AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRANSIT STOPS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5640*
*January Session, 2009*		LCO No. 678

Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO TRANSIT STOPS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That no less than 5% of any federal economic recovery funds received by the state of Connecticut for highway purposes shall be used to improve pedestrian access to transit stops and that no less than 1% of the state highway budget shall be allocated to improve such access in each state fiscal year thereafter.

Statement of Purpose:

To improve public access to transit stops.