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Econsult Solutions, Inc.

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HDR

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URS

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JMT

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COMTO

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PenTrans Update

Feb. 23rd, 2015

Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate committee OKs
Transit Revitalization Act amendments
-West Chester Daily Local News

SEPTA plans $22 million remake of complex
-philly.com

PennDOT releases findings
of statewide performance report
-Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader

5 things to know about a new report on Pennsylvania's roads, bridges and
transportation system
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

Pennsylvania flush with cash
for transportation projects
-York Dispatch

Higher taxes and fees
in Pennsylvania expected to
bring cash for transportation projects
-Daily Journal

Pennsylvania road repair fund
falls billions of dollars short
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Deteriorating roads an issue
in Northeast Pennsylvania
-Pottsville Republican Herald

Editorial
NEPA lawmaker rightly sets stage
for passenger rail study
-Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader

Editorial
Rail service still worth fighting for
-Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice

AP Exclusive: Fuel-hauling trains
could derail at 10 a year
-LancasterOnline

Oil trains on Pa. tracks
getting more scrutiny
after W. Va. explosion
-State Impact Pennsylvania

Developers back Rail Park
-philly.com

Tentative deal reached for
expanded Newark train station
-delawareonline

Officials considering shuttle
from Warren County to Clinton
Park and Ride, NJ train stations
-Lehigh Valley Live

New Jersey

N.J.'s recent uptick in
federal highway aid in jeopardy
-Asbury Park Press

Data: New Jersey spends more
in highways than nation
-Newsday

Guest Opinion - Mike Doherty
Let's find out why New Jersey
builds the costliest highways in the nation
-Times of Trenton

Does Christie's speech signal
he won't support gas tax hike?
-Advance Publications, Inc.

Transportation chatter rules
on annual 'walk' to DC
-News 12 New Jersey

Nation & World

An Innovative Congestion Charge
That Could Help Fix Our
Crumbling Infrastructure
-Wired

Plan to toll drivers gets stealthy
-Crain's New York

Andrew Cuomo Doesn't Think
There's New Support for
Congestion Pricing Plan
-Observer News

De Blasio keeps distance
from new congestion pricing idea
-Newsday

UCLA Study: Encourage Congestion Pricing
-Sierra Sun Times

Albert Hunt
Rebuilding Crumbling America Shouldn't Wait
-Bloomberg View

LaHood: America's infrastructure crisis
is 'worse than you think'
-Ripon Advance

New York's Forecast: Rising Seas,
Continual Heat Waves, and a Little Hope
-New York Times

The Wrong Way to Revitalize a City
-In These Times

Ancient cities grew pretty much
like modern ones, say scientists
-Christian Science Monitor

High Speed Rail-go-Round

Race to build California bullet train
shows value of U.S. market
-Bloomberg News

Biden pushes for jobs,
'game changing' high-speed rail
-WTOC 11 Savannah

TCoast governments, private groups
line up against All Aboard Florida
-PalmBeachPost.com

#NoTAV: Thousands of Italians protest high-speed railway construction in Turin
-TV-Novosti

Eurostar: London to Marseille Route
Is Growing In Popularity
-Tourism-Review.com

Gas Tax-a-Thon

Crumbling roads: States seek ways
to pay for highway, bridge repairs
-Harrisburg Patriot-News

For road maintenance,
states looking to gas tax alternatives
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tax hike opposition highlighted
as Gov. Christie speaks in Washington
-New Jersey 101.5

Most still opposed to
hike in N.J. gas tax, poll says
-Advance Publications, Inc.

Analilia Mejia
Gas tax/estate tax deal
a slap at working families
-Asbury Park Press

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