PenTrans Update April 17th, 2013 - Sen. Rafferty says $2.5 billion, not $1.8

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Hill International, Inc.

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Urban Engineers, Inc.

Richard Amodei
STV, Inc.

Edward M. D'Alba
Urban Engineers, Inc.

Bert Cossaboon

McCormick Taylor

Carol Rose

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.

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COMTO

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Peter Javsicas

PenTrans Member Organizations

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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

April 17th, 2013

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Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate committee chairman proposes
raising more money to fund transportation
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hybrid cars are taxing state roads budget
-Allentown Morning Call

SEPTA quizzed on proposed fare hikes
-Philadelphia Inquirer

SEPTA addresses New Payment Technology
-Delco Times

SEPTA Public Hearings
-SEPTA

W.Pa. companies have financial interest
in Philly transit agency's success
-Pittsburgh Tribune Review

SEPTA seeks approval of substation
-montgomerynews.com

10 accused of trying to defraud SEPTA
by faking injuries in Philly crash
-newsworks

Route 101 trolley celebrates 100 years
-Delco Times

Pennsylvania lawmakers propose laws
to change state contracting, gift rules
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Moody's lowers Pa. turnpike
agency's bond rating
-Philadelphia Inquirer

Reform, at its most typical
-Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice

Pennsylvania Turnpike scandal has some
eyeing a pay-to-play law
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Pa. Turnpike operation should go to PennDOT
-Towanda Daily Review

Our View:
Don't throw baby out with the bathwater
-Cumberland Sentinel

Reforms fail to address Pa. pay to play practices
-Pottstown Mercury

New Jersey

Editorial

Subway to Secaucus

-Bergen Co. Record

City Report Looks at
Subway Link to New Jersey
-New York Times

Lakewood to expand in-town transit
-Asbury Park Press

How is NJ Transit spending Sandy funds?
-Asbury Park Press

Federal honchos in Kearny

to announce new standard for

rebuilding with Sandy recovery funding

-The Jersey Journal

Nation & World

President Obama punts
on transportation pay-fors
-Politico

In Our View: Amtrak Posts Solid Growth
-Washington State Columbian

$154 million in additional
rail improvements planned
- The State-Journal Register, Springfield, IL

FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff:
Transit provides a lifeline for
residents in rural America
-U.S. DOT

Transport U: Colleges Save Millions
By Embracing Policies to Reduce Driving
-DC.StreetsBlog.org

Spotlight on Sustainability:
Charm City works to improve
housing, transportation, and jobs
-Smart Growth America

Sustainability in Action: Project Profiles
-ASCE

Gov. John Kasich says his turnpike plan
would lower tolls: PolitiFact Ohio
-Cleveland Plain Dealer

Toll increases the alternative to
privatizing Ohio Turnpike
-Landline Magazine

Patrick D. Jones, Exec. Dir., IBTTA
Fueled by Tolling, Innovation
Stems From Our Local Communities
-Huffington Post

A good rail network will free up roads
-NZ National Business Review

Faulty anchor rods torpedo Bay Bridge opening
-San Francisco Chronicle

Corporate Greed Has Disemboweled
America's Public Transportation System,
Causing Deadly Accidents All over the Country
-Alternet

Cool Tech

Engineers to Explore Use of
Aerospace Materials in Architecture
-DesignBuild Source

High Speed Rail-go-round

High-speed passenger rail plan still on track
-Isanti County News

Our view:
foes should get on track with rail plan
-Merced Sun-Star

NY State Senator Maziarz
Calls High-Speed Rail a 'Fantasy'
-Niagara Falls Reporter

Texas county commissioners
want HSR at DFW Airport
-Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Obama Proposes More HSR Spending
-CA HSR Blog

Five bid for California HS construction contract
-International Railway Journal

CHSRA Selects Tutor Perini-Zachry-Parsons
Bid for Central Valley Section
-CA HSR Blog

Tutor, "Change-order artist" fights back
-San Diego Union-Tribune

Europe's high speed trains:
Romancing the rails
-The Washington Times

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         - Amtrak
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