PenTrans Update June 20th, 2012 - Good News: public transportation about to collapse

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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.

Bert Cossaboon

McCormick Taylor

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

June 20th, 2012

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Pennsylvania - New Jersey

Editorial
Transportation Funding:
Lots of words, zero action

-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Mass transit agencies
say they need more money

-WITF

Castle Shannon residents
rip Port Authority Light Rail Transit cuts

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Government Lawmaker
Wants to Stop Major Port Authority Cuts

-SewickleyPATCH

Poverty and Transportation
in Delaware Co.

-DELCO News Network

Legislators address transportation,
energy issues at TMACC breakfast

-Daily Local News

The real cost
of ignoring public transportation

-Examiner.com

Congressman Fattah Announces $12.8 million
for SEPTA's Wayne Junction Substation
and Infrastructure

-MarketWatch

Senate Dems agree to raise
transportation borrowing limit
to help Gov. Christie close revenue gap

-nj.com

Hudson River rail tunnel
project has new name, but
same concerns over funding

-nj.com

N.J. Dems chairman continues battle
with Gov. Christie over transportation plan

-nj.com

NJ Lawmakers Call for More Transparency
Among Transportation Authorities

-New Jersey 101.5

NJ Transit brass to listen to
commuter's feedback at forums

-Times Herald-Record

Millville Area Connector
transportation service to offer free bus
connection in Millville, Laurel Lake area

-nj.com

Editorial
Route 42 express lane buses - express them!

BPU Approves NJNG's Pilot Program to
Build Natural Gas Vehicle Refueling Stations

-MaketWatch

Eight years later: The River Line
unites communities, commuters

-newsworks

Nation & World

Lawmakers try to save
transportation bill, their best bet
for passing a jobs bill

-Washington Post

Reid 'not ready' yet
to give up on passing a
long-term transportation bill

-The Hill

The week ahead:
Highway bill talks enter week five

-The Hill

Thompson: 42 Members Send Bipartisan Letter Supporting the Off-system Bridge Program

-gantdaily.com

Stephen Smith
The Maddening Failure
of Public Transit Agencies to Cooperate

-National Review

Local officials,
construction industry leader call for
immediate transportation reauthorization

-Mid-Hudson News Network

Remove Urban Highways?

-Urbanite

Remove urban highways,
cut down on cars?

-Next American City

Hertz Italy Launches
smart fortwo Electric Vehicle
in Rome for Italo-NTV Train Customers

-MarketWatch

Open-loop transit on the rise

-Contactless News

Cities Bet They Can
Curb Traffic With Games of Chance

-National Geographic

Boost in St. Louis sales tax
for Metro is discussed

-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Vancouver sales tax hike
proposed to fund light rail, bus rapid transit

-Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce

Caltrans funds light-rail car
refurbishment, bus projects

-Sacramento Business Journal

Bellevue citizens group
proposes deep-bore tunnel for light-rail line

-The Seattle Times

Northeast transportation officials
cheer rail upgrades

-Live Trading News

Danes to order EMUs
in public transport boost

-Railway Gazette

Why Do Plano-ites Prefer Fighting
Traffic Gridlock to Riding DART Light-Rail?

-Frontburner

Calvin Thompson
Good News:
Public Transit Is About to Collapse

-reason

High Speed Rail-go-round

Growing public apprehensions
could derail multibillion-dollar Ca. project
High-speed train hits a poll

-record.net

Glen Martin
Squelching environmental quality act
for Ca. HSR could set dangerous precedent

-Huffington Post

"No document exists"
on bullet train's speed, lawsuit claims

- U-T San Diego

Peninsula leaders make a case
for Caltrain modernization money

-MercuryNews.com

Report cites benefits of bullet train

-The Business Journal

Moving Ahead with High Speed Rail

-Transform

Don't miss high-speed train
to future economy

-San Francisco Chronicle

California's HSR Project
Needs Bold Leadership

-Fora.tv

Smoke and Mirrors
and High-Speed Rail to Vegas

-National Review

Canberra airport offers to build
station in bid for high-speed rail

-The Australian

We have met the enemy and it is fossil fuels

-Post Carbon Institute

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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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