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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 serve communities and transportation agencies.

 

PenTrans Webinar August 9


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 with Gary Toth
August 9 11:00 to Noon
Register for this free webinar:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2ccacac21e6ff8cf66858a512be5123a 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to attend the webinar.


GARY TOTH
During his 46 years in transportation, land use planning and Placemaking, Gary worked to use transportation to build communities, enhance places and quality of life, not just move vehicles. In 34 years at New Jersey Department of Transportation he came to learn the “political engineering” needed to dovetail community goals with transportation.   As part of several national transportation organizations, Gary came to understand the culture and issues facing state DOTs and local transportation agencies.   
 
Since joining the Project for Public Spaces in 2007, Gary has worked with communities to help them create more sustainable streets and transportation networks. He has also worked with a dozen state DOTs, the Federal Highway Administration, the American Public Transit Association and the National Highway Institute on new approaches to transportation, and land use planning. He has written a number of articles on these topics as well as the Citizen’s Guide for Engaging Transportation Professionals.  He is currently Executive Vice President at PPS.

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August 6 PA Roundup


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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 Roundup
Making the case for bus bike lanes in 17 seconds, how transfers in Philly make transit expensive for those who can least afford it, testing crosswalks in Bethlehem and how poor transportation choices lead to infrastructure “neglect.”

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 with Gary Toth
August 9 11:00 to Noon
Register in advance for this free webinar:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2ccacac21e6ff8cf66858a512be5123a

Since joining the Project for Public Spaces in 2007, Gary has worked with communities to help them create more sustainable streets and transportation networks. He has also worked with a dozen state DOTs, the Federal Highway Administration, the American Public Transit Association and the National Highway Institute on new approaches to transportation, and land use planning.

Three buses in less than half a minute.

SEPTA’s transfer fees and the distribution of jobs in the region combine to make commuting by public transit more expensive in Philadelphia for the people who can least afford it, a new Pew study finds.

Many of the traffic signals that have been modernized still don’t work properly, thanks to malfunctions that can take more than a year to repair.

Pittsburgh’s next big public transit project on the horizon is the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line from Downtown to Oakland and beyond. The project aims…

As the opioid crisis takes center stage — almost 100,000 deaths in six years — 190,000 people were killed by speeding, drunk or distracted drivers in that time.

20 of 37 drivers — 54% — failed to yield to a pedestrian who was already in the middle of the road during a test on Bethlehem’s West Broad Street.

In cities with good bike infrastructure, residents can access thousands of additional jobs on two wheels, a new study finds.

Cities that turn to technology companies to save their transit systems are bound to be disappointed by the outcome.

The popular narrative about younger generations aging and leaving urban centers is presented as inevitable. But most news stories fail to examine why many younger people are taking up residence in suburbia…

Port Authority CEO cautions cities like Omaha about focusing funding on streets over other transportation options.

A lot more money for highways. A little more money for bikes and bridge repair. But what else is in the new Transportation bill moving through Congress?

Once again, the nfrastructure Cult’s narrative was picked up and magnified by the old media. This past weekend, 60 Minutes (yes, that is still a show) ran a piece called Falling Apart: America’s Neglected Infrastructure. It contained all of the Cult’s usual…
Thank You to Our Sustaining Members
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-Chairs
Beverly A. Harper, Portfolio Associates, Inc.
Thomas J. Spearing III, HNTB

Executive Committee
Richard Bickel, Consultant — Secretary
Jeff Roken, Urban Engineers — Treasurer
L. Bert Cossaboon, McCormick Taylor
Richard Voith, Econsult Solutions

Peter Angelides, Econsult Solutions
Katie Carver, McCormick Taylor
Edward D’Alba, Urban Engineers
Jeff Hans, HDR
Robert Hicks, COMTO
Marilyn Jamison, Michael Baker Corp.
Adam Krom, Amtrak
John McGee, LTK
Marc Preim, STV, Inc.
Anna Lynn Smith, WSP
Mark Stout, Mark Stout Consulting
Lisa Brozey, AECOM
Patti Gibson, WTS
David Thomas, Jacobs
Jill Bolt, Consultant
Alex Doty, PA for Transit
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July 24th Roundup

PenTrans Happy Hour Tomorrow!
You are cordially invited to join the PenTrans board for our Happy Hour tomorrow!
7/25 5:30 to 7:00
Bru Craft and Wurst at 1316 Chestnut Street, Phila, PA

The 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 Philly refinery, exploring the past of 30th Street Station and more.

Officials say the goal is to simplify travel planning for riders.

“Our hope, really, is that they are intuitive enough that someone who’s not very familiar with the network can show…

A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a Marshall Plan against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities. The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore….

Wider inequality. More sprawl. Worse transit. Those are some of the outcomes we could see from self-driving cars in cities, according to a Pittsburgh-based transit advocacy group.

The state’s Amtrak passenger rail service will be impacted when the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s $450 million annual payment to PennDOT plunges by $400 million …

There are more than 7,000 bus stops in the Pittsburgh region, some nicer –and much safer — than others. The Port Authority of Allegheny County plans to study …

If they don’t, “there will be very severe penalties,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin.

