News Articles - August 2011
PA-TEC publishes both independent articles and also provides commentary and links to external sources covering newsworthy events.
Luther Diggs, bufuddled that trains won't float
08/29/2011 - SEPTA Inaugurates Marina - Boat Trips Cancelled after trains fail to float
SEPTA Assistant General Manager Luther Diggs's recent plans to enter SEPTA into the Maritime industry failed on Sunday
DVRPC doesn't want to open their books
08/03/2011 - PA Office of Open Records rules DVRPC subject to state open records law
Described as a landmark ruling, Pennsylvania's Office of Open Records (OOR) has declared DVRPC subject to the state open records law, despite the agency's pleadings that they do not perform an essential government function. The ruling was in response to several PA-TEC records requests, for information regarding the shifting in voting rights at the RCC's transportation project spending subcommittee. Read more on the OOR's ruling against DVRPC
SEPTA Trolley,
Destination:
Invalid Code, PA
Destination:
Invalid Code, PA
FTA Visits SEPTA - Evaluates State of Good Repair
Local officials from SEPTA, inclduing Joe Casey and Chief Engineer Jeff Knueppel, along with Mayor Nutter, Congressmen Fattah and Gerlach, gave Federal Transit Administration representative Peter Rogoff a tour of SEPTA's crumbling bridges in an effort to secure more funding from Washington.PA-TEC does not dispute the need to fund critical infrastructure, but continues to assert that funding has not been best allocated for true state of good repair initiatives. Read more on FTA's Tour of SEPTA