HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-29-AHTC-min Town of Lexington AdHoc Transportation Committee Meeting
Wednesday, 3/29/2023 1 9am to 1Oam
Zoom Video Conference
Meeting Minutes
Present: Susan Barrett, Sally Castleman, Howard Cloth, Sharon Gunda, Varda Haimo, Carolyn Kosnoff,
Joe Pato, and Deepika Sawhney.
Northeastern Students:Jared Doucette, Barr Tuner(briefly).
Deepika called a meeting to order via Zoom at 9:03am.
• Deepika -we need someone who will take meeting minutes for this meeting and the next one
as well as posting the agenda to the Clerk's Office. Sharon accepted the role.
• Deepika -we need to schedule upcoming meetings. The group agreed on Wednesdays at 9am.
In April we will meet on the 5th and 12th in order to collaborate with the Northeastern
students. The group agreed on twice a month after April 12, 2023.
• Jared provided an update on Northeastern students' work. They have been analyzing and
condensing the data provided to a two page memo. Jared has also been reaching out to the
business community. He met with the Chamber of Commerce and took a tour of Lexington.
Deepika -they should consider talking to the local supermarkets to get data about employee
transportation utilization. Jared - he can come up with a survey tool that we can use to collect
this data at a later point. He will share it with Susan for review before finalizing it.
• Varda -who enacted all the funding for Lexpress. Sally explained the history of the funding to
date.
• Deepika - motion to approve meeting minutes from 3/15/2023. Seconded by Varda. Committee
unanimously approved meeting minutes via roll call vote.
• Carolyn - did a presentation via screen share on Lexpress funding. For presentation transcript
see closed caption in Appendix.
New business
• Deepika - Howard shared some white papers with the committee via email and we should all
take some time to read them, no need to comment on them.
• Howard -we need to look at micro-transit deeply. There are 2 towns currently doing it, Newton
and Salem.
• Howard - he informed Lexington At Home members that he's on this committee and the
response was favorable.
Next Steps
• The meeting on the 5th will bean update meeting.
• Mark Anderson will present on April 5th if available.
• Deepika will update the project plan.
• Deepika will invite Mark to speak.
• Jared-The Northeastern Students will present and it will take about an hour. That will be on
4/12/23.
Public Comments
• None
Meeting Adjourned by Deepika at 10:09am
Submitted by Sharon Gunda and Deepika Sawhney
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