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                                     LRB093 06483 LRD 12193 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2587

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2587  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN  ACT  concerning  the Department of Transportation.";
 5    and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.  The Department of Transportation Law of the
 9    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is  amended  by  adding
10    Section 2705-321 as follows:

11        (20 ILCS 2705/2705-321 new)
12        Sec.  2705-321.  Illinois  Transit Ridership and Economic
13    Development (TRED) Pilot Project Program; new facilities  and
14    service.
15        (a)  The Department of Transportation shall establish the
16    Illinois  Transit  Ridership  and Economic Development (TRED)
17    Pilot Project Program to  build  transit  systems  that  more
18    effectively  address the needs of Illinois workers, families,
19    and businesses. The Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program shall
20    provide for new or expanded mass transportation  service  and
 
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 1    facilities,  including  rapid  transit,  rail, bus, and other
 2    equipment used in connection with mass transit, by the State,
 3    a public entity, or 2 or more of these entities authorized to
 4    provide  and  promote  public  transportation  in  order   to
 5    increase the level of service available in local communities,
 6    as well as improve the quality of life and economic viability
 7    of the State of Illinois.
 8        The  Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program expenditures for
 9    mass transportation service and facilities within  the  State
10    must:
11             (1)  Improve  the  economic viability of Illinois by
12        facilitating the transportation of Illinois residents  to
13        places  of  employment, to educational facilities, and to
14        commercial, medical, and shopping districts.
15             (2)  Increase  the  frequency  and  reliability   of
16        public transit service.
17             (3)  Facilitate   the   movement   of  all  persons,
18        including those persons who,  because  of  age,  economic
19        circumstance, or physical infirmity, are unable to drive.
20             (4)  Contribute  to  an improved environment through
21        the reduction of air, water, and noise pollution.
22        (b)  Under the Illinois TRED Pilot Project  Program,  the
23    Department  shall  fund  in fiscal year 2004, in coordination
24    and consultation with other government agencies that  provide
25    or   fund   transportation   services,  the  Illinois  Public
26    Transportation Association, and transit  advocates,  projects
27    as  specified  in  subsection  (c).  Total  funding  for each
28    project shall not exceed $500,000 and  the  funding  for  all
29    projects  shall  not  exceed $3,000,000. The Department shall
30    submit annual reports to the General Assembly by March  1  of
31    each  fiscal  year  regarding  the  status of these projects,
32    including service to constituents including local businesses,
33    seniors, and  people  with  disabilities,  costs,  and  other
34    appropriate measures of impact.
 
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 1        (c)  The Department shall make grants to create:
 2             (1)  The   Altgeld  Gardens  -  Ford  Supplier  Park
 3        Rush-hour service,  which  shall  provide  rush-hour-only
 4        service (6:00 AM to 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM to 7:30 PM) that
 5        shall  start  at  130th  Street  and  State Street and go
 6        directly to Altgeld Gardens (stopping at the store in the
 7        center of Altgeld Gardens), then  leave  Altgeld  Gardens
 8        and  go  directly  to  the  Ford  supplier  park on 130th
 9        Street, then to  130th  and  Torrence  Avenue  (the  Ford
10        production  plant), then north on Torrence Avenue with at
11        least one stop close to Washington High School,  then  to
12        the shopping plaza at 95th Street and Stony Island. After
13        completing  its  route,  the bus shall turn around and go
14        back on  the  same  route.  Service  shall  be  every  20
15        minutes.
16             (2)  The   Pilsen/Lawndale   Demonstration  Project,
17        which consists of the following:
18                  (A)  Pilsen  Commercial  route,   which   shall
19             create  weekday  bus service to support the 16th and
20             18th street commercial district. Service shall begin
21             at Cicero and Cermak and proceed along  16th  Street
22             and  then  18th Street to Michigan Ave. This service
23             shall run on weekdays from 9:00 a.m.  to  2:00  p.m.
24             and then from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
25                  (B)  Lawndale-to-the-Loop   Rush  hour  express
26             route, which shall create an extended rush-hour-only
27             express service (4:00 a.m to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
28             to 10:00 p.m.), starting at Pulaski and  Cermak  and
29             traveling  along  Ogden  and Polk with limited stops
30             between  Pulaski,  the  Medical  District,  and  the
31             Chicago Loop.
32             (3)  The Intertownship  Transportation  Program  for
33        Northwest  Suburban  Cook  County, which shall complement
34        existing Pace service and involve cooperation of  several
 
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 1        townships  to  provide transportation services for senior
 2        and  disabled  residents  across  village  and   township
 3        boundaries  that is currently not provided by Pace and by
 4        individual townships and municipalities.
 5             (4)  RIDES transit services to Richland and Lawrence
 6        Counties to extend transit  services  into  Richland  and
 7        Lawrence  Counties and enhance service in Wayne, Edwards,
 8        and Wabash Counties that share common travel patterns and
 9        needs with Lawrence and Richland counties. Funding  shall
10        be   used   to  develop  a  route  structure  that  shall
11        coordinate social service and general public requirements
12        and obtain vehicles to support the additional service.
13             (5)  Peoria  Regional   Transportation   Initiative,
14        which  shall  fund  the development of a plan to create a
15        regional transportation service in the  Peoria-Pekin  MSA
16        that  integrates  and  expands  the existing services and
17        that would allow local leaders to develop a funding  plan
18        and  a  timetable to secure final political approval. The
19        plan  is  intended  to   facilitate   regional   economic
20        development  and  provide  greater  mobility  to workers,
21        senior citizens, and people with disabilities.
22             (6)  Rock  Island   MetroLINK/Black   Hawk   College
23        Coordination   Project,  which  shall  provide  a  deeply
24        discounted, semester-based bus pass for unlimited  travel
25        on  any  MetroLINK  bus  route to students and faculty at
26        local community colleges to  increase  ridership  on  the
27        metropolitan bus system and better link community college
28        students with transportation alternatives.

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.".