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Transportation Advisory Committee Town of Lexington Minutes for the meeting of Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 The meeting was held pursuant to Governor Baker's March 12, 2020 order Suspending Certain Provisions of G.L. c. 30A, section 18, and the Governor's March 15, 2020 and subsequent orders imposing strict limitations on the number of people who may gather in one place. Members present: Elaine Dratch, Vinita Verma, Sally Castleman (chair), Shefali Verma (LHS representative), Sara Arnold (7:14), Pamela Lyons Liaison: Sudhir Jain, Council on Aging, Mark Sandeen, Select Board (8:25) Susan Barrett, Transportation Manager The Committee voted 4-0 by roll call vote (Sara Arnold arrived after the vote) to approve the minutes for the meeting of February 2,2021. There were no liaison reports. Melanie Thompson will be the new liaison from the Planning Board. Susan told us about Lex Lights the Night coming up on Friday March 12th. There are 575 people registered. The purpose is to build a culture of active transportation across a broad spectrum of people. This is in collaboration with Friends of the Bikeway. There will be various goodies for bikers and pedestrians. FISH is still not operating— Susan receives the FISH requests and she arranges for them to be filled by taxi paid for by the MAPC Taxi Grant. The META will be rolling out a next generation Charlie Card. The META is working on making bus stops more accessible and plans on restoring 93% of bus service by summer. The combined 62/76 is not likely to go back to separate routes in the near future. Susan reprimanded a Lexpress driver for having his mask down on multiple occasions. Susan is planning on hosting a ridership meeting— always trying to improve service. She will be meeting with Amanda Loomis regarding the comprehensive plan. We have a Mass DOT grant: $200,000 for Lexpress operations and $35,000 for the Regionalization Action Plan and marketing/outreach activities. The timeframe for expenditure is extended to June 30, 2022. Regionalization Action Plan is to create an actionable plan to regionalize transportation services, and the marketing/outreach activities are specifically for Lexpress.