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pressing road safety issues for the police to be spending their time on. George said that having some kind of law in place, even if not feasibly enforceable, is a good thing. Richard said that there are so many more important issues to be concerned about; raising awareness of class 1 vs class 2 is a minor issue; Committee should be more concerned about trying to promote better behavioral changes that are likely to make more of a difference. Burma-Shave Signs: Members reviewed content of possible signs for the bikeway. Bob Hausslein said that the first seven signs are already in stock in his shed. Kevin said his least favorite is the Tour de France set; Jennifer agreed it could be retired. George mentions that he's all set to head to VistaPrint and make more. Tri-Town Meeting Planning: Lexington will host the next Tri-Town Bikeway meeting; this should be scheduled for some time in the spring. Kevin said that Terry Gleason is interested in developing and coordinating a middle school bicycle education program and would like this topic on the agenda. Lou said he thought it a great idea for the three towns to share information on bicycle education and best practices. He suggested it would be good to invite Cambridge to share what they do (Kevin mentioned that Cambridge has city staff who coordinates this program and works with the bicycle committee.) Richard Canale said that Stacey Beuttell is new Walk Boston executive director; she's a Lexington resident and a member of the Comprehensive Plan advisory committee. They had done a program with Lexington schools about10 years ago, he said, and suggested that we partner with them and do a coordinated bike-ped encouragement/education effort. Kevin and Richard will coordinate on contact info for Stacey. Richard mentions that it's best to do the meeting before good outdoor weather. Candidate locations for the meeting were discussed. Liaison Report: Richard Canale said that the Bedford Minuteman Bikeway extension is on the TIP for 2022. It will be paved to the Concord town line, and will move forward despite the RT 62 underpass doubling the cost. Paid for 80% fed, 20% state, the town funded the design. Richard talked about a recent Rt 2A meeting - 30 people attended. Toole is doing the study; funded by MassDOT. The study area is from 128 x 95 intersection to Crosby corner where it meets Route 2. That stretch is scheduled to be repaved (not reconstructed) in 2023. MassDOT wants Toole to look at bike and ped access. They will look at short, medium, and long-range fixes, but resurfacing will not solve these issues. Analysis says that speeds are what really is the problem. People are advocating for narrower roadways. They documented number of users and crashes; only 2 cyclist crashes documented; a few pedestrian ones. They did a study in January and still got —40 cyclists a day. Old Mass Ave intersection is really dangerous; residents there want it to be a T intersection. This is where the power lines cross as you're going toward Lexington and take a left; there's a wooden guardrail. Richard suggested that the Bike