Pennsylvanians for Transportation Solutions

Save the date! On December 12 we will give the Javsicas Award to:*The City of Philadelphia for CONNECT, the City’s Strategic Transportation Plan, and*The SE Partnership for Mobility Advisory CommitteeAs with previous years, we are looking for sponsorships to help make this event a success for PenTrans. Levels are:*Gold @ $1,000*Silver @$500*Bronze @ $200

View our first PenTrans webinar with Gary Toth! Will place-based thinking be the future of transportation? Can shifting focus to community building (or placemaking) not only better benefit our communities but save money and speed up project delivery? In this webinar, we explore how framing transportation solutions within a place and community context can better … Continue reading Webinar Recording Available

Will place-based thinking be the future of transportation? Can shifting focus to community building (or placemaking) not only better benefit our communities but save money and speed up project delivery? In this webinar, we will explore how framing transportation solutions within a place and community context can better serve communities and transportation agencies. PenTrans Webinar … Continue reading PenTrans Webinar August 9

Friend of PenTrans,Join us Friday for our first (of many?) PenTrans webinar, "Will Place-Based Thinking Be the Future of Transportation?" Do you have an idea for a future webinar? Hit reply and let us know!PA News RoundupMaking the case for bus bike lanes in 17 seconds, how transfers in Philly make transit expensive for those … Continue reading August 6 PA Roundup

PenTrans Happy Hour Tomorrow!You are cordially invited to join the PenTrans board for our Happy Hour tomorrow! 7/25 5:30 to 7:00Bru Craft and Wurst at 1316 Chestnut Street, Phila, PAThe first drink is on us if you RSVP!PA News Roundup...A new SEPTA map, the downside of self-driving cars in PGH, a new vision for the … Continue reading July 24th Roundup

The City of Philadelphia recently published a transportation strategic plan. Chris Puchalsky, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives at the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, spoke with the PenTrans board last week about the Transit First goals that the mayor has set. We found the conversation very informative and wanted to share Chris' presentation. You … Continue reading Connect: Transit First

2018 Peter Javsicas Multi-Modal Transportation Advocate Awards & Holiday Reception The 2018 Peter Javsicas Multi-Modal Transportation Advocate Award and Holiday Reception is on December 4 at 5:00 and will honor Rep. John Taylor and Rep. Bill Keller. Order your tickets now! Invited speakers include Leslie Richards, Jennie Granger, Jeff Knueppel, Mike Carroll, Ken McClain and … Continue reading 2018 Javsicas Awards & Holiday Reception

SEPTEMBER 20 ROUNDUP How do complex infrastructure systems work? If we are going to make the case for adequate funding, we need to do a better job of describing the challenge. We highlight two approaches in this roundup: *Plan Philly opens with, "It is a miracle that Philadelphia works at all." *"Who's Next" profiles the … Continue reading Who Makes a City Go?

SEPTEMBER 7 ROUNDUP Cars are sold on their safety features even as 40,000 people were killed on US roads in 2017. Why isn't transit marketed as the safest way to travel? Is that a solid argument for funding increased service (which might be the key to inducing demand)? Read the lead articles in our roundup … Continue reading Safety First! Then you should be riding transit

AUGUST 16 ROUNDUP How do planners and engineers better communicate with the public? That's a question that has come up often in recent PenTrans board meetings. I'm sure many readers can relate to a planning meeting description Randy LoBasso gave to PlanPhilly, "It was an engineer-gets-up-in-front-of-a-crowd-and-explains-as-best-he-can-and-the-crowd-gets-up-and-yells-at-him sort of thing.” OTIS is having success with an … Continue reading Yelling at engineers is not the solution