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Performance Review
Wednesday, November 14, 2012Pennsylvania’s Act 44 of 2007 requires that all transit providers in the Commonwealth undergo an independent performance review every five years. PennDOT Bureau of Public Transportation personnel working with industry consultants recently completed an Act 44 Performance Review for AMTRAN.
Governor Corbett’s Leadership
Friday, March 30, 2012Governor Tom Corbett plans to address transportation funding
(Click here for the full story.)Is Political Leadership Rewarded or Ridiculed?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011A state senator in Harrisburg recently stated that gas taxes and other user fees must be increased to pay to maintain roads and bridges. He had the courage to say out loud what everyone in the state legislature already knows but is afraid to utter.
(Click here for the full story.)Transportation Funding Crisis
Tuesday, October 12, 2010Loretta Lynn sang, “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” But if she lived in Pennsylvania, she might be singing, “Everybody wants good highways, but nobody wants to pay for them.”
(Click here for the full story.)Reinventing AMTRAN as the smart choice.
Thursday, April 08, 2010"AMTRAN is the smart choice. Take the bus!" It's been our slogan for almost 15 years. Now we are in the process of reinventing AMTRAN so that we really are the smart choice for our customers.
(Click here for the full story.)Energy - does anybody really care?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009Remember last summer when our biggest economic threat was $4.00 gas? Ah, the good old days. With $2.00 gas and a worldwide economic meltdown, the energy issue has receded, but it certainly hasn’t gone away.
(Click here for the full story.)Effective Stimulus?
Wednesday, November 26, 2008Among the many serious problems facing our country today, America is going to have to tackle the economic security issue of a crumbling public infrastructure. Investment in transportation in general and public transit in particular can begin to address this nation-threatening problem.
(Click here for the full story.)Public Transportation - The Economic Stimulus Vehicle
Friday, November 14, 2008A column by Rich Farr
Chair, Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association
CEO, rabbittransit, York, PA
Has $4 gas increased AMTRAN’s ridership?
Monday, August 04, 2008From friends to elected officials to the media, everyone is constantly asking me, “With gas at $4.00 a gallon, isn't AMTRAN's ridership up?” Well it is up, but only a little, and here's why.
(Click here for the full story.)"Money, Money, Money!"
Tuesday, September 04, 2007You may remember Norman Glucroft’s famous commercials, “Come to Roaring River Mills where you save only money. Money, Money, Money!” In line with Mr. Glucroft’s slogan, AMTRAN hopes that the Roaring River Mills property will “save only money” for the bus company.
(Click here for the full story.)What is a fair fare?
Monday, June 04, 2007There has been a lot of discussion around fare increases from the state legislature as well as from the Transportation Funding and Reform Commission. I’d like to talk a little about our new fares in Altoona.
(Click here for the full story.)Lindsey’s letter
Monday, March 12, 2007An actual letter from a young constituent to Senator John Eichelberger, Rep. Rick Geist, Rep. Jerry Stern. (Edited for length.)
(Click here for the full story.)Making the case for public transportation in Blair County
Monday, March 05, 2007When you work in the public sector, it’s always part of your job to justify your agency’s existence to elected officials and to taxpayers. That’s okay because public transit can make a compelling case.
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