PHIA News Digest – Vol. 3, No. 20
Trillium opens its third public CNG location in Lawrence County
Trillium, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and New Castle Transit Authority celebrated the opening of the commonwealth’s newest compressed natural gas fueling station in New Castle.
Transit leaders: Lack of funding leads to negative economic consequences
A new report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) warns that decades of under-investment has had a negative effect on the economy, resulting in lost jobs and declining business revenue.
Bikes vs. cars vs. pedestrians: How Philly can win the transportation culture war
What can be done to prevent tragedies like the loss of Pablo Avendano and the nearly hundred other individuals who die on Philadelphia’s streets and sidewalks each year?
Congress needs to pass a bill to fix transportation and infrastructure: Ray LaHood
Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and former Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell discuss what the government needs to do to rebuild and modernize infrastructure in the United States.
Failure to restore and modernize U.S. public transit results in a loss of $340 billion
Decades of under investment in America’s aging bus and rail public transit infrastructure has a negative effect on business revenue, and results in lost jobs and wages, according to a new study from the American Public Transportation Association.
PA Turnpike cracks down on $17 million in unpaid tolls
The Turnpike Commission has launched the first 19 criminal prosecutions against drivers across the state who have failed to pay.