PenTrans Update Sept. 14th, 2012 - To Get Egg, Feed Chicken

Adam Krom, Jody Holton, Susan Dannenburg6.14.12

PenTrans Annual Meeting, 6.14.12

PenTrans Board member Adam Krom, Amtrak,

Jody Holton, Septa and Susan Dannenberg,

Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia

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. 14th, 2012

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Pennsylvania

Mike Hanna
Road to transportation funding blocked

-Centre Daily Times

Transportation funding
must be a priority in Pennsylvania

-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Survey: Americans want more public transit
- but not higher taxes to fund it

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Peter Rahn, HNTB
Simple key to a funding crisis

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Commuter group
encourages workers to try transit

-Reading Eagle

Super Commuters are willing to travel
hundreds of miles every week for work

-WarminsterPatch

New Jersey

Aivars Delle
Will Trenton ever get
transportation funding right?

-phillyburbs.com

$21 million in new funding sought
for Salem County Shortline railroad

nj.com

Half of nation's airport delays
traced to problems in this region

-nj.com

Grocery chain set to anchor
planned Camden transit village

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Rising costs at the pump inspire retailer
to send a message to gasoline supplier

-Tri-BoroPatch

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21st Century Mobility,

Connections & Development

Nation & World

GOP calls for
switching Amtrak to private sector

-delawareonline

Do Democrats hate cities?

-Salon

Democratic Platform's Scarce Words
on Transportation Fail to Inspire

-DC Streetsblog

Toward More Comprehensive
Understanding of Traffic Congestion

-Todd Litman

Lee Epstein
The fall - and rise - of
small downtown America

-Switchboard

Boosting Ridership
by Replacing Buses With Rail

-Atlantic Cities

Reckless Drivers Who Hit People
Face Few Penalties in New York

-NY Times

NY, NJ, CT Seize Federal Trails Funding

-Mobilizing the Region

Cycling renaissance in America

-The Economist

New York Is Lagging as Seas and Risks
Rise, Critics Warn

-NY Times

Transit agencies, passenger railroads
pursue eco-friendly techniques

-Progressive Railroading

Christopher Leinberger
Study: Shift to walkable urban places
is good news for economy

-Better! Cities & Towns

The Fall and Rise of Great Public Spaces

-On the Commons

Places that Pay: Benefits of Placemaking

-Placemakers

How Urban Design Affects Property Values

-Strong Towns

Policy Brief Explores Economic Benefits
Of Locating Affordable Housing Near Transit

-The Economist

Ben Brown
Chickens, Eggs and Economic Development: Imaginary assumptions = imaginary outcomes

-Placemakers

The Mile High Transit Opportunity
Collaborative: Working to Ensure
Equitable TOD in the Denver Region

-Reconnecting America

High Speed Rail-go-round

Fifteen thousand miles of HSR
in the World - Zero in America

-Capital

Amtrak high speed rail could bypass
Connecticut shoreline under new plan

-New Haven Register

Proposed High-Speed Rail Stop in Waterbury
Under Discussion in Torrington

-Litchfield County Times

California governor pleads with voters
to pass tax-hike measure

-San Jose Mercury

Northwestern Indiana's congested
rail corridors to see upgrades from
$71M in federal grants

-Greenfield Daily Reporter

New Shinkansen high-speed
train design unveiled

-Rail.co

Taiwan railway administration faces
lack of train drivers, technicians: report

-The China Post

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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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