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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
 
Richard P. Voith

Econsult Solutions, Inc.

Emille L. Williams
COMTO


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Peter Javsicas
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LTK Engineering Services
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Parsons Brinckerhoff
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PenTrans Update

March 5th, 2013 

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Boxer Heaps Praise at AASHTO Conference
-DCStreetsBlog



Local bridges, transit infrastructure
fare poorly in PennDOT report
-Lehigh Valley Business



Corbett transportation plan
draws kudos, complaints
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2/20/13



Funding transportation:
The Corbett plan comes up short
& raises new questions
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2/23/13



Corbett's Transportation Funding Plan
'Woefully Inadequate,' Rep. Molchany Says
-Baldwin-WhitehallPatch



Corbett's transportation plan
would force increased property taxes
to pay for mass transit
-Cumberland Sentinel



Rail ridership up statewide,
Harrisburg up 245 percent
-NewsWorks



The Battle Over The Pennsylvanian

State asked to kick in more money for Amtrak
-WITF Hershey



 Passengers rail against Amtrak cuts
-Altoona Mirror



Amtrak Supporters Rally To "Save Our Train"
-We Are Central Pa.



The Pennsylvanian: Its time has passed
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review



Our View:
Cut Amtrak's Harrisburg-Pittsburgh route
-Cumberland Sentinel



More midstaters riding Amtrak,
but will state pay to keep service?
-Harrisburg Patriot-News



Amtrak's shortfall routes
-Philadelphia Inquirer

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Pa. officials mull consolidating transit agencies
-phillyBurbs.com



Our View:
Consolidate region's transit systems
-Cumberland Sentinel



Philadelphia Considering a Cap
for Waterfront Highway
-Next City



How chairman got SEPTA on the track
to become No. 1 transit agency
-Philadelphia Daily News



 

Nation & World


Sens. Lautenberg and Rockefeller
craft bill to help fund transportation projects
-Progressive Railroading



APTA on Sequestration
-APTA



Robert Puentes

A New Alignment: Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail
-Brookings Institution



Amtrak Loses A Ton of Money
Each Year. So What?
-Ca. HSR Blog



As Amtrak Booms, New Rail Hubs Emerge
-Huffington Post



Obama Fleshes Out
Plans for Infrastructure Projects
-NY Times



Perhaps next time the 70,000
deficient bridges should lead the speech?
-Transportation for America



Virginia lawmakers approve
sweeping transportation plan
-Washington Post



Todd Litman
Affordability As A
Transportation Planning Objective
-Planetizen



Valerie J. Karplus
The Case for a Higher Gasoline Tax
-NY Times



Per capita VMT
ticks down for eighth straight year
-SSTI


Advancing Congestion Pricing in a Metro Region
-FHA



How Sweden cut traffic congestion
-Washington Post



Do light-rail systems help cut down on traffic? Perhaps not.
-Washington Post



Could streetcars give St. Louis a $2 billion boost?
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch



Pushing for Fair Public Transit
The Road (and Rail) to Justice
Boston Review



10 principles for
making high-density cities better
-Switchboard



Roger K. Lewis
As land use planning changes,
'zoning' is no longer appropriate
-Washington Post



The Innovative Metropolis:
Fostering Economic Competitiveness
through Sustainable Urban Design
-Brookings Institution






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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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