HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-25-TAC-min.pdf Lexington Transportation Advisory Committee
Wednesday, March 25, 1998 Meeting
7.30 PM, Selectmen's Meeting Room
Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Don Graham Ed Ganshirt
Sara Arnold Sally Castleman
Ben Turk Nancy Kolb
1. Nancy Kolb opened the meeting with a status report.The CNG Bus RFP has been sent to
potential vendors and a pre-proposal conference would be held on April 2, 1998.The
Lexington-Concord Visitor's Council was continuing to move forward with planning for
the Lexington-Concord Trolley Lou Sideris of the Minute Man National Historic Park
met with the police chief of Concord to have the proposed route approved.Nancy and
Lou are to meet to do time runs and create timetables for the trolley service.New
Lexpress ridership figures showing the number of passengers per vehicle hour were
presented.
2. The issue of marketing was raised with a discussion regarding committee membership.
Don Graham suggested that the committee may need to be reconstituted to include more
members with closer ties to the service such as seniors and parents of school aged
(especially junior and high school aged)children. Don believes that the chair of the
committee should be closely affiliated with the schools and offered to step down if an
appropriate volunteer was found.Committee members noted previous inquiries to
membership that should be pursued.
3. Specific marketing items were also raised.Ben Turk has contacted the School
Department regarding bus safety sessions. Summer flyer for Hayden and Minuteman
Tech are already out(too late for Lexpress advertising). Nancy Kolb should contact
parade marshal about bus location in parade.Barbara Lucas volunteered to make bus
skirts for the parade.
4. Discussion of changes to MBTA Saturday service commenced. Ed Ganshirt provided
press release from the web.Beginning June 21,Route 76 and Route 62 service will be
combined on Saturdays.The new route will travel Mass Ave to Wood Street,up Hartwell
Avenue and west on Route 4/225 into Bedford.A new express route was being added to
Burlington. Suggestion was made for this route to stop on Hartwell Avenue. MBTA
assessments to the Town were discussed, as was the possibility of seeking additional
funding from the MBTA for Lexpress service.
5. Minutes of the March 4, 1998 Meeting were approved.
6. Next meeting:Thursday,April 30, 1998,7:30 PM,Room 111.
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