from the desk of Dannai Harriel

From: Leslie Bachurski [mailto:lbachurski@consumerhealthcoalition.org]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:13 PM
To: 0222sc@ncr.org
Subject: Proposed Cuts to Port Authority

CHC FRIENDS
Attached is the petition form endorsed by the Allegheny County Transit Council to distribute for signatures relating to a dedicated and predictable funding source for public transit in the Commonwealth.  Please feel free to copy this petition and begin to get signatures so that we may submit them to the legislature and the Governor. You don’t need to print the whole document just print a couple of pages of the petition and repeat as needed.

Please return to: John L Tague, Jr. C/o of ACTC, 3rd Floor, 345 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527
Please return by 11/09                        

Port Authority of Allegheny County has proposed cuts to bus, rail, incline, and ACCESS services.

Make your voice heard NOW!

Attend and Register to testify at the Public Hearing to be held by Port Authority on Thursday November 4,  2004 at the Sheraton Station Square.  Call 412-566-5103 to register to speak at the hearing.

Write or call your representatives in the State House of Representatives, State Senators and Governor Rendell and insist that adequate funding for public transportation be provided immediately!

If you need help finding the address or phone number of your elected officials you can call the League of Women Voters at 412-261-4284.

Only the PA House and Senate and Governor Rendell can enact legislation that would provide a sufficient level of funding to block these cuts!

The following has been proposed:

¨     No bus, rail, Mon Incline, or ACCESS service after 9PM on weekdays


¨     No bus, rail or ACCESS service AT ALL on weekends or holidays


¨     Elimination of 70 Port Authority routes

Please take action!  Thousands of people rely on public transportation!  These cuts would be devastating!