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PenTrans Update

Feb. 19th, 2015

Pennsylvania

Senate Transportation Committee
approves Pileggi bill
-Chadd's Ford Live

Sen. Casey: Spruce up 30th Street Station
before papal visit
-philly.com

Pashinski seeks passenger rail study
-Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice

Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority
adding natural gas-fueled buses
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Commissioners approve CAT,
Wolf Bridge letters
-Cumberland Sentinel

Washington County Road program
funding increases 714 percen t
- Washington Observer-Reporter

Democratic Convention will
delay SEPTA station work
-philly.com

Lansdale residents sound off
about proposed SEPTA Ninth Street station
-The Reporter

Lyft, UberX are legal everywhere
in Pa. except in Philly
-philly.com

Pa. legislator wants to legalize, regulate ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Philly leads the nation in streetcar mileage
-Vox

Bus meets bike in Pittsburgh:
How the next wave of commuters
is changing the urban landscape
-POP City

Pittsburgh's Budget Just Got
Way More Click-Worthy
-Next City

Making transit a joy to navigate
for tourists, newcomers and residents alike
-keystonedge

Bi-Co students acive on SEPTA YAC
-Bi-College News

The Road to Innovation: Technology
transforms the state's transportation systems
-keystonedge

Quicker Train Between Harrisburg
and Pittsburgh Would Cost Billions
-Next City

New Jersey

Christie's record: Transportation
-Advance Digital

Christie Under Pressure to Fix
New Jersey's Transportation Woes
-Nasdaq

R. William Potter
Advice to 'Candidate' Christie
-- Don't Run on Your Record
-NJSpotlight

Group pushing N.J. officials
to address transportation funding
NorthJersye.com

Jamie Fox
Report claiming N.J. roads cost
$2 million per mile to build is flawed
-Newark Star-Ledger

Explainer: Legislators in Two States Push to Reform the NY-NJ Port Authority
-NJ Spotlight

Help wanted: New boss for
embattled transportation behemoth
-Advance Digital

Jay A. Soled
Replenish N.J. transportation fund
by tying driver's licenses to tax payments
-Newark Star-Ledger

Will N.J. trade a higher gas tax
for a lower death tax?
-Advance Digital

Glassboro-Camden light rail still on hold
with 'no timeline' while officials debate transportation funding
-South Jersey Times

10 bridges around Princeton
structurally deficient or functionally obsolete
-Daily Princetonian

N.J. Congressman Calls On
State To Improve Dangerous
Railroad Crossings
-CBS New York

Commuting Trends in NJ Show Tilt
Toward Taking Public Transit
-NJ Spotlight

Expert Panel Details Challenges
of Adapting to Climate Change in New Jersey
-NJ Spotlight

Is it time for a commuter
to be on NJ Transit's board?
Riders say yes
-Advance Digital

Nation & World

DOT chief pleads to Congress for
boost in transportation funding
-The Hill

Advocates seek to protect transit subsidies
-The Hill

Push for transportation bill
faces a couple of speed bumps
-Washington Post

Yes, we have an infrastructure problem
-Urbanful

Oil train fire rekindles push for tanker rules
-The Hill

Transit guru "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz
bringing congestion pricing back
-amNEWYORK

Leaders quiet on congestion pricing plan
-Capital

Bernie Sanders
Rebuilding the American powerhouse
-Washington Times

Emily Goff
Why Washington Shouldn't Control
Transportation Decisions
-The Daily Signal

Angie Schmitt
More Money Won't Fix U.S. Infrastructure
If We Don't Change How It's Spent
-Streetsblog USA

Panel approves $7.8 billion for Amtrak
-The Hill

Seeking compromise on Obama's budget
-Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Deron Lovass
Choosing Our Transportation Future:
Self-driving Cars?
-NRDC Switchboard

Feds Buying Million Dollar 'Green' Buses
-Fox News

Sexy Infrastructure Planning
-Fast Company

Hear the recap:
The Best Complete Streets Policies of 2014
-Smart Growth America

Best Cities for Successful Aging
-The Milken Institute

High Tech

Nano-Manufacturing Makes
Steel 10 Times Stronger
-MIT Technology Review

ExOne, 3Dealise & Bruil Create Enormous, Complex 3D Printed Concrete Forms
-3DPrint.com

Gas Tax-a-Thon

Editorial
Bad deal on gas tax
-Newark Star-Ledger

Adam Ozimek
Obama's Infrastructure Plan
Is Missing a Gas Tax Hike
-Moody's Analytics

High Speed Rail-go-Round

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
As high-speed rail gains momentum,
U.S. can look to Europe's example

High-speed rail line
could link Russian Far East
to China in only an hour
-The Siberian Times

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