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20 ILCS 2705/2705-321 (20 ILCS 2705/2705-321)
Sec. 2705-321. Illinois Transit Ridership and Economic Development (TRED)
Pilot Project Program; new facilities and service.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Transportation shall establish the Illinois Transit
Ridership and Economic Development (TRED) Pilot Project Program to build
transit systems that more effectively address the needs of Illinois workers,
families, and businesses. The Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program shall provide
for new or expanded mass transportation service and facilities, including rapid
transit,
rail, bus, and other equipment used in connection with mass transit, by the
State, a public
entity, or 2 or more of these entities authorized to provide and promote public
transportation in order to increase the level of service available in local
communities, as well as improve the quality of life and economic viability of
the State of Illinois.
The Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program expenditures for mass transportation
service and facilities within the State must:
(1) Improve the economic viability of Illinois by | | facilitating the transportation of Illinois residents to places of employment, to educational facilities, and to commercial, medical, and shopping districts.
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(2) Increase the frequency and reliability of public
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(3) Facilitate the movement of all persons, including
| | those persons who, because of age, economic circumstance, or physical infirmity, are unable to drive.
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(4) Contribute to an improved environment through the
| | reduction of air, water, and noise pollution.
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(b) Under the Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program, subject to appropriation, the Department shall fund
each fiscal year, in coordination and consultation with other government
agencies that provide or fund transportation
services, the Illinois Public Transportation Association, and transit
advocates,
projects as specified in subsection (c). Total funding for each project shall
not
exceed $500,000 and the funding for all projects shall not exceed $4,500,000.
The
Department shall submit annual reports to the General Assembly by March 1 of
each
fiscal year regarding the status of these projects, including service to
constituents
including local businesses, seniors, and people with disabilities, costs, and
other
appropriate measures of impact.
(c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall make grants to any of the following in order to create:
(1) Two demonstration projects for the Chicago
| | Transit Authority to increase services to currently underserved communities and neighborhoods, such as, but not limited to, Altgeld Gardens, Pilsen, and Lawndale.
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(2) (Blank.)
(3) The Intertownship Transportation Program for
| | Northwest Suburban Cook County, which shall complement existing Pace service and involve cooperation of several townships to provide transportation services for senior residents and residents with disabilities across village and township boundaries that is currently not provided by Pace and by individual townships and municipalities.
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(4) RIDES transit services to Richland and Lawrence
| | Counties to extend transit services into Richland and Lawrence Counties and enhance service in Wayne, Edwards, and Wabash Counties that share common travel patterns and needs with Lawrence and Richland counties. Funding shall be used to develop a route structure that shall coordinate social service and general public requirements and obtain vehicles to support the additional service.
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(5) Peoria Regional Transportation Initiative, which
| | shall fund the development of a plan to create a regional transportation service in the Peoria-Pekin MSA that integrates and expands the existing services and that would allow local leaders to develop a funding plan and a timetable to secure final political approval. The plan is intended to facilitate regional economic development and provide greater mobility to workers, senior citizens, and people with disabilities.
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(6) Rock Island MetroLINK/Black Hawk College
| | Coordination Project, which shall increase mobility for lower income students to access educational services and job training on the metropolitan bus system, which will better link community college students with transportation alternatives.
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| (7) The West Central Transit District to serve Scott
| | and Morgan Counties. Funding shall be used to develop a route structure that shall coordinate social service and general public requirements and obtain vehicles to support the service.
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(8) Additional community college coordination
| | projects, which shall increase mobility for lower income students to access educational services and job training on any Champaign-Urbana MTD and Danville Mass Transit bus routes, which will better link community college students with transportation alternatives.
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(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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