b'MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORUnited in Purpose: Moving as OneAs we move into our third year as a combined system, we have spent a significant amount of time and energy evaluating our business practices to continue to create a unified system. We have evaluated our core values and collectively created clarifying statements to further unite nearly 600 valued team members in the incredibly important service we deliver. Mobility needs have significantly changed over the past two years. Now more than ever, we need to have a shared vision for the future to ensure our employees, our key stakeholders and the community at large are moving as one. Last year, as ridership continued to rebound from the pandemic, the need for greater levels of mobility service only exacerbated our challenges with labor shortages. As a result, we set the stage in several areas to begin advancing meaningful work as it relates to comprehensive transit development planning, targeting service expansions and revolutionizing our fare collection systems.As we continue to look toward the future, we encourage you to take a moment and reflect on the past years accomplishments. Service expansions, facility improvements and technology enhancements are just a few of the many advancements we made in furthering our mission of mobility.Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2022-2023 year a great success!'