PRINTER'S NO. 3529
No. 462 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, RUBLEY, ROSS, SEYFERT, HERSHEY, READSHAW, PETRONE, MARKOSEK, McNAUGHTON, ORIE, CAPPABIANCA, LEDERER, PIPPY, PESCI, OLASZ, MYERS, ROEBUCK, COY, HALUSKA, STURLA, MELIO AND LAUGHLIN, MAY 5, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MAY 5, 1998
A RESOLUTION 1 Declaring May 11 through 15, 1998, as "Try Transit Week" in 2 Pennsylvania; and encouraging all citizens to examine their 3 personal travel choices and to commute via transit or share 4 the ride. 5 WHEREAS, Increased public investment in transit services 6 provides the potential to create jobs and enhance business 7 prosperity; and 8 WHEREAS, Public transportation is vital to the quality of 9 life and economic well-being of the citizens of this 10 Commonwealth; and 11 WHEREAS, Workers, schoolchildren, senior citizens, people 12 with disabilities and those unable to afford an automobile use 13 public transportation to gain access to jobs, schools, medical 14 facilities and other fundamental services; and 15 WHEREAS, The nation, our communities and our citizens face 16 the risks to health and the environment that are brought on by 17 automobile exhaust emissions; and
1 WHEREAS, Traffic congestion which wastes productive time can 2 be alleviated through the increased availability and use of 3 public transportation and other forms of high-occupancy, shared- 4 ride services; and 5 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association, 6 the American Public Transit Association, the American 7 Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the 8 Association for Commuter Transportation, the National League of 9 Cities, America's Coalition for Transit NOW, the Association of 10 Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Citizen Action, the Surface 11 Transportation Policy Project and the United States Conference 12 of Mayors have declared May 11 through 15, 1998, to be "Try 13 Transit Week" and have called upon all citizens to join in a 14 nationwide effort to promote transit's benefits, honor transit 15 employees and encourage new riders; therefore be it 16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare May 11 17 through 15, 1998, as "Try Transit Week" in Pennsylvania and 18 encourage all citizens to examine their personal travel choices 19 and to commute via transit or share the ride. D30L82DMS/19980H0462R3529 - 2 -