2010 Report Card for Pennsylvania's Infrastructure

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The following is a list of resources used to create the 2010 Report Card for Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure. Direct links to materials are provided where available.

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Expanded State and National Transit Investment Analysis: June 2002.

American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Public Transportation Fact Book, 60th Edition: April 2009. Read…

American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Transit News: “Transit Ridership Showed Increases in All Modes in 2005 Third Quarter”: January 18, 2006. Read…

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, Short Line Infrastructure Funding; We Aren’t Chicken Waste: November 2001. Read…

American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) Central PA, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, 2006 Report Card for Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure: May 2006. Read…

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2009 Report Card for American’s Infrastructure: March 25, 2009. Read…

American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) Transportation needs without I-80 3-3-09.

Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), State and Federal Oversight of Dam Safety Must Be Improved: November 2008.

Borawski, Ted. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Appendix A, Geologic Sequestration in Pennsylvania: Land Ownership Issues. Read…

Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), Housing and Transportation Affordability Index: 2010. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Growing Greener II 2005 (Act 45). Available from: Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Forestry, Forest Pest Management, 2009 Pennsylvania Forest Health Highlights: 2009 Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in Pennsylvania. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Forestry, Oil & Gas Position Statement: April 1, 2008. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Forestry, State Forest Resource Management Plan 2007 Update. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Pennsylvania Outdoors, The Keystone for Healthy Living, 2009-2013 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan: September 2009. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), The Reserve, Secretary Oliver embarks on forestry trade mission abroad: June 2000. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor’s Transportation Funding and Reform Commission Report: 2006. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Office of the Budget, The 2008-09 Governor’s Executive Budget Proposal: February 5, 2008. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Office of the Budget, 2009-10 Enacted Budget Historical Funding Analysis. Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PA State Budget 2009-2010, General Fund Historical Analysis by Agency [updated 15 April, 2010, cited 21 April, 2010] Read…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Recovery Act in Pennsylvania (ARRA) [updated and cited 21 April, 2010] Read…

Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation: 2007. Read…

Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, 2001. Read…

Hauser, Edd, P.E., PhD Professor and Director, Center for Transportation Policy Studies,
University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Summary of Freight Planning and Policies – Selected States; Prepared For The North Carolina Forum On Freight Mobility And Economic Prosperity: June 21, 2004.

Historic Educational Resources of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Pennsylvania, 1682-1969: June 27, 2007.  Read…

Inland Waterways User Board, The Inland Waterways Trust Fund Status Report for Meeting Number 62 Held in New Orleans, Louisiana: December 15, 2009. Read…

Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee, Report on Combined Sewer Overflows in Pennsylvania: 2001. Read…

The Mansfield News Journal, Delaware River Dredging Benefits in Doubt, GAO Says: April 3, 2010. Available here: Read…

National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies, Guidance for Municipal Stormwater Funding: 2006. Read…

Northeast Region Council for Safe Dams, Funding for Dam Rehabilitation – Pennsylvania Dams Needs Statement.

Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of School Facilities, Report on School Buildings, School Year 2007-2008. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Education, School Design Clearinghouse web site.   Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Coastal Resources Management Program Web site. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Dam Safety and Encroachments Act: 1978. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Drinking Water Program Performance Measures: 2009. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), H2O PA Act as it relates to Dam Rehabilitation Projects: July 2008.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), The Inspection, Maintenance and Operation of Dams in Pennsylvania (1999). Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), PADEP Strategy for Meeting Federal Requirements for Controlling the Water Quality Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: 1999. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Pennsylvania Code, Title 25, Environmental Protection Chapter 271.1, Municipal Waste. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Pennsylvania State Water Plan (Act 220). Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual: 2006. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Act: 1978. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Pennsylvania Water Resources Planning Act: 2002. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), Public Water System Compliance Report: 2004. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and Edward Rendell, Governor’s Sustainable Infrastructure Task Force Report, Creating a Sustainable Solution for Pennsylvania: 2008. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Bureau of Rail Freight, Ports and Waterways. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Executive Summary by R.L. Banks & Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C. and Linare Consulting Pittsburgh, Comprehensive Rail Freight Study and 2003 Pennsylvania State Rail Plan: June 16, 2003. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania Intercity Passenger and Rail Freight Plan: December 2009. Read…

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania Public Transportation Annual Performance Report Fiscal Year 2007-2008.

Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority website. Read…

Pennsylvania Highways Web Site, Highways History: November 2005. Read…

The Pennsylvania Historic Schools Task Force, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania American Institute of Architects,  Renovate or Replace? The case for restoring and reusing older school buildings: 2007. Read…

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Testimony on Eco Infrastructure Sub-Committee Hearing, House Appropriations Committee by John W. Brosious, Deputy Director, PMAA: February 28, 2008.

Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee, Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Compliance Cost Study: 2008. Available: Read…

Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association (PPTA), History of Mass Transit Funding in Pennsylvania: 2004. Read…

Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association (PPTA), Public Transportation Drives Pennsylvania – A Study of the Economic Benefits of Public Transportation. Read…

Pennsylvania Public Transportation Association (PPTA), Transit Drives Pennsylvania Mobility Fact Sheet. Read…

The  Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, I-80 Project Webpage. Read…

Port of Pittsburgh Commission, Internet website, http://www.port.pittsburgh.pa.us/home/index.asp: January 2010.

Rogers, PE, Hal.(Summer 2009). PennDOT’s Accelerated Bridge Program Off to a Good Start. Highway Builder Magazine.

Senate Congressional Record, Volume 147 (2001), cr15no01S Rehabilitation, Preservation, and Improvement of Railroad Tracks.  Read…

Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 203 (33 CFR 203), Navigation and Navigable Waters. Read…

Title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10), Emergency Management and Assistance. Read…

United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Corps Lakes Gateway, Pennsylvania.   Read…

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Disaster Operations, Public Law 84-99, Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act (PL 84-99). Read…

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE) Department of the Army, ER 500-1-1, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources (September 2001). Read…

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, Ohio River and Tributaries Navigation System Five-Year Development Perspective, Draft Revision 0: November 2009. Read…

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service and The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), The State of the Forest: A Snapshot of Pennsylvania’s Updated Forest Inventory 2004: September 2004. Read…

United States Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Clean and Safe Water: 2003-2008 EPA Strategic Plan. Read…f

United States Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Senate Republican Policy Committee, Kathleen A, McGinty, Secretary, Testimony on Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Compliance Plan: February 21, 2008. Read…

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory: Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System, Washington, DC:  2009, as of November 13, 2009 [based on 2008 NBIS Data], Read…

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory: FHWA Bridge Programs Structure Type by Year Built, Washington, DC: 2009, Read…

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Non-Regulatory Supplement, Washington DC: 2009. Read…

U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge Transportation, Final Report: August 1994. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2007 Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment Fourth Report to Congress EPA 816-R-09-001, March 2009. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Revolving Fund (SRF), Allotments based on Final Economic Recovery Appropriations: 3-12-2009. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Drinking Water SRF ARRA Reporting Summary List: updated 3-1-2010. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Annual Update to the Water Sector-Specific Plan, 2008. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Clean Water Act: 1972. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Clean Water Act Module, State Revolving Load Funds. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey, 2000. Read…

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Summary of Water Infrastructure Forum from Closing the Gap: Innovative Solutions for America’s Water Infrastructure Forum, 2003. Read…

United States House of Representatives, House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing, Remarks by John Quigley, Acting Secretary of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources: February 22, 2010. Read…

Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) and Earth and Life Studies (DELS), National Research Council Report on Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwest Pennsylvania, 2005. Read…


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