HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 44-80 12/16/1980
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RESOLUTION NO. 44-80
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A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY PROPOSED CUTBACK IN SERVICES AND INCREASE IN FARES
WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has
been designated to provide the public mass transportation
needs for the six-county metropolitan area of Chicago; and,
WHEREAS, the RTA contends it has ,reached the maximum
level of funding provided through regional retail sales
1,1 tax and Federal and State resources; and,
WHEREAS, the RTA is considering the reduction of operating
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northwest suburban service through the elimination of eighteen
I (18) weekly trips (a reduction of 36%), twenty-six (26)
Saturday, Sunday and Holiday trips (a reduction of 47%) and
general rail fare increases of 67% effective August 1, 1981;
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I WHEREAS, the RTA is considering the elimination of bus
I service from Bensenville to Randhurst on Route #332 and
general fare increases of 67% per trip; and
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WHEREAS, the Nortran mass transit district proposes a
new bus route serving the industrial Wolf Road corridor
between Des Plaines and Buffalo Grove under RTA's five-year
work progræn which would also be affected by the proposed
service cutback; and,
I WHEREAS, the RTA will hold a public hearing on December 11,
I' 1980 at the Des Plaines Civic Center for the purpose of hearing
testimony regarding their proposed cutbacks in mass transit
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NOW, THEREFORE, the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Mount Prospect hereby place on the official record
the strenuous objections of the Village to any decrease in
rail or bus service and associated general fare increases
affecting the residents of Mount Prospect;
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!I FURTHER, that any consideration to eliminate or delay
proposed mass transit service or improvements in the Mount
I Prospect area be reinstated as reflected in RTA's current
five-year Work Program.
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AYES: Farley, Floros, Miller, Murauskis, Richardson, Wattenberg.
NAYS .. Krause
None
ABSENT: None
PASSED this 2nd
APPROVED this 2nd
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