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PenTrans Update
 
Feb. 13, 2017

Robbing Transit to Pay for Highways


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Pennsylvania 

SEPTA Board Approves
Second-Generation Sustainability Plan 
-Mass Transit



Bucks, Montgomery counties
split trail design cost
-Bucks Co. Courier Times



Shortage of Philadelphia transit cars
expected to continue
-WSB 95.5



SEPTA rolls out full expansion
of Key Card to public
-PhillyVoice



Consultant to review SEPTA paratransit services
-philly.com



Mayor Names Mike Carroll as Deputy
Managing Director for Transportation
-City of Philadelphia
 


Closed Delaware River crossing latest woe
for region with hundreds of problem bridges 
-philly.com



Parking Shift Set in Lansdale as
SEPTA Construction Continues
-Montco-Lansdale Patch



A petition is calling for SEPTA to expand
Regional Rail along Route 422
-PhillyVoice



New bus shelters for Roosevelt Boulevard
-PlanPhilly



N.J. mayor asks Trump: Help bring
passenger rail to Lehigh Valley
-lehighvalleylive



Montour Trail named Pennsylvania's
2017 Trail of the Year
-theAlmanac



Feb. 28 Event
Imagine, Invent, Invest:
Building for Innovation
-Philadelphia ULI



Former Nutter planning honcho
wins national architecture honor
-philly.com   
 

New Jersey

NJ mayors worry state panel will
play politics with transportation funds
-New Jersey 101.5



Mayors seek assurances on
N.J. transportation funding
newsworks



New Jersey could spend millions to
reimburse contractors hurt by TTF shutdown
-newsworks



NTransit pushing ahead to replace
Sandy-damaged bridge
-NorthJersey.com



NJ Transit resumes
Atlantic City Line service
-WTOP



Work on closed Delaware River Bridge
will last until April 
-NJ.com



Focus on PATH Extension, Tunnel Helix
at Hearing on Port Authority's $32B Plan
-NJSpotlight



Boonton plans for 'Transit Village' status
-The Citizen of Morris Co.



Commuters voice concerns over N.Y.C. buses
-NorthJersey.com



Transportation service for seniors
likely to start in April
-Chatham Courier



Editorial
Get seniors transportation
-Florham Park Eagle



Florham Park council moving forward
to find transportation options for seniors
-Florham Park Eagle



Ex-NJ Transit boss named
temporary MTA head in New York
-NJ.com 
   

Nation & World


Moody's: Burden of infrastructure spending increasingly falling on US states
-ITS International



GOP chairman unsure how infrastructure
fits into 200-day agenda
-The Hill



New Transportation Secretary Chao
Faces Uphill Battle to Improve
U.S. Infrastructure
-Skift



Senate Democrats roll out a
$1 trillion infrastructure proposal
-Logistics Management



How Not to Screw Up Spending
$1 Trillion on US Infrastructure
-Wired



Sen. Sherrod Brown: Dem plan
would rebuild nation's infrastructure
-Youngstown Vindicator



How and When
U.S. Transit Funding Could Change
-Next City
 


Richard Bacigalupo
What's needed to Improve U.S. infrastructure competitiveness
-The Hill



U.S. Transportation department executive approved grant days before taking job
with rail contractor
-LA Times



Maryland Robbed Transit to Pay for
Highways, So U.S. DOT Launched
a Civil Rights Probe
-Streetsblog USA



Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Announces Subcommittee Rosters
-JOT



Some evening trains canceled
after earlier LIRR derailment
-ABC 7



Plan for Neighborhood Atop Sunnyside Yard
Could Further Strain Crowded Subway Lines
-NY 1



Heavy Transportation Is Now
The Biggest Polluter
-Forbes



US rails under pressure
to rejuvenate intermodal
-JOC



Obama's Secretary of Transportation
reveals 3 infrastructure problems
that Trump needs to solve
-Business Insider



US: Riding Transit Takes
Almost Twice as Long as Driving
-Mass Transit
 


How Smart Transportation Projects
Can Help Solve Social Issues
-GovTech



Taxes not the answer to road repairs
-San Francisco Chronicle



How transit-oriented developments
are transforming US cities
-ConstructionDive



Streetscapes Before and After
-urb-i.com



Introducing #Elkin2050
- The Urban Core District
-Ben Erlandson



Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
opens in Toulouse Aerospace Valley
-ITS International



Brent Toderian: Don't "Balance"
Modes - Prioritize Walking,
Biking, and Transit
-Streetsblog Denver



Transportation is 3rd highest expense
for average American Family
-Dayton Daily News



Community-building with high-speed rail
-Fort Wayne Journal Gazette



A focus on housing, better transit will keep downtown vibrant, gaming execs say
-Las Vegas Sun



Artist Displacement and
the Resurgence of Cities
-Modern Cities



The Secret Uber Data That
Could Fix Your Commute
-Wired



Mott MacDonald picked
for US transport project
-American Infrastructure



Job Opportunity
U.S. PIRG hiring transportation advocate
-U.S. PIRG





Carbon Tax


'A Conservative Climate Solution':
Republican Group Calls for Carbon Tax
-NY Times



As Others See it: A carbon tax
even Republicans can love
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Elon Musk Floats Carbon Tax
Idea With Donald Trump
-hybridCars
  


Don't expect climate action from
Rex Tillerson. He's a lukewarmer.
-Vox



Thomas Pyle, Pres., Inst. for Energy Research
Carbon tax bad for Americans: Opposing view
-USA Today



Malcolm Turnbull's turnaround
on renewable energy, from
pro-carbon price to clean coal
-ABC News



This Tax Could Save
the Planet From Climate Change
-Bloomberg



The Curious Case of the Carbon Tax
-International Policy Digest



World Bank accused of financing
fossil fuel development
-Deutsche Welle



Americans Prefer Renewable Energy Requirements Over a Carbon Tax
-NewSecurityBeat



Inslee vows to stay the course
on climate change
-Capital Press



Pipeline not a pragmatic solution
to energy needs
-The Lowell Sun



A Good Start for Governor Scott
-The Bridge


Rhode Island Looks to be
First State with Carbon Tax
-ecoRI News





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