PenTrans Update Sept. 10th, 2012

Jon Livingston, Jacobs, Amanda Schumacher, TY Lin

PenTrans Annual Meeting, 6.14.12

Jon Livingston, Jacobs, and Amanda Schumacher, TY Lin

PenTrans Annual

Sustaining Members - Gold

PenTrans Annual

Sustaining Members - Silver

PenTrans Annual
Sustaining Members - Bronze

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.

Bert Cossaboon

McCormick Taylor

Annemarie Byrnes

WTS

Dan Faust

AECOM

Thomas E. Frawley
Thomas E. Frawley Consulting

Denise Goren

Michael Baker, Jr. Inc.

Yassmin Gramian
HNTB

Adam Krom

Amtrak

Anna Lynn Smith
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Richard P. Voith

Econsult Corporation

Emile Williams
COMTO

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
Portfolio Associates, Inc.
T&M Associates
SEPTA
STV, Incorporated
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.
TranSystems
Urban Engineers, Inc.
URS Corp.
WTS

PenTrans Update

Sept. 10th, 2012

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Pennsylvania

Port Authority could get
$3 million for transit, RAD chief says

-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Arts groups may suffer, but
saving transit is worth the cost

-Pittsburgh City Paper

Pennsylvania Turnpike
defends financial position

-Land Line Magazine

James Dodaro
For whom does turnpike toll?

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Jason Duckworth

Tolling beyond politics

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Rep. Santarsiero to Serve on
Public-Private Transportation Board

-NewtownPatch

Lycoming County
Funding a new railroad bridge

-Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Ma and Pa Community Greenway
should be built

-York Daily Record

Reading Viaduct: Philly's Own Highline?

-Livin' the Highline

21st Century Mobility,

Connections & Development

Nation & World

BOB VAN DEVENTER, President and CEO,
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce, and
ED RENDELL, Former Governor, Pennsylvania, and Co-Chair, Building America's Future Educational Fund
America needs to invest more in
infrastructure to compete on a global level

-Passenger Transport

New York MTA Bus Time
Reaches One Million Text Requests

-Passenger Transport

Joseph Szabo, FRA Administrator
As Amtrak improves and expands,
more Americans choose to ride the rails

Maine Sen. Collins Pledges to
Continue Supporting Railroad Subsidies

-The Free Press

D.C. DOT receives 20 responses to
priority streetcar system development

-Progressive Railroading

WMATA solicits public opinions
on rail-service standards

-Progressive Railroading

Letter: Trains better than planes

-Springfield State Journal-Register

On the Move: State Strategies for
21st Century Transportation Solutions

-National Conference of State Legislatures

High Speed Rail-go-round

HSR Chicago to St. Louis
Could Take Several More Years

-kmov St. Louis

Open houses in Oregon City, Lake Oswego
will help plan future HSR service

-The Oregonian

Rail projects to spur economy

-China Daily

Taiwan: Railway administration
faces lack of train drivers, technicians

-The China Post

DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON:

Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies

-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

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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