PenTrans Update Sept. 26th, 2012

More info on Royal Mail Postbus

delivering mail and passengers.
So crazy it works.

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. 26th, 2012

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It's coming to Philadelphia!
Our PenTrans Breakfast Forum on MAP 21!

Moving Ahead for Progress

in Pennsylvania

Key leaders look at how we can make the most

of new federal surface transportation law.

The Pyramid Club
October 18th, 2012
7:30 - 9:30 AM

Panel Moderator:
Susan Schruth Hill International

Panelists so far:
Renee Sigel FHWA Division Administrator
Brigid Hynes-Cherin FTA Regional Administrator
Joe Casey SEPTA General Manager

Registration Info Here

Pennsylvania

'Flimflam finance' used by Pa. Turnpike,

Wagner charges

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Lowman Henry
Legislature must deal with
growing Pa. Turnpike debt

-Pottstown Mercury

Major issues may languish
in brief legislative session

-Philadelphia Inquirer

New Jersey

NJ Future Report: Strategically Target
Investment in Transit-Oriented Development

-Mobilizing the Region

Nation & World

Who's spending what on Infrastructure?

-Bloomberg Businessweek

Creating a National Infrastructure Bank
and Infrastructure Planning Council

-Center for American Progress

A Tale of Two Stations: Why is a Washington, D.C., rail revamp moving forward while another in New York can't seem to pull away from the platform?

-Architectural Record

High Speed Rail-go-round

LaHood labels past week
'pretty big' for high-speed rail

-The Hill

Governor signs policy to encourage
High-Speed Rail Authority to buy in California

-Sacramento Business Journal

By Time It's Built,
Will High-Speed Rail Be Obsolete?

-NBC Bay Area

Amtrak to Run Test Trains
at 165 MPH in Northeast

-TV4 New York

DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON:

Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies

-Post Carbon Institute

Looking for past issues?

Check our ARCHIVE

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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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