Full Text of SR0329 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Transportation | 3 | | included in its multi-year plan a potential new rail route that | 4 | | would go from Moline/Rock Island to Danville, via Galesburg, | 5 | | Peoria, Bloomington/Normal, and Champaign/Urbana; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, This east-west corridor further enhances access | 7 | | for our students to colleges and universities
throughout the | 8 | | State of Illinois and increases the number destinations | 9 | | available on our passenger
rail system, which makes passage | 10 | | rail service an even more attractive method of alternative
| 11 | | transportation; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, IDOT has asked Amtrak for a feasibility study to | 13 | | analyze the ridership, capital costs, and operating costs of | 14 | | this potential new route; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The new route will consist of two round-trips per | 16 | | day, with the tightest connectivity to the Chicago-St. Louis | 17 | | corridor and connection times to the Carbondale and Quincy | 18 | | corridors as well; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The study will also include requirements for | 20 | | service facilities at either end of the corridor, along with | 21 | | those estimated costs; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Amtrak should also include in its proposal cost a | 2 | | study of a very tightly-scheduled express bus service, similar | 3 | | to California's tightly-scheduled Thruway service that | 4 | | connects the various passenger rail corridors with towns | 5 | | throughout that state; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The study should analyze the revenue and costs of | 7 | | bus service that would meet Chicago-St. Louis trains each way | 8 | | at Normal, with single-ticketing so passengers can buy one | 9 | | ticket and check bags only once; the study also should analyze | 10 | | the ticket price that would make the bus service | 11 | | self-sufficient; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The express bus service would possibly be a | 13 | | forerunner to actual train service between the identified | 14 | | cities; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Amtrak is expected to begin the study in the | 16 | | summer of 2013; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Illinois Department | 19 | | of Transportation is supported and encouraged to continue its | 20 | | efforts in studying the feasibility of passenger rail service | 21 | | between Moline/Rock Island, Galesburg, Peoria, |
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| 1 | | Bloomington/Normal, Champaign/Urbana, and Danville; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | delivered to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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