PenTrans Update October 12th, 2012 - You Didn't Build That

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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

Emille L. 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

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October 12th, 2012

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Pennsylvania

Editorial
Keystone rail line shouldn't be threatened

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Amtrak sets ridership record

-Philadelphia Inquirer

Rail project hinges on funding

-Scranton Times-Tribune

Pa. Turnpike CEO
quitting due to health reasons

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Penn State's Larson Institute
receives $6 million federal grant

-Penn State Live

Harrisburg Conference Nov. 1
Making the Most of MAP-21

-T4America

New Jersey

Michael Lavitt
Transit village should be built
at Jersey Avenue train station

-Times of Trenton

New Database Provides All The Facts
About NJ Transit Centers

-GlobeSt.com

Lucy Vandenberg
Plans for Hoboken Terminal
Could Put the City on the Right Track

-NJSpotlight

Editorial
Princeton's Palmer Square is template
for town center planning 75 years later

-Times of Trenton

Aaron Applbaum
Green Commute for Princeton University

-Daily Princetonian

Nation & World

With Ridership at Record Levels, Amtrak
Targeted by Romney for U.S. Aid Cut

-Bloomberg

Joshua Schank, President & CEO

Eno Center for Transportation

You Didn't Build That - Or Pay for It

-Eno Brief Newsletter

Regional Rail Authority for Amtrak?

-Stockton Record

Tiny percentage of the U.S.
uses more than 10% of all oil

-Co.EXIST

Robert H. Frank
Carbon Tax Benefits

-NY Times

What's wrong with MAP-21?

-The Hill

Bikes good for you,
good for the economy, too

-Co.EXIST

Citizenvestor:
Crowdfunding for Community Projects

-Co.EXIST

Robert H. Frank
Repairing Roads Can End
Traffic, Political Gridlock

-NY Times

Survey: Norfolk Light Rail
keeping cars off road

-Progressive Railroading

High Speed Rail-go-round

Election 2012: Rail experts sound off
on funding, retirement, rules,
policies and taxes

-Progressive Railroading

First high-speed rail trip in Illinois
to happen later this month

-Morris Daily Herald

Allen Best
High-speed rail is closer to reality in Colorado

-Denver Post

China Advances High-Speed Rail Amid Concerns

-China Digital Times

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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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