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PenTrans Update

Sept. 24th, 2012  

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Pennsylvania

Democrats at 30th Street Station
blast GOP Amtrak platform

-Philadelphia Inquirer



How Amtrak Might Redefine
Downtown Philadelphia

-the Atlantic Cities



SEDA-COG rail authority's Stover
to participate in White House forum

-Progressive Railroading



Jersey Shore Connector
Dedicated to the Pine Creek Rail-Trail

-gantdaily.com


Pennsylvania to Maryland bike trail
through verdant mountains on the
Great Allegheny Passage

-The Washington Post



New Jersey




Nation & World


Consensus and Funding:
The "Chicken and Egg" of Transpo Planning

-City Watch



Stimulus wasn't so bad after all

-NY Times



Amtrak friends and foes
testify at latest House hearing

-Progressive Railroading



Reminder: Amtrak Subsidies
Pale in Comparison to Highway Subsidies

-DC.Streetsblog



Amtrak aims to bolster its aging infrastructure
to accommodate mounting ridership despite
funding limitations, says Boardman

-Progressive Railroading



Former Gov. Ed Rendell
We need long term strategy for
investment in our infrastructure

-The Hill



CBO Report on Trends in Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure

-Building America's Future



ASCE report:
U.S. ports, waterways need additional
infrastructure investments by 2020

-Progressive Railroading



Public transportation ridership
up for sixth straight quarter

-Progressive Railroading



NRDC Poll: Americans Support
New Transit Twice as Much as New Roads

-DC.Streetsblog



Fuel Efficiency Standards
Have Cost Of Their Own

-NY Times



Boyd Cohen
What Exactly Is A Smart City?

-Co.Exist


Urban designers are from Mars,
transit planners are from Venus

-Human Transit



When Big Real Estate Projects Stall

-Wall St. Journal



Penn Station Project Shamed
by London's King's Cross Concourse

-Bloomberg





Transportation Secretary LaHood
announces $53 million in transit projects

-HometownSource.com


High Speed Rail-go-round


Orski vs. Schank
Which Gets Priority: High-Speed Rail
or Intercity Passenger Service?

-Wall St. Journal



High-speed rail on federal fast track

-San Francisco Chronicle



Our View: Another step
to high-speed rail reality

-Merced Sun-Star



Construction begins on
$42 million Joliet transportation hub

-Chicago Tribune



High-speed-rail funds
in place for area project

-Fredericksburg.com



Squabble resolved blocking
Northern Virginia $75m high-speed
rail stimulus project

-The Examiner



Plan for Conn. rail line
could be boon for Berkshires

-The Berkshire Eagle



Any plan to expand high-speed service
will be an economic boon

-Stamford Times



U.S. Congresswoman calls for
HSR linking Manhattan to Canadian Cities

-OnBoard



Integrating transpo modes in Canada

-The Globe and Mail



Tata Steel secures another
major high-speed rail order in France

-Orissa News



-Post Carbon Institute
 

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