2025 -- H 6104 | |
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LC001828 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING MARCH 18, 2025, TO BE "TRANSIT EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY" | |
IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Cruz, | |
Date Introduced: March 18, 2025 | |
Referred To: House read and passed | |
1 | WHEREAS, In 2022, approximately 6.19 billion public transportation rides occurred in |
2 | the United States. It is estimated that approximately eight percent of the United States population, |
3 | twenty-eight million people, are public transportation dependent; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Across the United States, it is estimated that 399,316 hard-working |
5 | Americans work in the public transportation industry. Each day they strive tirelessly to ensure |
6 | that their riders are picked up and dropped off promptly at their intended destination, be it for |
7 | work, doctor’s offices or any other number of destinations such as the beach in the summertime, |
8 | and these fine professionals ensure that they arrive safely; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Public transportation workers secure safe rides for many passengers with |
10 | disabilities, older adults, minors and students attending college. They work in all weather |
11 | conditions and remained on the job during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic healthcare |
12 | issues; and |
13 | WHEREAS, It is estimated that every $1 billion dollars invested in American public |
14 | transportation yields 5 billion dollars in additional economic impact, including the creation of |
15 | 18,000 new jobs. In addition, public transportation is certainly one of the weapons that will be an |
16 | essential component in the fight to mitigate global warming and its devastating impact on planet |
17 | Earth; and |
18 | WHEREAS, In Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA) |
19 | was created in 1966, and since then it has provided public transportation services for the past 59 |
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1 | years to countless Rhode Islanders. RIPTA operates seven days a week and operates 2,700 daily |
2 | trips on more than 58 statewide-fixed bus routes. RIPTA also operates ADA Paratransit services |
3 | statewide, and provides Park N Ride Service at 32 sites across Rhode Island. RIPTA employs 896 |
4 | hard-working employees, maintains a fleet of 230 fixed-route buses, 96 paratransit buses, and 20 |
5 | flex vans, and operated 8,828,247 fixed-route vehicle miles in 2024; now, therefore be it |
6 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
7 | proclaims March 18, 2025, to be “Transit Employee Appreciation Day” in the State of Rhode |
8 | Island; and be it further |
9 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
10 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Christopher Durand, Chief Executive Officer, |
11 | Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. |
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