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3. IB°�iiilk f' ° y aiind Courtesy I1131rogiraimlm Susan Barrett: We did bike/walk/bus week, and we want it to be more than a week. There is not much staff time dedicated, looking for more volunteers. We are focused on biking and walking but also transit planning. We have proposals out to MBTA. We need to think holistically. I have a transportation advisory committee. We used to put out a transit guide every year until 2004. So we used to think more holistically, and we want to again. Towns now get a fee (10 cents) from every Uber and Lyft ride that originates. We got $28,000 for 2017 and 2018. Town staff decided to use the funds for "active and alternative" transportation. Town Meeting must appropriate the funds. So staff has written a Program Improvement Request based on Peggy's informal request to Select Board that will come up at the spring town meeting. Cambridge has great materials and told us we could use anything as long as we credit them. We are getting pricing for design of a map similar to Cambridge's map. It will be $12,000-22,000 for map. Peggy: we should do a bike festival like Davis. Susan: we kick off planning for bike week in January, looking for volunteers. Omar volunteered. BWB week is 3rd week of May. Susan: We could sell or give away products like safety vests. We will use a professional designer. Peggy: Bikeway signs and printed materials should be coordinated. Kevin: Cambridge has just had an election that replaced a lot of City Councilors with more pro-bike people. Peggy: We need to convince the schools to incorporate bike safety education. Susan: Town staff met with schools in August. Transit study recommended we merge transportation budget with school transportation budget for better efficiency. We cannot use School buses but students can ride public transit. Parents want an MBTA-type service that is more flexible than school buses. Town responded with school bus plus Lexpress. Peggy: we need covered bike racks at the High School.