Years of underfunding transit in the Old Line State has left the Maryland Transit Administration $2-billion short of the $5.7 billion needed to run its bus and rail system over the next decade.

The plant’s closing is an economic gut-punch to the city and region today, but it’s also a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to think about what kind of city we want Philadelphia to become.

A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia finds little evidence to support the conventional understanding of gentrification as a massively disruptive influence on the well-being of lower-income city…

Philadelphia’s train station, recently renamed the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, has meaning for this city far beyond the long-defunct railroad company it was built to glorify.

Encouraging people to opt for a “first-mile/last-mile” connection via active, zero emission modes requires integration of policies, plans, designs, and funding

The automobile took over because the legal system helped squeeze out the alternatives.

For a century, we’ve loved our cars. They haven’t loved us back.
Thank You to Our Sustaining Members
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-Chairs
Beverly A. Harper, Portfolio Associates, Inc.
Thomas J. Spearing III, HNTB

Executive Committee
Richard Bickel, Consultant — Secretary
Jeff Roken, Urban Engineers — Treasurer
L. Bert Cossaboon, McCormick Taylor
Richard Voith, Econsult Solutions

Peter Angelides, Econsult Solutions
Katie Carver, McCormick Taylor
Edward D’Alba, Urban Engineers
Jeff Hans, HDR
Robert Hicks, COMTO
Marilyn Jamison, Michael Baker Corp.
Adam Krom, Amtrak
John McGee, LTK
Marc Preim, STV, Inc.
Anna Lynn Smith, WSP
Mark Stout, Mark Stout Consulting
Lisa Brozey, AECOM
Patti Gibson, WTS
David Thomas, Jacobs
Jill Bolt, Consultant
Alex Doty, PA for Transit
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Connect: Transit First

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 can also check out the full Connect plan.

2018 Javsicas Awards & Holiday Reception

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 Barry Seymour.

Sponsorships are available at the $250, $500, and $1,000 level and include complementary tickets to the event. For details, contact Katie Carver at 215.592.4200.

Who Makes a City Go?

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 up and comers who are improving transit in Pittsburgh.
In our news roundup…
Climate action and mapping air pollution at the street level, how to be a better neighborhood advocate, cooperation needed to boost the economy and lessons from a failed transit ballot measure in Nashville.

It is a miracle that Philadelphia works at all. The whole idea is implausible. Before you can take something even as simple as a…

This inaugural class is defining the future of everything from walking to air travel.

Philadelphia sustainability czar Christine Knapp flew to San Francisco on Wednesday to reenlist the city in the international war on climate change. Philly will join other cities from around the world…

Google announced it will be expanding its Street View partnership with Aclima, an environmental sensor network, to map air pollution around the globe. The internet giant first partnered with the Sa…

Public transit riders now have cellphone access to bus and light rail schedules through a new digital initiative announced Thursday by the Port Authority of …

Business and government officials will use the survey by the Green Building Alliance to develop programs to meet the needs of commuters.

Learning how Philly government works can be a circuitous and sometimes frustrating thing. In my experience, it takes years. It takes walking the halls…

The Philadelphia Fed is ready to help because our reach allows us to convene interested parties from across state borders to learn from one another and share best practices.

Fatal crashes this year on Roosevelt Boulevard have exceeded the average, data shows.

New York City just put a cap on ride share. Should Philly do the same?

Its autonomous vehicles are back on roads, but they aren’t picking up riders.

Philly is bracing for the arrival of dockless, electric scooters, the latest sharing-economy disrupter. The devices from tech companies Bird and Lime have been dumped, without warning, on city sidewalks nationwide and met with cease-and-desist orders, bans and even vigilante activism.

After its $5.4 billion dollar mass transit referendum loss at the ballot box, the agency moves ahead with revised project plans, while also celebrating a rebrand.

SmartTransit is the go-to event for senior transit industry figures from across North America. With the support of SEPTA, the event will look at how digitalization and technology is revolutionizing transit, from enhanced analytics technologies to real-time passenger information systems.
Thank You to Our Sustaining Members
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-Chairs
Beverly A. Harper, Portfolio Associates, Inc.
Thomas J. Spearing III, HNTB
Executive Committee
Richard Bickel, Consultant — Secretary
Jeff Roken, Urban Engineers — Treasurer
L. Bert Cossaboon, McCormick Taylor
Richard Voith, Econsult Solutions
Peter Angelides, Econsult Solutions
Katie Carver, McCormick Taylor
Edward D’Alba, Urban Engineers
Jeff Hans, HDR
Joseph Guzzi, HNTB
Devonne Jackson, COMTO
Marilyn Jamison, Michael Baker Corp.
Adam Krom, Amtrak
John McGee, LTK
Marc Preim, STV, Inc.
Anna Lynn Smith, WSP
Mark Stout, Mark Stout Consulting
Lisa Brozey, AECOM
Patti Gibson, WTS
David Thompson, Jacobs
Jill Bolt, Consultant
Alex Doty, PA for Transit
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