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Show 5) '. ;: s 3 :i i T r. a f-3 A J 2 I 3 b j 3 1 ) i i .3 New Utah! - Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2 CO 1 - Page 13 UTA proposes increase in ' Fiextrans rates By Harlow Clark The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) says Fiextrans, the service that picks up handicapped and disabled people, costs about $30 a ride and is considering consider-ing doubling the fare it charges from $1 per trip to $2. At a Feb. 6 meeting in Provo, disabled people from Spanish Fork to American Fork came to express their opinions. Eileen Glathar of American Fork, who has multiple sclerosis, and is a representative for Universal Access 2000, a program working to implement imple-ment .and inform people about the Americans with Disabilities Act, said the recurring theme of the meeting was the hardship doubling the fare would cause people on a fixed income and the feeling that a gradual increase could be absorbed, and would not be nearly as painful. Jerry Costley, Executive Director of The Arc of Utah (www.arcutah.org, jcost-leyarcutah.org), jcost-leyarcutah.org), which "advocate s on behalf of people with mental retardation retarda-tion and other types of disabilities," dis-abilities," says he attended to give a picture of how doubling dou-bling the fare would affect the people he works with. "The places they need to go are pretty basic to their survival," such as jobs or grocery shopping. "As little as $10. a month could make a difference between a meal or not." He noted that $2 a day equals $20 a week or $80 a month, which has a huge impact for people on a fixed income. He says that is "not equal access," a point made by others, especially since the normal fixed-route fixed-route fares will not double. "Our proposal is that they raise rates across the board " and not pit people who have disabilities against those that don't." Costley says UTA may have already agreed to this kind of increase, but he hasn't heard anything official yet. "It seems much fairer to us to raise the rates for everyone every-one who rides rather than doubling it for those who can least afford it." "Doubling the fares See UTA on page 16 Bennett to keynote Lincoln Day Dinner Senator Robert F. Bennett will be the keynote speaker at the the Utah County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner on Sat. Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The dinner din-ner will be held at the Provo Marriott Hotel. Tickets are $40 per person and are available from Marian Monahan at 373-6054. "Utah County is one of the most solidly Republican counties in the nation," said GOP Chairman Stan Lockhart. "We look forward to celebrating the success of 2000 and laying the groundwork for continued conservative success," he concluded. twit iw ffaawj BMiniiWal Jmm't feaa. sMMA.i 1 lid - . : i s ' ft ? r" ate t'.- . 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