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

[Crystal]

--- Crystal <cver1001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Crystal <cver1001 at yahoo.com>
> To: Discussion at charlesvillage.info,
> chat at charlesvillage.info
> Subject: [Chat] UNFAIR FARES! Protest MTA rate hikes
> 5/20 5:30p
> Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 23:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> > -----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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