PenTrans Update October 1st, 2012 - PennDOT's Shifflet Added to Forum Panel

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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.

Larry Shifflet added to panel

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

Panel Moderator:
Susan Schruth Hill International

Panel:
Renee Sigel FHWA Division Administrator
Brigid Hynes-Cherin FTA Regional Administrator
Joe Casey SEPTA General Manager
AND Larry S. Shifflet, Director, PennDOT Center for Program Development

Registration Info Here

Pennsylvania

PA: Turnpike debt's driving up tolls,
could drive away motorists

Pa. Turnpike May - Or May Not - Be Headed
For Financial Calamity, Lawmakers Told

-CBS Philly

Editorial
Wrong turn: Legislature must deal
with growing turnpike debt

-Harrisburg Patriot News

Public Private Partnerships Established

-We Are Central Pa.

Railroad sues over plans for
Pittsburgh landmark

-The Sacramento Bee

People's Crosswalks
come to Polish Hill

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Train station redevelopment project
pitched to Malvern residents

-Mainlinemedianews

Philadelphia's Katherine Gajewski
is turning a gritty city green

-Grist

New Jersey

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

-Mobilizing the Region

PATH Train Connecting NY - NJ Gets Fare Hike

-Transportation Nation

Nation & World

Andrea Bernstein
How Infrastructure Politics
Turned Partisan: Looking Back on Four Years

-Transportation Nation

Schumer calls on NY developer
to plan now for Amtrak tunnels

-Chicago Tribune

Cuomo Tappan Zee Plan
Gets U.S. Approval in Obama Fast Track

-Bloomberg

The Tappan Zee Replacement's
Outrageous Cost

-Pedestrian Observations

Stephen Smith
Don't Build a New Tappan Zee Bridge

-Bloomberg

Mayor Bloomberg to High Line Haters:
Cities Change, Get Over It

-The New York Observer

Peter David Cavaluzzi FAIA
Open Transit Design: Why Stations Designed
for Non-Transit Users Are Most Successful

-Planetizen

How Growing Cities Will Wreck the Planet
Unless We Build Them Right

-Time Magazine

Creative Conservation:
Reflections on a Way to the Future

-Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Thousands at Critical Mass 20th birthday

-San Francisco Chronicle

High Speed Rail-go-round

Judge to consider
CA high-speed rail injunction request

-Fresno Bee

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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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