[Chat] UNFAIR FARES! Protest MTA rate hikes 5/20 5:30p
Crystal
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Fri May 2 02:26:53 EDT 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caroline Harmon
[SMTP:CarolineH at cphabaltimore.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:26 PM
> To: All CPHA Employees
> Subject: UNFAIR FARES! Protest MTA rate hikes 5/20
5.30p
>
> Transit Riders & Communities
> Protest UNFAIR FARES!
>
> Tuesday May 20th
> 5.30-7.00p, State Office Bldg. Auditorium, 300 W.
Preston
> [@ the State Center Metro and Cultural Center Light
Rail stations,
> and on the #5, 10, 14, 19, 21, 27, & 91 and near the
#3 & 11 bus
lines]
>
> Higher Fares!
> UNFAIR!
> --- The Ehrlich administration will raise transit
fares from $1.35 to
> $1.60 (with monthly passes going up to $64, day
passes to $3.50) on
buses,
> light rail & subway unless you raise your voice!
>
> --- MARC round trip train fares will be raised by an
average of 36%!
> --- Neighborhood Shuttle fares will go from 50 cents
to $1.00.
> --- Senior / Disabled Fares will go up from 45 cents
to 55 cents.
>
> Less Service!
> UNFAIR!
> --- Twelve bus lines will be cut (including the
#922, #86, #210,
#731) and
> cut three runs on the Camden and Brunswick MARC
lines.
>
> --- Neighborhood Shuttles will come half as often -
every 34 minutes,
not
> every 17.
>
> No Justice!
> UNFAIR!
> --- Are we making this a region of great opportunity
or leaving our
> elders, students, people with disabilities and low
income workers out
in
> the cold?
>
> --- Transit Fares were raised in 1996, but the gas
tax (which funds
> transit) has not been raised since 1992. This is a
matter of social
> justice!
>
> No Democracy!
> UNFAIR!
> --- The state legislature approved a smaller fare
increase this
winter,
> but MD Transportation Secretary Bob Flanagan wants
to overturn the
will of
> the legislature and charge the higher fares above!
>
> GET INVOLVED:
> --- Contact Secretary Flanagan at (410) 865-1000 or
> RFlanagan at MDOT.state.MD.US & tell him what you think
about the fares
&
> service cuts.
>
> --- Call Caroline Harmon at 410-539-1369 x236 or
email
> CarolineH at CPHABaltimore.org to get more info, come
to the protest,
and go
> to your local hearing (listed below) to speak your
mind!
>
> --- Tell your friends, coworkers & neighbors using
the flyer attached
> here.
>
> <<UNFAIR FARES flyer.doc>>
>
> Sponsored by
> CPHA's Transit Riders League of Metro Baltimore
> Citizens Planning & Housing Association: Uniting
Communities,
Inspiring
> Action since 1941
>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +++++++++++++++
>
>
>
> SPEAK YOUR MIND:
> Other Fare Hearings in the Baltimore Region
>
> Anne Arundel County
> Wednesday, May 21
> Pascal Senior Center Auditorium
> 125 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie
> 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
>
> Anne Arundel County
> Thursday, May 22
> Annapolis Library
> 1410 West Street, Annapolis
> 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
>
> Baltimore City
> Tuesday, May 20
> State Office Building Auditorium
> 300 W. Preston Street
> Noon to 1:30 pm & 6:00 to 7:00 pm
>
> Baltimore County
> Tuesday, May 20
> Bykota Senior Center
> 611 Central Avenue, Towson
> 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
>
> Baltimore County
> Tuesday, May 20
> Woodlawn Community Center
>
>
> 2120 Gwynn Oak Avenue, Woodlawn
> 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
>
> Baltimore County
> Tuesday, May 27
> North Point Library
> 1716 Merritt Blvd., Essex
> 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
>
> Harford County
> Tuesday, May 27
> Aberdeen Senior Center
> Multi-Purpose Room
> Franklin Street, Aberdeen
> 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
>
> Harford County
> Wednesday, May 28
> Ring Factory Elem. School Cafeteria
> 1400 Emmorton Road, Bel Air
> 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
>
> Howard County
> Thursday, May 22
> East Columbia Library
> 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia
> 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
>
> Washington D.C.
> Wednesday, May 21
> Union Station, Starlight Room, Gate B
> 50 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
> Noon - 1:30 p.m.
>
> Go to www.MTAMaryland.com or call 410-539-5000 for
details on their
> hearings.
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