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| facilities to the public as a means of improving services |
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| to the public. |
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| (2) Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, |
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| and ticketing to provide for enhanced inter-modal |
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| surface transportation. |
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| (c) The Department may provide funding to Amtrak for the |
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| purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of |
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| passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by |
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| motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following |
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| conditions are met: |
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| (1) Service is provided only on schedules and routes |
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| that are coordinated with scheduled intercity rail service |
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| to facilitate mixed-mode feeder bus service. |
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| (2) The motor carrier is registered with the United |
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| States Department of Transportation (DOT), operates in |
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| compliance with the federal motor carrier safety |
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| regulations, and provides service that is accessible to |
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| persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable |
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| DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in |
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| accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities |
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| Act of 1990. |
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| (3) The bus service provider and Amtrak issue joint |
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| tickets and publish each other's Illinois schedules on |
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| their respective websites and timetables and otherwise |
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| integrate their operations and schedules to provide a |
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| seamless transfer between modes for passengers. |
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| (4) All buses operating under the contract display |
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| signs on the vehicle that say "Amtrak Illinois" to |
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| coordinate with the appearance of State-supported Amtrak |
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| service. |
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| (d) The Department shall incorporate the conditions |
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| specified in subsection (c) into State-supported passenger |
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| rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor |
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| carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also |
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| provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for |
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| termination of the agreements. |
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| (e) The farebox recovery ratio for State-supported |
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| mixed-mode feeder bus service must be 100% in Fiscal Year 2009 |
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| and thereafter. |
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| (f) The first inter-city bus routes that the Department |
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| coordinates shall be Champaign-Decatur-Springfield and |
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| Champaign-Bloomington-Peoria. Intermediate stops are permitted |
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| on these routes. These routes shall use the Amtrak facilities |
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| in Champaign, Bloomington, and Springfield as their terminals. |
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| (g) For purposes of this Section, the following terms have |
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| the following meanings: |
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| "Amtrak" means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation |
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| or its successor agency. |
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| "Common carrier" means any public or private provider of |
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| transportation, whether by land, air, or water. |
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of |
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| Transportation or the Department's successor with respect to |
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| providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service. |
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| "Farebox recovery ratio" means the percentage ratio |
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| between the cost of providing intercity bus service as the |
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| denominator and the revenues collected by the sale of bus and |
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| rail tickets to passengers of mixed-mode feeder bus service as |
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| the numerator. |
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| "Motor carrier of passengers" means a person or entity |
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| providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for |
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| compensation. |
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| "Mixed-mode feeder bus service" means bus service carrying |
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| both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and |
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| passengers only using the bus service. |
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| "Non-urbanized community" means any municipality or |
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| territory that does not meet the criteria for an "urbanized |
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| area" as defined by the United States Census Bureau. ".
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