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PenTrans Update

Sept. 9th, 2014

Pennsylvania

SEPTA Preparing for
More Frequent Regional Rail Trains
-Philadelphia Magazine

Gov. Corbett restores $10.5 million for
One Ardmore Place, Cricket Lot project
-Main Line Times

PennDOT seeks applicants
for multimodal funding program
-Progressive Railroading

Future of North Shore Connector's
free ride up in the air
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Gov. Corbett expresses his support
for Lyft, Uber in Pennsylvania

-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Uber and Lyft's eastward push is
driving transportation law change for Pa.
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Cindie Watkins
Life without a car in central Pa.?
I wouldn't recommend it
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

First Community Foundation

Grants $600,000 to City of

Williamsport from the Impact Fund

-Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Baldwin riders protest for
more South Hills bus routes
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Editorial
Drivers get gas reprieve
-Scranton Times-Tribune

Editorial
Low gas prices vindicate
Gov. Tom Corbett's
transportation-funding strategy
-Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader

Editorial
Pennsylvania should pony up the cash
to bring passenger rail to Scranton
-Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader

Allegheny County to install
bike lanes on three bridges
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Philly Gets a Stunning Remake
for City Hall's Front Yard
-Next City

Montgomery County awarded
Pa. DEP grant for alternative-fuel vehicles
-Norristown Times-Herald

Progressive coalition looks to promote 'development without displacement'
-PlanPhilly

Sayonara, Market East station.
Jefferson buys name to SEPTA
station in five-year deal
-newsworks

Philly has the most walkable
and affordable neighborhoods
-PlanPhilly

Conshohocken, Pa., an
Old Steel Town, Now an Office Hub
-New York Times

New Jersey

Amtrak: New tunnels needed
after Sandy damage
-Daily Record

Nation & World

U.S. construction spending
hits highest level in 5-1/2 years
-Reuters

Senators move to strengthen
freight rail oversight panel
-The Hill

Editorial
Congress runs out of gas
-Eugene Register-Guard

Steven Walters
Transportation funding problem
is long-term, growing

Amanda Eaken
How three little letters can make
such a big difference: LOS, meet VMT.
-NRDC Switchboard

U.S. EPA CO2 rules unrealistic,
federal drilling restrictions too
limiting, says U.S. Chamber executive
-Cleveland Plain Dealer

Nicholas Sakelaris

Here's what fuels
the cost of a gallon of gasoline
-Dallas Business Journal

New DOT Report: Protected Bike Lanes
Improve Safety for Everyone
-Streetsblog NYC

Neal St. Anthony
'Rail-Volution:' Transit drives
development, stronger communities
-Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Status Anxiety Drives Trains, Shuns Buses
-Next City

Overall, U.S. Streetcars Just Aren't
Meeting the Standards of Good Transit
-CityLab

Public transport thrust for Greens
-dompost.co.nz

Expert panel to warn of
'dangerously hot' subways
-Capital

Rideshare: access versus Ownership
-Urban Land

Why don't cities and transit agencies
take more advantage of the smart phone?
-CityLab

Tech Up

Electric buses are here.
-Slate

Solar Powered Transportation Pods
Coming To Secaucus
-My9NJ.com

'Bridge in a backpack'
speeds up state projects
-Burlington Free Press

US engineers build world's
fastest electric motorbike
-the Engineer

Land Use

NYC's Hudson Yards: A city on a platform
-SmartBrief

Reuben Duarte
Are We Approaching Peak Land Use Control?
-Planetizen

Emily Washington
Historic preservation:
Bad for neighborhood diversity
-Market Urbanism

Greening the Neighborhood:
An Introduction to LEED-ND
-Planetizen

Della Rucker
Use Incentives Right
Web Planner

Michael Lewyn
Let Our Children Walk
-Planetizen

Bradley Calvert

How Families Can Benefit
t he Planning and Design of Cities

-Planetizen

RAIL~VOLUTION 2014

SEPTEMBER 21-24, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
#railvolution

High Speed Rail-Go-Round

Chicago High Speed Rail Line Gets Funded
-Gas 2

James Fallows
California High-Speed Rail No. 11:
Thinking in Time
-The Atlantic

Lack of Land Delays California's
High-Speed Rail Construction
-Governing

Report: East Japan Railway eyes bid
on California high-speed rail project
-Progressive Railroading

Japan offers to go halves with America
on a $10bn floating train
-Global Construction News

Perry to Meet With
Bullet Train Operator in Japan
-The Gilmer Mirror

Rochester legislative candidates
cautious on Zip Rail
-Rochester PostBulletin

NARP resolution supports proposed
Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail line
-Progressive Railroading

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