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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 87 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 17, 1998 Requesting all state agencies to promote coordination when funding projects to offer transportation services to Virginians who cannot drive. ----------
Patrons-- Van Landingham, Almand, Armstrong, Barlow, Baskerville, Bloxom, Brink, Christian, Crittenden, Darner, Deeds, Dillard, Grayson, Jones, D.C., Jones, J.C., Keating, Moran, Plum, Scott and Thomas
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WHEREAS, mobility for all Virginians is essential to the economic health of the Commonwealth and the quality of life of all its citizens; and

WHEREAS, mobility resources include not only our highway system, rail systems, mass transit, airports, and seaports, but also those transportation providers who make these systems accessible to Virginians who cannot drive; and

WHEREAS, over thirty percent of Virginia's one million elderly do not have a driver's license; and

WHEREAS, as many as 200,000 working-age adults with disabilities cannot drive and, because of this, many of them cannot work; and

WHEREAS, many of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients affected by welfare reform do not have a car or a valid driver's license; and

WHEREAS, because there is no accessible public transportation to serve them, many of the elderly, disabled, and poor in Virginia depend on human services agencies for transportation; and

WHEREAS, in 1995 Virginia was ranked forty-ninth out of the fifty states in a study of public transportation (Section 5311) for the Rural Transit Assistance Program of the Federal Transit Administration; and

WHEREAS, additionally, that study showed that seventy-five percent of the rural population of Virginia is not served by rural public transit; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That all state agencies be requested to implement strategies similar to those used by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation to encourage grant recipients to develop plans [ for coordination in order more effectively to more effectively ] serve Virginians who cannot drive.