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1 | AN ACT concerning the Department of Transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
6 | Section 2705-321 as
follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-321 new)
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8 | Sec. 2705-321. Illinois Transit Ridership and Economic | ||||||
9 | Development (TRED)
Pilot Project Program; new facilities and | ||||||
10 | service.
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11 | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of | ||||||
12 | Transportation shall establish the Illinois Transit
Ridership | ||||||
13 | and Economic Development (TRED) Pilot Project Program to build
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14 | transit systems that more effectively address the needs of | ||||||
15 | Illinois workers,
families, and businesses. The Illinois TRED | ||||||
16 | Pilot Project Program shall provide
for new or expanded mass | ||||||
17 | transportation service and facilities, including rapid
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18 | transit,
rail, bus, and other equipment used in connection with | ||||||
19 | mass transit, by the
State, a public
entity, or 2 or more of | ||||||
20 | these entities authorized to provide and promote public
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21 | transportation in order to increase the level of service | ||||||
22 | available in local
communities, as well as improve the quality | ||||||
23 | of life and economic viability of
the State of Illinois.
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24 | The Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program expenditures for | ||||||
25 | mass transportation
service and facilities within the State | ||||||
26 | must:
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27 | (1) Improve the economic viability of Illinois by | ||||||
28 | facilitating the
transportation of Illinois residents to | ||||||
29 | places of employment, to educational
facilities, and to | ||||||
30 | commercial, medical, and shopping districts.
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31 | (2) Increase the frequency and reliability of public | ||||||
32 | transit service.
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1 | (3) Facilitate the movement of all persons, including | ||||||
2 | those persons who,
because of age, economic circumstance, | ||||||
3 | or physical infirmity, are unable to
drive.
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4 | (4) Contribute to an improved environment through the | ||||||
5 | reduction of air,
water, and noise pollution.
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6 | (b) Under the Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program, subject | ||||||
7 | to appropriation, the Department shall fund
each fiscal year, | ||||||
8 | in coordination and consultation with other government
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9 | agencies that provide or fund transportation
services, the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Public Transportation Association, and transit
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11 | advocates,
projects as specified in subsection (c). Total | ||||||
12 | funding for each project shall
not
exceed $500,000 and the | ||||||
13 | funding for all projects shall not exceed $4,500,000.
The
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14 | Department shall submit annual reports to the General Assembly | ||||||
15 | by March 1 of
each
fiscal year regarding the status of these | ||||||
16 | projects, including service to
constituents
including local | ||||||
17 | businesses, seniors, and people with disabilities, costs, and
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18 | other
appropriate measures of impact.
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19 | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall make | ||||||
20 | grants to any of the following in order to create:
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21 | (1) Two demonstration projects for the Chicago Transit | ||||||
22 | Authority to increase services to currently underserved | ||||||
23 | communities and neighborhoods, such as, but not limited to, | ||||||
24 | Altgeld Gardens, Pilsen, and Lawndale.
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25 | (2) (Blank.)
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26 | (3) The Intertownship Transportation Program for | ||||||
27 | Northwest
Suburban Cook County, which shall complement | ||||||
28 | existing Pace service and involve
cooperation of several | ||||||
29 | townships to provide transportation services for senior
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30 | and disabled
residents across village and township | ||||||
31 | boundaries that is currently not provided
by Pace
and by | ||||||
32 | individual townships and municipalities.
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33 | (4) RIDES transit services to Richland and
Lawrence | ||||||
34 | Counties to extend transit services into Richland and | ||||||
35 | Lawrence
Counties and enhance service in Wayne, Edwards, | ||||||
36 | and Wabash Counties that
share common travel patterns and |
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1 | needs with Lawrence and Richland
counties. Funding shall be | ||||||
2 | used to develop a route structure that
shall coordinate | ||||||
3 | social service and general public requirements and
obtain | ||||||
4 | vehicles to support the additional service.
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5 | (5) Peoria Regional Transportation Initiative, which
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6 | shall fund the development of a plan to create a regional
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7 | transportation service in the Peoria-Pekin MSA that | ||||||
8 | integrates and
expands the existing services and that would | ||||||
9 | allow local leaders to
develop a funding plan and a | ||||||
10 | timetable to secure final political
approval. The plan is | ||||||
11 | intended to facilitate regional economic development and
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12 | provide greater mobility to workers, senior citizens, and | ||||||
13 | people with
disabilities.
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14 | (6) Rock Island MetroLINK/Black Hawk College | ||||||
15 | Coordination Project, which shall increase mobility for | ||||||
16 | lower income students to access educational services and | ||||||
17 | job training on the metropolitan bus system, which will | ||||||
18 | better link community college students with transportation | ||||||
19 | alternatives. | ||||||
20 | (7) The West Central Transit District to serve Scott | ||||||
21 | and Morgan Counties. Funding shall be used to develop a | ||||||
22 | route structure that shall coordinate social service and | ||||||
23 | general public requirements and obtain vehicles to support | ||||||
24 | the service.
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25 | (8) Additional community college coordination | ||||||
26 | projects, which shall increase mobility for lower income | ||||||
27 | students to access educational services and job training on | ||||||
28 | any Champaign-Urbana MTD and Danville Mass Transit bus | ||||||
29 | routes, which will better link community college students | ||||||
30 | with transportation alternatives.
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31 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
32 | becoming law. |