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| 301 | charles sherrouse | Let's get the lead out. Full funding for an expanded public transit network. |
| 302 | Anonymous | PLEASE DO NOT RAISE SEPTA COSTS SO ASTRONOMICALLY. I WILL BE FORCED TO USE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION. |
| 303 | ed t | With all the environmental talk going on, there should more incentives for public transit |
| 304 | Anonymous | |
| 305 | Colin Canny | |
| 306 | Andre Dhondt | We need more mass-transit, not less! It's good for our economy, our environment, and our communities! |
| 307 | Rachel Fichtenbaum | Public transit is important for the community and for the environment. |
| 308 | Julia Foley | |
| 309 | Tracy Bollens | |
| 310 | Patricia J. Storm | It is common sense to strenghtened our public transportation system at this time due to high cost of gasoline. The postive effect on our environment when public transit is used is a benefit to all. |
| 311 | Charles Brenton | |
| 312 | Allen Carson | I have been a septa rider for seven years, and it is not a luxury, it is a necessity. With the recent focus on energy issues it is now more important than ever to maintain our public transportation system. |
| 313 | Daniel Piser | Public Transportation is essential for an economy that values the cahnce for all to get to work. It is valuable for reducing global warming as well. |
| 314 | Gloria Hoffman | |
| 315 | John Federico | We need stable, dedicated, growing funding for transit in PA. With today's reality of global warming, loss of community, and higher oil prices, we should be increasing transit the system, not dismantling it. |
| 316 | Anonymous | No one should get a free ride unless they support measures that enable citizens and visitors alike easy and affordable access to public transit systems everywhere.
Funnily enough, I feel the same way about healthcare. Health insurance is not a substitute for nor does it guarantee good healthcare. |
| 317 | Elaine Griffin | With the soaring cost of gasoline, most Pennsylvanians can't afford to drive their car. Now we really need dedicated funding for public transit for all 38 transit systems! |
| 318 | Marlene Sanotyo | |
| 319 | Janet Dingle | |
| 320 | Stephen M. Gulick | Since 1972, I have been a commuter bicyclist in Philadelphia -- I never bike just for pleasure; I bike just to get around. Despite an increase in racks for locking bikes, some bike lanes that are okay (many are not), and bicycle access to mass transit, the situation on the streets is in general worse than it was 35 years ago. There are more cars, more drivers who are not well trained, bigger cars, more double parking by cars, trucks, and vans. We need to increase mass transit and face the fact that it cannot pay for itself. It must be a government service! |
| 321 | Edmund Weisberg | |
| 322 | John A Dixon | |
| 323 | FLORENCE M. BRUNNER | Grassroots organizations are watching what you do. |
| 324 | Hillary Aisenstein | As Chair of the Green Party of Pennsylvania, I wholeheartedly support this effort. |
| 325 | Anonymous | |
| 326 | Sarah Wilson | |
| 327 | NAN E. FAGAN | June 8, 2007
am writing in reference to the proposed SEPTA fare increases and service cuts because of SEPTA’s ongoing financial woes.
There are thousands of people here in the Philadelphia area, including myself, who do not drive and depend on SEPTA to get around. If SEPTA reduces service on some of it’s routes, it will completely devastate the entire area. Taking SEPTA saves me thousands of dollars in car maintenance, insurance, and upkeep, especially with the cost of gas today.
Besides Philadelphia; New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are the only other cities in the country that I know of that have public transportation in both the cities and the suburbs, which to me is a blessing. Many other cities aren’t so lucky.
I urge you to fight for adequate dedicated funding for not only SEPTA, but for every public transit service in Pennsylvania as well. Why should Gov. Rendell have to take money out of other projects that have been set aside for other matters, such as road repair? Public transportation is a necessity; it is not a luxury.
Sincerely yours,
Nan E. Fagan
Upper Darby
Delaware County |
| 328 | Eric Wickstrom | Public transit investment stimulates economic growth, and lowers air pollution and climate disruption. |
| 329 | Jason Ricci | The assembly should consider doing whats right for all of our towns and cities, especially Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as they are the economic lifebloood of the commonwealth. This pertains not only to transit, but also to parking, zoning and gun laws. |
| 330 | Marilyn Skolnick | Please avert a Pennsylvania crisis! Public transit must be funded NOW adequately and predictably. |
| 331 | Liz Tymkiw | I am writing to ask you to support our public transit system before it is too late. Without proper support and funding, service will be cut and fares will go up. As a daily user of SEPTA, I am very concerned about the future of public transportation. If service were to be cut I would have to leave Philadelphia and find a place to live closer to school (in Newark, DE). I would also have to quit my job out in Gladwynne. I love this city and that is why I make these commutes each day. Please don't force me and many others like me to leave this great place. |
| 332 | Evelyn Haas | |
| 333 | Victoria Pingarron | |
| 334 | Janet Boys | Publicly funded Public transit is an economic necessity for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. |
| 335 | Anne Phillips | |
| 336 | Ruth Sutter | |
| 337 | Carol Morotti-Meeker, MS,MLSP | People of Pennsylvania need as much public, clean, energy efficient transportation as possible. Will you help or be a stumbling block? |
| 338 | Marion Frank | An excellent public transportation is at the heart of any desireable living area. |
| 339 | Judy Rosenblum | |
| 340 | Daniel Brook | It's unfathomable that we can't come up with funds to do something so vital to Pennsylvania's economic and environmental health. Get your acts together! |
| 341 | Linda Burkhead | I have been able to survive by using public transit, and I resent the privileged authority figures who should be paying for their gas like the rest of us. I am a 65 year old woman, retired early with medicaid/medicare status with health issues. I can't imagine how others riding the bus survive the cost of public transportation! |
| 342 | Rojer Kern | |
| 343 | Sterling Johnson | |
| 344 | Joseph Wartman | |
| 345 | Suzanne King | We cannot encourage people to use mass transit, as a means to cut down on carbon emissions, when the prices of mass transit continue to climb. Please Increase the funding. |
| 346 | Patrick Arkins | |
| 347 | Brendan Skwire | Why do you get free travel when the rest of us have to pay double?
Give up the transit until you make sure SEPTA is funded. |
| 348 | Uhura Russ | |
| 349 | Joe Wadsworth | |
| 350 | Roby Jacobs | I use SEPTA daily to commute to work at a Retirement Community. Rail services already were cut. Adequate Funding and a vibrant system is needed around Philadelphia to be able to go to work(keep jobs!), to keep the roads from too much traffic, to cut down on use of gas/global warming, |