Tag: PennDOT

PAT’s Coming Windfall

The long sought after special “funding” stream has become reality for the Port Authority (PAT). A funding stream that had been lobbied for by a

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Rural and Urban Roads: Does One Subsidize the Other?

In an informational piece put out by the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the point is made that “…in densely populated urban areas, there just isn’t enough space to fit the roads that would be needed to move people around.”  The message of the piece attempts to persuade rural lawmakers to approve funding for mass transit. 

 

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Turnpike Drowning in Debt?

Recently Pennsylvania’s Auditor General stated that the Pennsylvania Turnpike is “drowning in debt”.  This characterization was disputed by the Turnpike’s CEO as “simply not true”

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Does RAD Make PAT Mad?

The Governor’s Transportation Funding Advisory Commission (TFAC) has a singular purpose as spelled out in the Executive Order creating it: “…develop a comprehensive, strategic proposal

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Strike Three: Tolling I-80 is Out!

For the third time Pennsylvania’s application to toll Interstate 80 (I-80) has been denied by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stated

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A Great Train Robbery?

In a blog this past April we wrote about Pennsylvania’s efforts to get a piece of the money that would be recirculating due to the

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