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bikentransit wrote:Suburban Station wrote:Limited-Clear wrote:Bethlehem, the new Newtown thread 🙈 Sooner they make it into a trail/bike path the better
Is it really sensible to compare newtown, pa (pop. 2250) to bethlehem (pop. 75,000)? Seems like apples and oranges
WoW how misleading! Newtown Township actually has a population of 18,000. What a troll you are.
Suburban Station wrote:bikentransit wrote:Suburban Station wrote:Limited-Clear wrote:Bethlehem, the new Newtown thread 🙈 Sooner they make it into a trail/bike path the better
Is it really sensible to compare newtown, pa (pop. 2250) to bethlehem (pop. 75,000)? Seems like apples and oranges
WoW how misleading! Newtown Township actually has a population of 18,000. What a troll you are.
Although presumably you are joking bethlehem region has 70 not 18k
mcgrath618 wrote:It did say in their budget reports that they would look into restoring service to Quakertown...Could this be the start of something new?
Even so, Trans-Bridge service between Bethlehem-Quakertown-Doylestown is rather limited.bikentransit wrote:The Lansdale parking garage was SEPTA's response to need for service north of Lansdale. Despite the population explosion in Quakertown and in-between, and the horrendous traffic on 309, there's no drive for this. It's unfortunate that Bethlehem/Allentown restoration couldn't have been packaged into funding that went along with the millions going into the NE Extension expansion.
bikentransit wrote:<snip> It's unfortunate that Bethlehem/Allentown restoration couldn't have been packaged into funding that went along with the millions going into the NE Extension expansion.
SemperFidelis wrote:To save non residents from having to read up on PA Act 44, boy did they screw the pooch on that.
Apparently the Turnpike Commission has to pay around $450 million per year to PennDot, a number they agreed upon when they thought they were going to add tolls to I-80, all across the state, to help fix our deplorable road system. Then, of course, they decided not to add tolls to I-80, so the entire cost of the annual payment must be bourne by PA Turnpike users.
A trip from one end of our crumbling state to another is now over $40 for a passenger automobile. Incredible.
Our role has changed, as well, and since the passage of Act 44 in 2007, the
Commission is providing funding to PennDOT to help with road, bridge, and mass
transit projects across the Commonwealth. In the first six years of Act 44, the
Commission transferred nearly $4.1 billion to PennDOT. The payment requirements
were modified as a result of Act 89, passed in 2013, and the Commission will
continue to assist PennDOT with funding through 2057. The Commission is working
more closely with PennDOT than ever before to achieve efficiencies for Turnpike
customers and all taxpayers.
SemperFidelis wrote:To save non residents from having to read up on PA Act 44, boy did they screw the pooch on that.
Apparently the Turnpike Commission has to pay around $450 million per year to PennDot, a number they agreed upon when they thought they were going to add tolls to I-80, all across the state, to help fix our deplorable road system. Then, of course, they decided not to add tolls to I-80, so the entire cost of the annual payment must be bourne by PA Turnpike users.
A trip from one end of our crumbling state to another is now over $40 for a passenger automobile. Incredible.
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