Sen. James T. Meeks
Filed: 4/20/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2587
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2587 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 bond fund 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 |
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1 | mass transportation
service and facilities within the State | ||||||
2 | must:
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3 | (1) Improve the economic viability of Illinois by | ||||||
4 | facilitating the
transportation of Illinois residents to | ||||||
5 | places of employment, to educational
facilities, and to | ||||||
6 | commercial, medical, and shopping districts.
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7 | (2) Increase the frequency and reliability of public | ||||||
8 | transit service.
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9 | (3) Facilitate the movement of all persons, including | ||||||
10 | those persons who,
because of age, economic circumstance, | ||||||
11 | or physical infirmity, are unable to
drive.
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12 | (4) Contribute to an improved environment through the | ||||||
13 | reduction of air,
water, and noise pollution.
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14 | (b) Under the Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program, subject | ||||||
15 | to bond fund appropriation, the Department shall fund
in fiscal | ||||||
16 | year 2005, in coordination and consultation with other | ||||||
17 | government
agencies that provide or fund transportation
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18 | services, the Illinois Public Transportation Association, and | ||||||
19 | transit
advocates,
projects as specified in subsection (c). | ||||||
20 | Total funding for each project shall
not
exceed $500,000 and | ||||||
21 | the funding for all projects shall not exceed $4,500,000.
The
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22 | Department shall submit annual reports to the General Assembly | ||||||
23 | by March 1 of
each
fiscal year regarding the status of these | ||||||
24 | projects, including service to
constituents
including local | ||||||
25 | businesses, seniors, and people with disabilities, costs, and
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26 | other
appropriate measures of impact.
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27 | (c) Subject to bond fund appropriation, the Department | ||||||
28 | shall make grants to any of the following in order to create:
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29 | (1) The Altgeld Gardens - Ford Supplier Park Rush-hour
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30 | service, which shall provide rush-hour-only service (6:00 | ||||||
31 | AM to 10:00
AM and 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM) that shall start at | ||||||
32 | 130th Street and State
Street and go directly to Altgeld | ||||||
33 | Gardens (stopping at the store in the
center of Altgeld | ||||||
34 | Gardens), then leave Altgeld Gardens and go directly
to the |
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1 | Ford supplier park on 130th Street, then to 130th and | ||||||
2 | Torrence
Avenue (the Ford production plant), then north on | ||||||
3 | Torrence Avenue with
at least one stop close to Washington | ||||||
4 | High School, then to the shopping
plaza at 95th Street and | ||||||
5 | Stony Island. After completing its route, the bus
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6 | turn around and
go back on the same route. Service shall be | ||||||
7 | every 20 minutes.
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8 | (2) The Pilsen/Lawndale Demonstration Project, which
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9 | consists of the following:
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10 | (A) Pilsen Commercial route, which shall create | ||||||
11 | weekday bus service
to support the 16th and 18th street | ||||||
12 | commercial district. Service shall begin at
Cicero and | ||||||
13 | Cermak and proceed along 16th Street and then 18th | ||||||
14 | Street to
Michigan
Ave. This service shall run on | ||||||
15 | weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and then
from 6 | ||||||
16 | p.m. to
10 p.m.
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17 | (B) Lawndale-to-the-Loop Rush hour express route, | ||||||
18 | which shall
create an extended rush-hour-only express | ||||||
19 | service (4:00 a.m to
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 | ||||||
20 | p.m.), starting at Pulaski and
Cermak and traveling | ||||||
21 | along Ogden and Polk with limited stops
between | ||||||
22 | Pulaski, the Medical District, and the Chicago Loop.
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23 | (3) The Intertownship Transportation Program for | ||||||
24 | Northwest
Suburban Cook County, which shall complement | ||||||
25 | existing Pace service and involve
cooperation of several | ||||||
26 | townships to provide transportation services for senior
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27 | and disabled
residents across village and township | ||||||
28 | boundaries that is currently not provided
by Pace
and by | ||||||
29 | individual townships and municipalities.
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30 | (4) RIDES transit services to Richland and
Lawrence | ||||||
31 | Counties to extend transit services into Richland and | ||||||
32 | Lawrence
Counties and enhance service in Wayne, Edwards, | ||||||
33 | and Wabash Counties that
share common travel patterns and | ||||||
34 | needs with Lawrence and Richland
counties. Funding shall be |
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1 | used to develop a route structure that
shall coordinate | ||||||
2 | social service and general public requirements and
obtain | ||||||
3 | vehicles to support the additional service.
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4 | (5) Peoria Regional Transportation Initiative, which
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5 | shall fund the development of a plan to create a regional
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6 | transportation service in the Peoria-Pekin MSA that | ||||||
7 | integrates and
expands the existing services and that would | ||||||
8 | allow local leaders to
develop a funding plan and a | ||||||
9 | timetable to secure final political
approval. The plan is | ||||||
10 | intended to facilitate regional economic development and
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11 | provide greater mobility to workers, senior citizens, and | ||||||
12 | people with
disabilities.
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13 | (6) Rock Island MetroLINK/Black Hawk College
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14 | Coordination Project, which shall provide a deeply | ||||||
15 | discounted,
semester-based bus pass for unlimited travel | ||||||
16 | on any MetroLINK bus route
to students and faculty at local | ||||||
17 | community colleges to increase
ridership on the | ||||||
18 | metropolitan bus system and better link community
college | ||||||
19 | students with transportation 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) Community College Coordination Projects, which | ||||||
26 | shall provide deeply discounted semester-based bus passes | ||||||
27 | for unlimited travel on any Champaign-Urbana MTD, and | ||||||
28 | Danville Mass Transit bus routes to students, faculty, and | ||||||
29 | staff at Parkland College, and Danville Area Community | ||||||
30 | College to better link community colleges with | ||||||
31 | transportation alternatives.
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32 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
33 | becoming law.".
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