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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA), [4] the official public geospatial data clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania marked its 18th year in 2014. PASDA, which has grown from a small website offering 35 data sets in 1996 to the expansive user-centered data clearinghouse that it is today, has become a staple of the GIS community in Pennsylvania.
Currently, of all collected sales taxes in Pennsylvania, more than $1.2 billion is earmarked for public transportation. Last year, Shapiro could not win approval for his proposal.
Pennsylvania Act 44 of 2007 required the commission to make quarterly payments to PennDOT, amounting to $450 million annually, to help fund public transportation in Pennsylvania, [16] with the support of then CEO Joe Brimmeier. [17] Act 44 was amended by Pennsylvania Act 89 of 2013 to extend these payments until 2022.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation was created from the former Department of Highways by Act 120, approved by the legislature on May 6, 1970. [3] The intent of the legislation was to consolidate transportation-related functions formerly performed in the Departments of Commerce, Revenue, Community Affairs, Forests and Waters, Military ...
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By 2013, the Pennsylvania legislature approved Act 89, a dedicated transportation bill. Act 89 provided dedicated funding to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, which set the agency on more solid financial footing. One of the routes cut in 2011, the 55 Glassport, was restored in 2013. [32]
By 2013, it was expected to be completed by 2015 and estimated to cost $32 million. Funding would be provided by the Federal Transit Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). [16] As of May 2016, bidding for site clearing was expected to take place in mid-2016, with the new station opening in 2018.
The project was included in the proposed $1.8 billion FY 2014 Pennsylvania transportation budget, however, that budget was not approved, creating further uncertainty for the project. [8] A $2.3 billion budget was later passed by the General Assembly and signed by then-Governor Tom Corbett , granting over $500 million for the Thruway, as well as ...