Save the Date!

A PenTrans Technical Forum:

Road Safety and Speed Cameras

Friday, January 31, 8:00 to 10:00 am 

At the offices of Pepper Hamilton

3000 Two Logan Square

Eighteenth and Arch Streets

Philadelphia

 

 

 

SEPTA announces ambitious
capital-improvement plan
-Philadelpha Inquirer



SEPTA to improve user experience
in Center City's underground concourses
-Philadelphia Inquirer



Pa. Transportation Planners
Face Funding Decision
-Construction Equipment Guide



State Rep. William Adolph, Jr.
Smart investment in Pennsylvania
-Philadelphia Inquirer



State to Spend $26.1M to Expand,
Improve Rail, Aviation
-Radnor Patch



Ardmore project faces state funding cut
-Philadelphia Inquirer



Transportation funding
essential to economy
-Allentown Morning Call



Letter
Gov., lawmakers right to pass transit plan
-Pocono Record



York railway, airport receive state funds
-York Dispatch



State money to fund Pennridge area transportation projects
-Montgomery Media



County airport, railroads to benefit
from Pa. transportation funds
-SW PA Observer-Reporter



Gettysburg expects to lose
public transit system Dec. 30th
-witf news



Allegheny County council
approves capital budget
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review



Corbett awards $1M grant
to GE Transportation
-GoErie



Rep. Ryan Bizzarro: Why I voted
against transportation bill
-GoErie



PennDOT to install signs
near I-95 and PA Turnpike
-Burlington Co. Times



Jon Geeting
Broad Street Only Has Crazy Traffic Because Philadelphia City Government Wants It To
-Keystone Politics



Breaking Down Barriers:
Creating a more disability-friendly city
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Correction: in Dec. 16 issue article headed "Allegheny Co. transit authority has big plans" should have read "Butler Co. transit authority has big plans"

New Jersey   

 

Toll Collectors Speak Out Against Proposed Privatization of Turnpike, Parkway Jobs 

-New Brunswick Patch

 

 

 

Limited direct service to N.Y.
on Raritan Valley Line begins in March 

 

-myCentralJersey.com

 

 

 

PRINCETON: Dinky ridership down 13 percent 

-Princeton Packet 

 

 

Emily Badger
We Don't Know Nearly As Much About
the Link Between Public Health and
Urban Planning As We Think We Do
-The Atlantic Cities



Sarah Goodyear
Safer Streets Pay Off for Businesses
- The Atlantic Cities



Residents living near LA's Expo Line
stations reduce car use, study shows
-LA Times



Todd Littman
Positive Reports on
New Transit System Performance
-Planetizen



Streetcars Boost Local Economies,
Light Rail Gets People Out Of Cars
-Clean Technica



Cincinnati considers canceling
partly built streetcar
-USA Today



District's streetcar line finally has its first car
-Washington Post




Port Authority Scandal Is Result of
Leadership, Patronage Mess, Analysts Say
-Fort Lee Patch



Sens. Schumer, Blumenthal
call for more FRA funding
-Progressive Railroading



Amtrak's Boardman calls on
Congress, railroads to make PTC
a reality as soon as possible
-Progressive Railroading



California commission allocates
millions for transportation projects
-Progressive Railroading



San Francisco bicycle boom
follows bike-friendly upgrades
-San Francisco Chronicle



Conservatives' new enemy: Bikes
-The Boston Globe



Even An 85 MPH Highway
Can't Fix Austin's Traffic Tangle
-npr



Chicago's New Smart Cards
Make Commuting Even Harder
-Mashable



UTA aims for 'pass in everyone's pocket '
-KSL.com Utah



Congestion Charging on the Horizon
for China's Cities
-Streetsblog.org



Forget Golf Courses:
Subdivisions Draw Residents With Farms
-npr



Changing Skyline: Former Philadelphian transforms Roman traffic
-Philadelphia Inquirer



Germany's Designer City
-Next City



A Connected City Rises
-Constructech magazine

Carbon Tax - A Good Idea
Whose Time Has Not Yet Come.
-Hoteliers



Months After Banning Fracking,
France Now Has A Carbon Tax
-Think Progress



Carbon tax repeal to hit budget
-Sydney Telegraph



Oregon weighing carbon tax
-StatesmanJournal.com



As Big Oil plans for carbon tax,
Exxon may be better prepared than most
-MarketWatch



Big Business is Ready for a Carbon Tax;
the GOP Still Isn't
-Moyers & Company



Carbon tax for China?
-HARVARDgazette

Transportation sucks up too much oil

-PB

-PennDOT

-Parsons Brinckerhoff

-WTS