Rep. Kate Harper, PennDOT Deputy Sec. Brad Mallory. Monco Commissioner Leslie Richards, SEPTA General Manager Joe Casey

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Sept. 25, 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.

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
Parsons Brinckerhoff

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

Nov. 11th, 2013

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Pennsylvania

Getting $2.5 billion in transportation funding
for $2.50 a week
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Former Pennsylvania governor calls
for infrastructure investment
to keep America strong
-Tampa Bay Business Journal

Committee: Pa. transport bill 'in flux'
-Wilkes-Barre Times Leader

Road to transportation bill
could get even bumpier
-Johnstown Tribune-Democrat

Pa. transportation funding
comes down to wire, yet again
-Pottstown Mercury

PennDOT Executive Deputy Secretary
Bradley L. Mallory, and Rep. Paul Clymer
view deteriorated bridges; Mallory
calls for action on transportation bill
-Greater Vally Forge TMA

SEPTA: New tracks matter of law, necessity
-Bucks County Courier Times

DVRPC
Changing Technology
Changing Transportation
Save the Date:

Thursday, December 12, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

The Enterprise Conference Center

Burlington County College
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

Pay for Philly Land Bank

With a Tax on Unimproved Land

-Keystone Politics

Annual Philly Bike Expo

-Philly.com

New Jersey

The River Line continues to increase
in ridership and cost as it approaches
the end of its first decade
-Newark Star-Ledger

NJ Transit River Line growth
has helped regional economy
-Times of Trenton

More trains recommended
for Atlantic City rail line
-Press of Atlantic City

NJDOT commissioner: South Jersey
offers 'boundless opportunities for growth'
-NJBIZ

Public Meetings Scheduled
for the Glassboro-Camden Line Draft Environmental Impact Statement
-Newsday

Nation & World

Maryland gets approval
to seek public-private partnership
to build, operate Purple Line
-Washington Post

Toll roads will relieve traffic strain
-The West Australian

The Stunning Collapse Of
Infrastructure Spending In One Chart
-ThinkProgress

Victoria Transport Newest Resources
Victoria Transport Institute

Rebuild our infrastructure
-Center for American Progress

Register Now for Nov. 15
Learning from America's Mistakes
-UTRC

High Speed Rail-go-round

Maglev! It's back
-Washington Post

How Republicans Killed
America's High-Speed Rail Plan
-Atlantic Cities

Ca. Bullet Train Could Be Derailed
-myMotherLode.com

Why California's high-speed rail is off track
-CNBC

High-Speed Rail Authority
Promises 3 Percent Of Jobs
To Disabled Veterans
-CBS Sacramento

Elon Musk In Bakersfield: High Speed Rail Implementation Like 'Bait and Switch'
-Valley Public Radio

Train maker Talgo sues Wisconsin,
claims default on contract
-Wisconsin State Journal

How fast could it go? Greenwood
County Council hears presentation
on future of high-speed rail
-Greenwood, SC Journal

High-speed rail in Florida
Crist returns to the fray
-The Economist

Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou
Express Rail Link high speed train unveiled
-Railway Gazette

Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed railway
confirmed to open on Dec 26
-What's On Xiamen

China's HSR: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
-The Economist

China faces competition for
Thai high speed rail bid
-China Times

German, French led consortiums
prepared to bid for high-speed rail
contract with Russia
-KyivPost

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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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