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Transportation Management Association

Public-Private Solutions for Regional Transportation Challenges

Andrew Scribner-MacLean Maynard Assistant Town Administrator Scott Zadakis CrossTown Connect Executive Director

• An award-winning, membership based Transportation Management Association.
• The basis for the first regional Community Compact with the Baker/Polito administration.
• A public-private partnership between communities and businesses aimed at improving mobility and

transportation options, increasing economic development opportunities and reducing traffic congestion and air pollution in the region.

• Partner communities include: Acton, Boxborough, Littleton,

Maynard and Westford with participation from the towns of Concord and Stow.

• Businesses partners include: IBM, Red Hat, Juniper Networks,

The Guiterrez Co., Saracen Properties (Mill and Main), Potpourri Group, Associated Environmental Systems and West Acton Villageworks.

What is CrossTown Connect?

Members

• Provide a variety of mobility options to better link communities together and connect people

to where they need to go

• Address first mile, last mile, and reverse commuting issues
• Work to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution
• Create the access necessary for optimum economic development opportunities in the Route

2/I-495 technology corridor

• Promote green initiatives to help meet environmental goals of employers and communities

CrossTown Connect Goals

• “Daily needs” trips such as shopping, employment or medical

appointments

• Suburb to suburb commuting between area communities
• Traditional commuting from the service area into the immediate Boston

area

• Reverse commuting from the immediate Boston area to this service area

CrossTown Connect Focus Areas

• Centralized dispatching and sharing of Council on Aging (COA) and other

community van services in four communities:

– Acton, Boxborough, Littleton, Maynard

• Local services in Acton:

– Rail Shuttle – Cross-Acton Transit (CAT) fixed route service

• Medical Trips to Boston and Burlington area hospitals
• Soon launching ‘last mile’ shuttles for commuters / employees to/from

Commuter Rail

Daily Services

• To address the need for first/last mile connections to the Commuter Rail during rush

hour, CrossTown Connect applied for and received a Community Transit Grant for shuttles

• Maynard secured a line item in the state budget to pilot service in that community
• To make the program affordable, commuter shuttles are using existing town vehicles
• utside of regular service hours and PT drivers
• Establishment of a working group and subsequent meetings identified four routes:

– Littleton-Westford – Boxborough – Acton – Maynard

Last Mile

Littleton-Westford

Boxborough

Acton

Maynard

• Survey gathered data to determine scope of service
• Hours of operation, number of trips and trains targeted

– 3 trips 6-9:00 AM, 3 trips 4:45-7:50 PM – Targeting both inbound and outbound when possible

• Residents and employees to and from the train station
• Spur or loop through Acton on some trips
• Demand for a link to West Concord Station

Maynard Service

• Drivers

– Recruitment, training, supervision

• Fare collection

– Pass system, lock boxes, exact change

• Vehicle size/type

– 8-12 passenger vans with wheelchair lifts

• Alternate routes/traffic
• Bike racks

– Cost/benefit

To Be Considered

• Ridership

– Numbers – Timing – Origin/destination (commuter, reverse commuter) – Regular, occasional, one-off – Ambulatory/non ambulatory – Service animal – Bicycle

Data Collection

• Surveys of employers, employees and residents
• Flyers, brochures, mailers
• Online presence – social media, websites
• Direct conversations with riders

– Other feedback opportunities

Communications

• As state aid isn’t guaranteed…
• Determine cost basis and scalability

Current Program Goals

Questions? Contact: Scott Zadakis Executive Director CrossTown Connect 978-929-6457 szadakis@acton-ma.gov For more information: www.crosstownconnect.org