PenTrans Update May 9th, 2012 - Take THAT, Wendell Cox!

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to

Thursday, JUNE 14th
11:30 - 1:30 pm
PenTrans Annual Meeting

& Luncheon
at Philadelphia's
Downtown Club

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PenTrans Board of Directors

Co-Chairs
Beverly Harper
Portfolio Associates, Inc.

Thomas J. Spearing, III.
Hill International, Inc.

Secretary-Treasurer
Tom Halterman
Urban Engineers, Inc.

Richard Amodei
STV, Inc.

Edward M. D'Alba
Urban Engineers, Inc.

Annemarie Byrnes

WTS

Dan Faust

AECOM

Thomas E. Frawley
Thomas E. Frawley Consulting

Denise Goren
Michael Baker, Jr. Inc.

Raynard Hughes
COMTO

Adam Krom
Amtrak

Anna Lynn Smith
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Richard P. Voith
Econsult Corporation

Executive Director
Peter Javsicas

PenTrans Member Organizations

AECOM
Bombardier
CH2MHILL
COMTO
DRM International, Inc. Econsult Corp.
Gannett Fleming
HDR, Inc.
Hill International
HNTB
IBI Group Jacobs Engineering
Jeffrey Parker & Associates, Inc.
LTK Engineering Services
Malady & Wooten LLC
McCormick Taylor Michael Baker Jr.
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Portfolio Associates, Inc.
T&M Associates
SEPTA
STV, Incorporated
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.
Urban Engineers, Inc.
URS Corp.
WTS

PenTrans Update

May 9th, 2012

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Are transit service cuts inevitable? Maybe not

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Charles McCollester
Union busting won't help:
Pennsylvania's problem is
shortsighted politicians

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Railroad companies seeking
improvements, 15,000 new hires

-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Bringing America Back:
Working on the Railroad

-ABC TV

Pa. funds keep
Monroe free bus program on the road

-Pocono Record

Lancaster County releases
transportation plans for review

-Central Pa. Business Journal

Route changes,
14% fare hikes on tap for PART buses

-Pottstown Mercury

Challenge offered for Bike to Work Week

-York Daily Record

Bike to Work Week Events

- TMA Chester County

Transportation bill, not yet passed,
already blasted by critics

-Christian Science Monitor

Support Transportation Equity in
Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill

-The Leadership Conference

Road Traffic 'Single Biggest Source
of Fatality' for Young People Worldwide

-Atlantic Cities

Aging Population Struggles to Get Around

-Transportation Nation

CA State Sen. Darrell Steinberg
A Rebuttal to Wendell Cox,
Transportation Mythmeisters

-Wall St. Journal

What's the Secret to World-Class
Transit Systems? Congestion Pricing

-Steetsblog

'I SEPTA Philly' wants your videos

-NJ.com

Panama Canal Expansion: Guessing the Impact

-newsobserver.com

Amtrak Enlists iPhones as a Service Tool

-NY Times

Long Commutes
May Be Harmful to Your Health

-medpage TODAY

Congress of New Urbanism at 20: A recollection

-Better! Cities & Towns
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High Speed Rail-Go-round

High-speed rail service
from Chicago to East gets a boost

-Crain's Chicago Business

Environmental impact evaluation
of Ct. high-speed rail line now available online

-Meriden Record Journal

Construction of California's
High Speed Rail project could
start in Fresno County within months

-KFSN TV
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The Union League

140 South Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 7:30 AM- 5:00 PM
Join 500 real estate leaders and decision-makers to discuss "What's Next" Details & Registration

REBUILDING
PENNSYLVANIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE

Speakers:

Hon. Allyson Schwartz

U.S. House of Representatives

Hon. Michael Stack
Pa. Senate

Moderator:

C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
Chairman, Pennoni Associates, Inc.

Monday, May 14

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Drexel University - Main Building

3141 Chestnut Street

Gallery Room

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT
But seating is limited
Details & Registration HERE

Presentation Co-Sponsored by

Drexel University

American Society of Civil Engineers

Engineers' Club of Philadelphia

Now Available Free On Line
High-Speed Rail
International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers

A landmark study that points the way to
projects such as HSR on the NEC

We have met the enemy and it is fossil fuels

-Post Carbon Institute

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Why U.S. Is Not

Energy Independent

(It's in the charts, folks)

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Andy Singer Cartoon

PenTrans Advisory Group

John Beckman
- Wallace Roberts & Todd

Beverly Coleman
- Urban Ventures Group, Inc.
Joseph DiFiore

-PB

John Dockendorf

-PennDOT

Karen Gelman
         - Amtrak
Court Gould
         - Sustainable Pittsburgh
Jennie Granger
         - AECOM
Joseph Guzzi
         - HNTB
Chris Jandoli

-Parsons Brinckerhoff

Carol Martsolf

-WTS

Patrick Starr
        - Penn Environmental Council
Julie Green
        - LTK Engineering Services
Vukan Vuchic
         - UPenn
Rick Wooten
   - Malady & Wooten

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