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Londonderry subcommittee outlines plan to seek expanded transit hours after regional meeting
Summary
A subcommittee reported on a meeting with the regional transit authority recommending extended service hours rather than new routes; the group plans to draft a scope, seek grants and prepare a town council presentation.
Londonderry — A subcommittee update at the Senior Resource Committee meeting described a recent meeting with the regional transit authority that recommended extending service hours and weekend operations rather than adding new routes.
S4 (subcommittee presenter) briefed the committee about data provided by the regional transit authority, which indicated that adding routes would be costly (buses can exceed $100,000 each) and would involve multi-year waits. The authority suggested the town consider extending existing service hours and exploring a pilot funded in part by a grant (discussed as an 80/20 split in one concept) to expand service availability before moving to add new routes.
Committee members stressed the need for a scoped project, an action plan, and additional volunteers or subject-matter experts to help craft a presentation to the town council. S4 said the group will collect data, draft goals for the next 1–3 months and work with planning documents (master plan/strategic plan) to show alignment before requesting council consideration.
Next steps: subcommittee to draft a scope and action plan, recruit additional volunteers with technical expertise, and prepare a presentation and materials for a town council briefing.
