[Chat] UNFAIR FARES! Protest MTA rate hikes 5/20 5:30p

Crystal cver1001 at yahoo.com
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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