PenTrans Update May 14th, 2012

Guest Speaker:

Pa. Representative Rick Geist
House Transportation Chair

Thursday, JUNE 14th
11:30 - 1:30 pm
at Philadelphia's
Downtown Club

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Hill International, Inc.

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PenTrans Update

May 14th, 2012

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N.J. to contribute to proposed Amtrak tunnel

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Auditor General Jack Wagner Says
Cambria County Motorists 9 Times as Likely
to Pass Deficient Bridge than a McDonald's

-Sacramento Bee

The gift of the 79 bus: perfect present for
many of the Marys in our region

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazettre

Port Authority Apologizes For T Trouble

-CBS Pittsburgh

Lawmakers seek transportation bill compromise

-Asbury Park Press

Development plan aims to take advantage of Hackensack transit access

-NJBIZ

New Jersey gas tax unchanged
as transportation costs rise

-Chicago Tribune

3 Out Of 4 Customers
Would Recommend NJ Transit,
According To Agency's Latest Scorecard

-NJToday.net

Transportation megaproject to link
Long Island Rail Road to
Grand Central Terminal by 2019?

-Wall St. Journal

Highway conference gets off to slow start

-The Hill

Transportation bill plays the waiting game
- Mica joins Shuster's Keystone optimism
- Rail's geographic quandary

-Politico

New Transportation Bill
Must Be Keystone Free

-Heraldonline.com

Letter to Congress
Nat. Governors Assoc. Urges Passage
of Transportation Authorization

-National Governors Association

MAP-21 Offers Model for
Federal Transportation Conference Committee

-Mobilizing the Region

Kicking off "Transportation Vote 2012"

-Transportation for America
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High Speed Rail-Go-round

High-speed spending: Bullet train
may need $3.5 million a day

-LA Times

DOT to California: Use It or lose It

-Politico

LaHood's California High-Speed Rail Bluff

-NBC San Diego

Dan Walters: California bullet-train
conflicts need study

-The Sacramento Bee

High-speed rail's competing visions

-Politico

Lack Of Support Puts The Brakes
On High-Speed Rail

-NPR

Proposed Train to Shuttle Passengers
From Houston to Dallas at 200 MPH

KCENTV

High-speed train network offers
an inexpensive way to see Italy

-Vancouver Sun

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Speakers:

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U.S. House of Representatives

Hon. Michael Stack
Pa. Senate

Moderator:

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Monday, May 14

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

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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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