BoS on June 13 so that the new schedules can be printed for distribution in the tax bills that are mailed in late June. It was agreed that this committee would meet on June 5 to review Ms. Barrett's findings. Transportation Update: Ms. Barrett distributed her transportation update and reviewed the items listed. Comments not included in the written update included the following: 1. The 128 Business Council did not submit a proposal for the Tri-Town Transportation Study, probably because it does not have the depth to fulfill the required tasks. Because Lexington pays to be a member of the 128 Business Council, the Town may ask Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the Council's Executive Director, to assist with parts of this study. 2. Two of the three companies that submitted proposals for the Tri-Town Transportation Study were interviewed: Foursquare and AECOM. 3. Ridership per vehicle hour data has traditionally been based on 12 hours of daily service per bus. Because no service is provided between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. Ms. Barrett also calculated this measure using 11.5 hours of daily service per bus. For April, this increased the ridership per vehicle hour from 6.5 to 6.8 Ms. Barret urged members of this committee to review her list of coming events and to participate as much as possible. Russian School of Math, Hartwell Ave: Mr. Creech briefly reviewed a proposal that has been presented to the Planning Board to locate a Russian School of Math on Hartwell Avenue. There are concerns about traffic, and he urged members of this committee to participate in discussions about this proposal. He will inform this committee when the proponents are scheduled to attend a Planning Board meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55PM Respectfully Submitted, Sara Arnold