PenTrans Update July 27, 2013 - State Inaction Forces SEPTA's Hand

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Beverly Harper

Portfolio Associates, Inc.

Thomas J. Spearing, III.

Hill International, Inc.

Secretary-Treasurer

Tom Halterman

Urban Engineers, Inc.

Mark Alisesky
Michael Baker Corp.

Edward M. D'Alba

Urban Engineers, Inc.

Richard Amodei

STV, 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

Kate O'Connor
Jacobs

Carol Rose

WTS

Anna Lynn Smith

Richard P. Voith

Econsult Solutions, Inc.

Emille L. Williams
COMTO

Executive Director

Peter Javsicas

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Econsult Corp.

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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

July 27th, 2013

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Pennsylvania

SEPTA Regional rail ridership
sees increase of 2.2 percent in 2012-13
-Pottstown Mercury

Southeast Pa. Region's
transportation forecast is dim
-Philadelphia Inquirer

With no word from the state,
SEPTA adopts operating and capital budgets
-PlanPhilly

Unsolicited P3 Transportation
Proposals Submitted for P3 Approval
-Northcentralpa.com

Upgrade SEPTA Regional Rail
to Rapid Transit Standards
-Keystone Politics

Sen. Casey: Pro-rail bill would aid short lines
-Sunday Dispatch

A push for alternative-fuel corridors
-Allentown Morning Call

New Jersey

Taxpayer wallets could pay price
as cost to borrow for state projects gets steeper
-Asbury Park Press

Somerset County's Access and Mobility
Study supports redevelopment
-Messenger-Gazette

Tom DeGise, County Executive
Op-Ed: Transcend needs Trenton's $$$
-Jersey Journal

Nation & World

Senate debates late Sen. Lautenberg's
Amtrak funding proposal
-Asbury Park Press

Amendments offered to
improve the already solid
Senate yearly transportation funding bill
-Transportation for America

Paul Krugman
The New Railway Age
-New York Times

All Aboard: Rail-Centric Construction
Gets Back on Track
-Urbanland

Schumer: Extreme Heat Causing
Breakdowns And Massive Delays
In Region's Subways And Commuter Rail
-LongIsland.com

John Nichols
Cities Really Are Too Big to Fail
-The Nation

Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley
A Growth Strategy for Post-Bankruptcy Detroit
-Brookings

Gentrification in overdrive on 14th Street
-Washington Post

It's Not Either/Or: Neighborhood
Improvement Can Prevent Gentrification
-Rooflines

Jeffrey Tumlin
How Better Urban Design Makes Us
Healthier, Happier, and Sexier
-Good

Q&A: Peter Calthorpe
-Metropolis

How Flexible Parking Requirements
Spur Economic Development:
Lessons from Santa Monica
-LA.StreetsBlog

Playing Nice with the Nerds:
San Francisco Tries to Rein In
Private Shuttle Buses
-Next City

Congestion tax a possibility in metros
-The Hindu

John Durie
Congestion Pricing: Barriers to growth
go beyond interest rates
-The Australian

ACCC lends support to congestion pricing
-Australasian Transport News

U.S. Oil Soars Above $106 to 15-Month High
-Wall St. Journal

Paths of glory: what might a
cycle-friendly city look like?
-The Guardian

Life in the Green Lane:
Protected Lanes Transform
the Biking Experience
-Citiwire.net

Turnpike is being redefined
-Younsgtown News

EcoMobility Word Festival

New Tech

UMaine graduate student developing
system to strengthen Maine's
outdated, aging bridges
-The Bangor Daily News

AXION's ECOTRAX 100% Recycled
Composite Rail Ties Purchased
Annually by Calgary Transit
-Market Watch Press Release

High Speed Rail-go-round

Despite Spain crash,
California proceeding with
high-speed rail system
-CBS Evening News

Passenger-rail line
to Chicago would cost $1.3 billion
-The Columbus Dispatch

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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
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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