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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

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Thomas E. Frawley Consulting

Denise Goren

Michael Baker, Jr. Inc.

Yassmin Gramian
HNTB

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Amtrak

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Parsons Brinckerhoff

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Econsult Corporation

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COMTO

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Peter Javsicas

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PenTrans Update

Dec. 3rd, 2012

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Pennsylvania

Transportation still tops lawmakers' priority list, along with Penn State, other legislation

-Centre Daily Times

Road to savings: Another toll increase
is a hint to use E-ZPass

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Op-Ed
Transportation funding boost
will benefit state's economy

-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Sen. Pat Toomey, Rep. Joe Pitts Thank AMTRAK
For Showing Flexibility In Lancaster

-politicalnews.me

Pennsylvania lottery's management
privatization and transit

-Lehigh Valley Express-Times

$208G in grants to aid Millersburg rail trail

-Millersburg Daily Item

Rail trail update sparks more debate
at West Penn meeting

-Cumberland Co. Sentinel

Norfolk Southern to launch more intermodal
services along Crescent Corridor

-Progressive Railroading

New Jersey

Gov. Christie gives vote of confidence
to NJ Transit director

-Newark Star-Ledger

Nation & World

Fiscal Cliff Legislation Affects Transit

-APTA

For the Record:
Gasoline was Most Expensive in 2012

-Wall St. Journal

Avis locks up Zipcar for $500 million

-Agence France-Presse

California Law
Tests Company Responses to Carbon Costs

-NY Times

Report: Coal, natural gas
remain key sources of energy

-Fuel Fix

Canadian plant to feed locomotives with LNG

-Fuel Fix

Unconventional wisdom: 5 possible
energy surprises for 2013

-Christian Science Monitor

Carbon Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener

-NY Times

What's a Carbon Tax?

-The Carbon Tax Center

Litman on Carbon Tax

-Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Alexandria Street To Be Equal Opportunity
For Cars, Bikes And Pedestrians

-WAMU 88.5

Tallinn: Free Public Transport

-Revolve

Do Places Seem Farther Away
When You Have to Walk to Get There?

-Atlantic Cities

High Speed Rail-go-round

Amtrak: High-speed rail could cost taxpayers
$151B and take 30 years to complete

-The BusinessReview

Amtrak Seeks Safety Changes
to Allow U.S. Bullet Trains

-Bloomberg

Mexico Unveils Plans for
High-Speed Train in Yucatan

-Hispanically Speaking News

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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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