PenTrans Update June 19th, 2013

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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

Peter Denitz

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Jason Duckworth

Arcadia Land Company

Dan Faust

AECOM

Yassmin Gramian
HNTB

Alex Houseal
URS

Eli Khoury
HDR

Adam Krom

Amtrak

Carol Rose

WTS

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

June 20th, 2013

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Pennsylvania

Report: Pennsylvania Turnpike debt
will force cross-state tolls
to near $50 by 2021
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Corbett Hits Budget Homestretch
With Lots at Stake
-NBC10

Transportation Bill Gets First House Hearing
-PoliticsPA

Pennsylvania House debates
mass transit funding, which
one lawmaker likens to 'welfare'
-Allentown Morning Call

House GOP wish list
adds new wrinkle to
Pennsylvania transportation funding debate
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Phila. region faces
transportation shortfall, report finds
-Philadelphia Inquirer

Safety and
Pennsylvania's Aging SEPTA System
-Wall Street Journal

Hazleton beltway extension
depends on funding decision
-Pottsville Republican

Turnpike subsidies may cease under
PA transportation bill - but when?
-Philadelphia Inquirer

Amtrak: Subsidy cuts
would jeopardize service
-abc27 whtm

Celebration marks the completion
of the Great Allegheny Passage Trail
-examiner.com

Pa. Turnpike Commission
Plans 5 mile, $75 million widening
-Central Pa. Business Journal

Comment Period is Now
for June 27th DVRPC Board Meeting
-DVRPC

New Jersey

Montclair seniors say
transportation is vital to Master Plan
-The Montclair Times

NJ Transit Wi-Fi plan needs adjustment
-Bergen Co. Herald News

Where's my bus? More N.J. Transit riders
will now have the answer
-Newark Star-Ledger

NJDOT Awards Pleasantville $470,000
for center city Transit Village improvements
-pressofAtlanticCity

Nation & World

How Federalism Has Failed Cities
(And Also Might Reinvigorate Them)
-Atlantic Cities

Do we really need mass transit
to limit our dependence on cars?
-MinnPost

Generation shift could
change development trends
-TheCityWire.com

Land Conservation Boosts
Home Values in Western Subdivisions
-Urban Land

Road Fees Don't Hurt the Poor
as Much as You Might Think
-Atlantic Cities

If Drivers Won't Pay to
Bypass Congestion, Why Should Taxpayers?
-DC.Streetsblog

Bill Clinton wants Congress
to 'look again' at infrastructure bank
-The Hill

The Public-Private Partnership Whisperer
-Atlantic Cities

Vishaan Chakrabarti
Building Hyperdensity and Civic Delight
-The Design Observer Group

Peter Bill
High-rises strive to meet lofty aims
-London Evening Standard

Kaid Benfield
How Green Building Standards
Can Actually Change People's Behavior
-Atlantic Cities

New York's Bike Share Is A
Pain In The Ass That's Worth It
-CoExist

Sophie Egan
Bike Sharing Can Mean Safer Biking
-NY Times

User-Friendly Transit Systems
The Psychology of Wayfinding
-CHK America

Big Tech

Tappan Zee bridge builder a 'big job guy'
-Lohud.com

Photographs reveal the hidden world
beneath New York's streets as the
Second Avenue Subway and East Side
Access lines continue construction
-London Daily Mail

High Speed Rail-go-round

RSAC recommends passenger rail
crashworthiness standards
to accommodate HSR
-RT&S

Study maps high-speed rail routes
-Northern Colorado Business Report

New locomotives sought for high speed rail
-Morton Times News

Poland's first Pendolino high-speed train
off production line
-Polskie Radio

World's Fastest Trains (PHOTOS)
-Weather Channel

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Andy Singer Cartoon

PenTrans Advisory Group

Beverly Coleman
- Urban Ventures Group, Inc.
Joseph DiFiore

-PB

John Dockendorf

-PennDOT

Karen Gelman
         - Amtrak
Court Gould
         - Sustainable Pittsburgh
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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