PenTrans Update April 10th, 2012 - True Cost of North Shore Connector:

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PenTrans Update

April 10th, 2012

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Editorial
Federal Highway Bill Stuck in Neutral

-Philadelphia Inquirer

East Stroudsburg's 'urban' classification
could mean more transportation funds

-Pocono Record

PennDOT Deputy Secretary says
merging Hazleton system with LCTA
is in best interest of riders, taxpayers.

-The Abington Journal

Work begins to connect T station to Heinz Field

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What we paid for the North Shore Connector

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Making Pittsburgh New by Keeping it Old

-Atlantic Cities

Motor vehicle agency runs a surplus
N.J. lawmaker questions fees for motorists

-philly.com

Short-changing "Highway Rescuers"

-NorthJersey.com

EZPass: a political football play?

-silive.com

TIGER Grant Demand
Outpaces Supply 20-to-1

-Journal of Commerce

What's Smart City? Atlanta vs. Barcelona

-World Bank

City tax could pay for transit

-Tampa Bay Online

U.S. population growth slows,
especially in far suburbs

-USA Today

The Era of Suburban Sprawl Has to End.
So, Now What?

-Urbanite

How Local Transportation Decisions
Can Put Public Health Front and Center

-DC Streetsblog

Transit looks to get going
in the south, west metro

-Minneapolis Tribune

Efficient cars? Yeah, but...

-NY Times

Stopping Climate Change
Is Much Cheaper Than You Think

-Mother Jones

Todd Litman
Avoiding Undesirable
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

-Planetizen

A classic story of "encroachment"
Rail station plan stirs controversy
in Fort Worth's Mistletoe Heights

-Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Michael Lewyn
More logical fallacies
in planning policy

-Planetizen

Jane Jacobs and the
Power of Women Planners

-Atlantic Cities
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High Speed Rail-Go-round

Congressional panel launches probe
of California's high-speed rail project

-LA Times

Gov. Brown looks to global warming fees
to pay for high-speed rail

-MercuryNews.com

Bullet train consultant's
past business ties trouble critics

-LA Times

Rep. Sanchez 'quite disappointed'
Anaheim cut from bullet train plan

-LA Times
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