PenTrans Update March 25th, 2013 - Transpo Hearing in Phila. Today

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Harrisburg, PA. 02/12/13

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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

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

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

March 25th, 2013

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Pennsylvania

Pa. House Democrats schedule
Phila. transportation hearing today
-Central Penn Business Journal

Transit agency's budget ills hover as PennDOT clarifies funding commitment to Port Authority
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Transportation bill
holds future for construction jobs
-Altoona Mirror

Corbett plan seeks to
pump cash into ailing infrastructure
-Chesco Daily Local News

Increasing Transpo Costs:
How Much Is Enough?
-Somerset Co. Daily American

Senate players hold
Corbett's liquor plan in their hands
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Pa. to kick in $3.8 million to save
Amtrak's Pittsburgh-Harrisburg route
-NewsWorks

Rep. Tim Murphy makes nice with Democrats
-Politico

T expansion could take tracks to the
North Hills, cost estimate over $1 billion
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

SEPTA proposes new $1.32 billion budget
-Philadelphia Inquirer

SEPTA Fare Hike Upsets Riders
-NBC10 Philadelphia

Elkins Park Strikes Sweet SEPTA Deal
-NBC10 Philadelphia

Turnpike CEO talks pay-to-play scandal,
reform and billions in debt
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Pa. turnpike official resigns in wake of inquiry
-Uniontown Herald Standard

Our take: Fix Pennsylvania Turnpike problems
-York Daily Record

New Jersey

Ease of transportation helps spur
residential development in Bayonne

-The Jersey Journal

Transportation advocate:
Raise NJ gas tax to fix roads, bridges
-Bergen Co. Record

NJ Transit's executive director

to visit Berkeley Heights today
nj.com

Nation & World

Shuster names spokesman
for House transportation committee
-Progressive Railroading

Study: Home values performed better
near public transportation systems
-Progressive Railroading

A Renewed Look at Federal Funding
for Transit Operations
-The Transport Politic

The impacts of sequestration:
comparing 2012 to 2013
-Transportation for America

Even with poor infrastructure,
rail exceeds air market share
in many domestic corridors
-Better Institutions

Smart parking: A launchpad
for intelligent transportation
-GreenBiz.com

Traffic Pollution Can Cause Asthma In Kids
-Medical News Today

Car Exhaust Hurts Children
as Much as Second-Hand Smoke
-The Atlantic Cities

BRT for NYC?
-Capital

Aging in Place, Stuck Without Options
-Transportation for America

Even truckers can like intermodal
-Commercial Carrier Journal

Relief for California gasoline prices
may be riding the rails
-Los Angeles Times

Cool Tech

Report Links
Underground Engineering, Sustainability
-ASCE Magazine

High Speed Rail-go-round

Illinois to head multi-state procurement
of high-speed locomotives
-Progressive Railroading

Building a Smart Transportation System

for Pennsylvania

Tuesday, April 10th 2013

Temple University - Harrisburg

8:00 - 10:30 AM

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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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