HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.103.2002 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO,URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF
INTER-CITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
RESOLUTION#l�L3 — 2002
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WHEREAS Amtrak has provided national passenger rail service since 1971, and
in 2001, Amtrak carried 22 million passengers.
WHEREAS Amtrak serves more than 500 cities and towns across the country,
and provides the most convenient and accessible service in many sections of the country,
particularly in western United States where long distances separate towns.
WHEREAS a quarter million passengers boarded/exited Amtrak at nine stations
in Colorado, in 2001, including passengers who connected with Amtrak buses that
provide Colorado residents and visitors with service to communities without direct
service. Communities with direct service include Fort Morgan, Denver, Winter
Park/Fraser, Granby, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Lamar, La Junta and Trinidad.
Communities with connecting bus service include Vail, Frisco, Colorado Springs, Pueblo,
and Fort Collins.
WHEREAS in the Roaring Fork Valley, the Roaring Fork Transit Authority,
independent from Amtrak, provides hourly connecting bus service available to Amtrak
passengers between Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt, Snowmass Village, and
Aspen.
WHEREAS passenger rail service is essential to a comprehensive transportation
system in the United States, and is a necessary transportation alternative for those who
cannot or do not choose to drive or fly, and for those who wish to tour the country at a
more leisurely pace.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, THAT:
Pitkin County hereby requests through the Colorado congressional delegation
that the federal government develop, in consultation with the states, a national passenger
rail network of long-distance trains that connect with shorter rail service routes in those
areas of the country where they currently exist or will exist in the future, and that the
federal government appropriate funds for the continuation and enhancement of inter-city
passenger rail service throughout the United States.
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INTRODUCED, FIRST READ AND ADOPTED this 1�day of June, 2002 by the
Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, at its Regular Meeting.
PUBLISHED AFTER ADOPTION in the Aspen Times on the day of June, 2002.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
f OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
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By:
Je ette Jones, Patti Kay-Clapp r, Chairperson
D uty Clerk & Rec6fder
Date:00-(3 -02.
APPROVED AS TO FORM: MANAGER APPROVAL:
John El Hilary F e her Smit
nty� rney County Manager
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