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. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION 93-69 BY: THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING TRY TRANSIT WEEK 93. WHEREAS, increased public investment in transit services provides the potential to create jobs and enhance business prosperity; and WHEREAS, the nation, our communities and our citizens face the consequences to health and the environment that are brought on by automobile emissions; and WHEREAS, transportation consumes more than 60 percent of all petroleum used in the United States and increases the nation's reliance on foreign oil; and WHEREAS, public transportation is vital to the quality of life and economic well being of the citizens of North Olmsted and surrounding communities in Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, workers, school children, senior citizens, people with disabilities and those unable to afford an automobile use public transportation to gain access to jobs, schools, medical facilities and other fundamental services; and WHEREAS, traffic congestion can also be alleviated through the increased availability and use of public transportation and other forms of high occupancy, shared-ride services; and WHEREAS, the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line, a division of the City of North Olmsted, has been in operation for more than 62 years and has transported more than 1,230,000 passengers in 1992; and WHEREAS, the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line and the Greater Cleveland RTA, the American Public Transit Association, the National Association of Regional Councils, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, and America's Coalition for Transit NOW have declared May 17-21, 1993 to be TRY TRANSIT WEEK and have called upon all citizens to join in a nation-wide effort to promote public transit's benefits, honor transit employees and encourage new riders.