[IL-Talk] Help fight upcoming RAP and TAP paratransit changes Sign our petition

[Jean Johnson]

Try copying the link and pasting it directly into Facebook. Thats what I did and it worked perfectlySent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Kyle Chellino via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> Date: 7/27/25  3:12 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org> Cc: Kyle Chellino <chellinoramtruck at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] Help fight upcoming RAP and TAP paratransit changes
  Sign our petition It's still not letting me share it. It'll say share on facebook or whateverbut it still does not have a button to do so. I'm starting not to like thissight lol.On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM Debbie Pittman via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:> >> CONCERNED CITIZENS OF PARATRANSIT> >> CCOFP at YAHOO.COM> >> Petition link: https://tinyurl.com/mrdkh2ky> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone>> > On Jul 27, 2025, at 1:58 PM, Debbie Pittman <debbiepittman99 at gmail.com>> wrote:> >> > > > Sent from my iPhone> >> > Begin forwarded message:> >> >> From: DEBBIEPITTMAN99 at gmail.com> >> Date: July 27, 2025 at 8:17:28 AM CDT> >> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>> >> Cc: DEBBIEPITTMAN99 at gmail.com> >> Subject: Help fight upcoming RAP and TAP paratransit changes Sign our> petition> >>> >> > >>> >> CONCERNED CITIZENS OF PARATRANSIT> >> CCOFP at YAHOO.COM> >> Petition link: https://tinyurl.com/mrdkh2ky> >>> >> Join us as we fight paratransit changes. Sign our petition to show your> support in our efforts to protect transportation services for people with> disabilities.> >> On June 12, 2025, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) adopted> Ordinance 2025-26 approving an ADA Paratransit Action Plan, which includes> proposed changes to the ADA Paratransit program to address the projected> 2025 ADA Paratransit budget shortfall. The plan is to raise the cost of TAP> and RAP trips from $2 to $3.25 and to limit the number of rides paratransit> riders can take on RAP and TAP to 30 trips a month. This adoption of this> Ordinance occurred without input from the disability community—the very> people it effects. Once again we take the position of “Nothing about us> without us”.> >> We understand there is a short-fall, however, eliminating TAP and RAP> rides to paratransit riders from four round trips a day (240 a month) down> to one trip a day (30 trips a month) is an extreme cut, which will cause> major capacity constraints to those utilizing TAP and RAP services, in> light of the driver shortages experienced within the carriers for standard> paratransit services. Furthermore, this will cause paratransit riders to> end up being stranded if they are only allowed to take “one” ride a day> with no subsequent return trip.> >> The TAP program has been in place for approximately 20 years and the> RAP program since the pandemic, and paratransit riders depend extremely> heavily on those services as a reliable source of transportation for people> with disabilities. We understand there is a chance of raising fares for TAP> and RAP since those prices were lowered during the pandemic. However, the> elimination of available services would be detrimental to the disability> community who use paratransit.> >> We are strongly recommending that RTA and Pace come up with a more> viable plan to make up the short-fall deficit that is less harmful to the> paratransit riders.> >> Cordially,> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________> IL-Talk mailing list> IL-Talk at nfbnet.org> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/il-talk_nfbnet.org> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for> IL-Talk:>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/il-talk_nfbnet.org/chellinoramtruck%40gmail.com>_______________________________________________IL-Talk mailing listIL-Talk at nfbnet.orghttp://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/il-talk_nfbnet.orgTo unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for IL-Talk:http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/il-talk_nfbnet.org/jmj1967%40comcast.net