(a) that the predominant part of the State's population is located in its rapidly expanding metropolitan and urban areas; (b) that the welfare and vitality of urban areas and the satisfactory movement of people and goods within such areas are being jeopardized by the deterioration or inadequate provision of urban transportation facilities and services and the intensification of traffic congestion; and (c) that State financial assistance for the development of efficient and coordinated mass transportation systems is essential to the solution of these urban problems. (2) The purposes of this Act are: (a) to assist in the development of improved mass transportation systems; and (b) to provide assistance to participants in financing such systems as provided in Section 7 of Article XIII of the Constitution. population is located in its rapidly expanding metropolitan and urban areas; the satisfactory movement of people and goods within such areas are being jeopardized by the deterioration or inadequate provision of urban transportation facilities and services and the intensification of traffic congestion; and development of efficient and coordinated mass transportation systems is essential to the solution of these urban problems. transportation systems; and financing such systems as provided in Section 7 of Article XIII of the Constitution. (30 ILCS 740/Art. II heading) ARTICLE II. DOWNSTATE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE
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