HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 92-73 - 8/14/1973 - CALL UPON LEGIS FOR REG TRANSP AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. 92-73
A RESOLUTION CALLING UPON GOVERNOR WALKER, MAYOR DALEY, HOUSE SPEAKER
BLAIR, SENATE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SENATOR PARTEE, REPRESENTATIVES SHEA
AND CHOATE, TO WORK OUT THEIR DISAGREEMENTS AND ACT IMMEDIATELY IN
ORDER THAT THE SIX NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES OF COOK, LAKE , MC HENRY, KANE ,
WILL AND DU PAGE MAY HAVE A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the lack of concrete action by the Illinois State Legislature
towards creating a Regional Transportation Authority has brought about a
crisis situation for mass transportation in the six Northeastern counties of
Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, Will and DuPage; and
WHEREAS, there is an impending threat of immediate cutbacks in bus and
rapid transit service throughout the six counties area, all premised on well
documented applications from the affected transportation companies for finan-
cial relief ranging from reduction of services and increased fares to complete
abandonment of operations; and
WHEREAS, these imminent calamities point out the necessity to promptly
establish a Regional Transportation Authority to insure the future existence
of adequate mass transportation in the area; and
WHEREAS, sound and comprehensive transportation legislation was introduced
in the last session of the State Legislature, as embodied in House Bill 1958, which
provided for a Regional Transportation Authority which could incorporate all of
the existing commuter lines into one system, provide adequate workable control
and planning features, improve services to and from all six counties, reduce
automobile traffic and pollution, minimize urban sprawl and the ever expanding
expressway development, and provide lower rate structures and better interconnect-
Ing services between the various commuter lines; and
WHEREAS, the hope of achieving a workable mass rapid transit sys+-m in
Northeastern Illinois rests on the enactment into law of such a Regional Trans-
portation Authority, but unfortunately neither that bill nor any other of like
quality and purpose, was passed out of the House due to political maneuvering
concerning methods of control and financing; and
WHEREAS, there are seven people; who have the power and ability to solve
the problems of creating an efficient and financially stable mass rapid
transportation system in Northeastern Illinois and insuring that these same
problems do not occur again and they are: Governor Daniel Walker, Mayor Richard
J. Daley, House Speaker W. Robert Blair, Senate President William C. Harris,
Senator Cecil A. Partee and Representatives Gerald W.Shea and Clyde Choate .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of
the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, State of
Illinois, that we now call upon the aforenamed seven political leaders to
forget their political partisanship and sit down together and work out their
disagreements and so act immediately in order that the seven million affected
and concerned citizens in Northeastern Illinois may have the Regional Trans-
portation Authority which is so essential to the continued growth and well
being of the region.
PASSED this 14th day of August , 1973.
APPROVED this 14th day of _ Au ust , 1973.
Village P sid n
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Village Clerk
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