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2 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES WEEK <br />WHEREAS, transportation by single occupied vehicle creates traffic <br />congestion and negative environmental impacts, and <br />WHEREAS, considerable public funds are required to support the <br />infrastructure of the single occupied vehicle, and <br />WHEREAS, public transportation systems reduce congestion on our <br />roads and lessen the negative impacts on our <br />environments, and <br />WHEREAS, a comprehensive public transportation system allows <br />access to jobs and independent living for citizens <br />without automobiles or for those unable to drive, and <br />WHEREAS, government has a responsibility to educate its citizens <br />about the benefits of public transportation systems, and <br />WHEREAS, Because April 21, 1991 is Earth Day, the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners proclaims April 21, 1991 through <br />April 27, 1991 as <br />TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES WEEK <br />BE IT RESOLVED THAT the'Board encourages an understanding of the <br />benefits which public transportation offers its citizens <br />and the cost associated with the dependence on the single <br />occupied vehicle, and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners encourage <br />and support the use of public transportation services <br />and alternative transportation modes such as carpools, <br />bicycles, vanpools and pedestrian travel. <br />This the Ibth day of April, 1991. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />S E A L <br />