<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Patty Poist <<a href="mailto:pp1@tcatmail.com" class="">pp1@tcatmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">REMINDER TCAT Strategic Plan Public Visioning 5/3/18 at GIAC</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">May 2, 2018 at 4:22:44 PM GMT-4<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu" class="">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu" class="">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Patty Poist <<a href="mailto:pp1@tcatmail.com" class="">pp1@tcatmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Press Release</span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">For Immediate Release</span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Contact: Jenn Jennings<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Communications and Marketing Assistant<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Phone: (607) 277‑9388 ext. 420<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tcat@tcatmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tcat@tcatmail.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="xmsoplaintext" align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"> <b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The public is invited to TCAT’s first Strategic Plan<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Public Visioning Open House Event on Thursday, May 3.</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">How Can TCAT Improve to Better Serve You? Come talk to us about your transit priorities!<br class=""></span></b><br class=""><b class="">TCAT Strategic Plan<br class="">Public Visioning Open House<br class="">Thursday, May 3rd, 2018<br class="">4:00 pm – 7:00 PM<br class="">Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC)<br class="">301 W. Court Street, Ithaca<br class=""><br class=""></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br class="">TCAT is interested in hearing about the public’s transit priorities as it begins the visioning process for its forthcoming strategic plan, to be released later this year. Come to TCAT’s first open house event to provide your comments through a mix of interactive activities and conversations with TCAT leadership and members of the project’s consulting team. Drop in anytime, kids are welcome, light refreshments will be served!<br class=""><br class="">* If TCAT schedules and other transportation options available to you do not enable you to travel to the meeting, please let us know and we will make every effort to get you there! (607) 277-7433 | <a href="mailto:tcat@tcatmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tcat@tcatmail.com</a><br class=""><br class="">Accessibility accommodations: Please contact TCAT at least 5 business days in advance to request accessibility accommodations: (607) 277-9388, ext. 420 | <a href="mailto:tcat@tcatmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">tcat@tcatmail.com</a> | or TTY: 277-9766.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="">TCAT, Inc. (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc.) is a not-for-profit corporation that provides public transportation for Tompkins County. TCAT’s annual ridership is about 4 million, covering a distance of about 1.6 million miles. The fleet of 53 buses currently includes 8 hybrid electric-diesel buses. TCAT also offers complementary ADA Paratransit services called Gadabout. For more information about TCAT, please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.tcatbus.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.tcatbus.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or call (607) 277-RIDE. Twitter: TCATrides. Facebook: EverythingTCAT</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Patty Poist<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Communications and Marketing Manager<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Title VI Coordinator<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">TCAT, Inc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Phone: (607)277-9388 ext. 560<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="x-msg://8/www.tcatbus.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.tcatbus.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>