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Meet us for Breakfast and  

A PenTrans Technical Forum:

 

Road Safety  

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Speed Cameras

 

Friday, January 31, 8:00 to 10:00 am 

At Pepper Hamilton, LLP 

3000 Logan Square

18th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia


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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

Dec. 27th, 2013 

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Pennsylvania

Nation & World
 

Editorial
New gas tax can help
pay for roads and transportation
-Washington Post



Federal deduction for transit fares cut Jan. 1
-USA Today



L.A. County transit officials
plan to put sales tax measure on ballot
-LA Times



Atlanta Makes a (Modest) Push
for Transit Regionalism
-The Atlantic Cities



Editorial
Legislature should bring back
regional transit authorities
-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel



U.S. DOT: $3B to Strengthen
Resiliency of Transit Agencies
Affected by Hurricane Sandy
-WVIR-TV Ch. 29



Cincinnati Will Complete Its Streetcar
-DC.StreetsBlog



A Little Less Driving Means
Big Dividends For Local Economies
-CoExist



Tom Whipple
The Peak Oil Crisis:
So, Why is Gasoline So Cheap?
-Post Carbon Institute



Sadik-Khan Wish List:
Bridge tolls, new Penn Station
-Capital Pro



USDOT allocates grant for New York
station work; FRA boosts accident
reporting threshold for 2014
-Progressive Railroading



Stephen J. Smith
Even in Cities With Large Rail Networks,
Buses Still (Usually) Rule
-Next City



For Red Rock Corridor, buses now favored
over rail for Hastings-to-St. Paul route
-Pioneer Press



See The Wheel That Will Change Bikes Forever
-posichange



Engineering Establishment Poised
to Endorse Bike Boxes and Bike Signals
-DC.StreetsBlog



Freight trains force repeated delays
on popular Amtrak route
-The Seattle Times


High Speed Rail-Go-Round


High Speed Rail still on track,
says representative
-Gilroy Dispatch



California Has a New Infrastructure Advocate
-Governing



Fresno group files CHSRA support statement
-Railway Age



With planning, high speed rail
could reduce flight demand
-The Conversation



High-speed rail benefits Ohio:
Wali Ahmed Shariff
-Cleveland Plain Dealer



Colorado Springs rail plans moving along,
but have long way to go
-Colorado Springs Gazette



Feds approve high-speed rail improvements
to Syracuse station
-Syracuse Post-Standard



Florida Leaders betting lots
on upcoming SunRail launch
-Houston Chronicle



EBA approves Velaro D
high speed trains for domestic operation
-Railway Gazette



ItaliaRail Offers Top Five Reasons
for Train Travel
-Travel Agent Central



Europe's Night Trains Disappearing
-Travel Agent Central



High-speed train: Chinese brand
of economic diplomacy
-China Economic Net



Infrastructure exports should not be used
as a tool for diplomacy
-Global Times



Xiamen-Shenzhen high-speed skepticism
-Global Times



This Proposed Chinese Train Picks Up
Passengers ... Without Stopping
-Atlantic Cities


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Joseph DiFiore
-PB
John Dockendorf
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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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