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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation oversees all transportation projects within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

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Amtrak
Work is continuing on critical improvements and repairs at Amtrak’s Lancaster Station.
The repairs, in coordination with PennDOT, will help ensure the facility is in a state of good repair and includes replacing existing platforms and foundations and rehabilitating...
May 19, 2025
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Transit agencies throughout Pennsylvania have reported that the new Fixed Route Intelligent Transportation System has helped to provide real-time service information for passengers and has enhanced transit planning for agencies.
Transit agencies throughout Pennsylvania have reported that the new Fixed Route Intelligent Transportation System has helped to provide real-time service information for passengers...
Jan. 10, 2025
SEPTA
SEPTA Transit Police.
The action plans will help the authority further the series of efforts aimed at enhancing safety and security, increasing staffing and training and shoring up operational practices...
July 16, 2024
Hazleton Public Transit
Hazleton Public Transit cuts ribbon on John M. Ford Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility.
The $26 million, nearly 50,000 square-foot facility will house HPT's fleet of 12 fixed-route buses and three paratransit vans and includes an automatic bus wash system, bus maintenance...
April 22, 2024
Navy Yard Philadelphia
Pennsylvania’s first AV shuttle has arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Beginning in January 2024, the AV shuttle will be incorporated into the Navy Yard’s existing shuttle service that connects visitors and employees to SEPTA’s NRG Station and Center...
Dec. 21, 2023
Amtrak
Amtrak and PNRRA have released the findings of a two-year analysis examining the potential for rail service between Scranton and New York.
The study included operations planning to develop a sample schedule, ridership estimates, economic impacts and an infrastructure assessment for the Pennsylvania segment.
March 27, 2023
The initiative will add approximately 1.75 miles of red bus lanes to SEPTA’s network – nearly tripling its current mileage of red bus lanes.
March 17, 2023
The total project cost approximately $33 million and included improvements such as an elevator, stair towers and pedestrian overpasses.
Oct. 22, 2019
Trillium CNG
New CNG fueling station in York.
Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and rabbittransit in York, Pennsylvania, welcomed the commonwealth’s newest public compressed natural gas...
June 16, 2017
Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Cambria County Transit Authority (CamTran) celebrated the opening of the commonwealth’s newest compressed...
April 20, 2017

News

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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Proposals include finding more efficient models to manage existing transportation-related services and programs.
April 9, 2026
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A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority bus.
The MTF provides grant funding to improve transportation assets that enhance communities, pedestrian safety and transit access.
Jan. 6, 2026
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A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Silverliner IV railcar.
Shapiro says the funding will allow SEPTA to accelerate critical safety upgrades, comply with FRA and FTA orders and maintain reliable service for riders throughout the region...
Nov. 25, 2025
Penn Institute for Urban Research
The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Richards Transportation Initiative hub.
The Richards Transportation Initiative at Penn aims to connect Penn’s research with modern transportation systems.
Oct. 7, 2025
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A passenger waits for a SEPTA subway.
The money taps future capital funding that would allow the system to be maintained while standard funding is passed.
Sept. 9, 2025

Articles

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Andrew Batson, AICP, Chief of Bureau of Public Transportation’s Transit Planning and Project Delivery Division, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Aug. 22, 2023
Amtrak
A new agreement between PennDOT and Norfolk Southern will pave the way for an additional Pittsburgh to NYC roundtrip train to operate on the Keystone Corridor. [Amtrak]
The agreement would see daily roundtrip trains between Pittsburgh and New York City increase from one to two.
June 30, 2022
Amtrak
Amtrak, working with PennDOT, will add two daily trains between Harrisburg, Pa., and New York City, as well as fully restore weekend train service starting at the end of April.
The increased service on the Keystone Corridor will add two trains on weekdays and fully restore weekend service to pre-pandemic levels.
April 12, 2022
Lebanon Transit
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The station is one of 29 Trillium CNG had planned for Pennsylvania as part of a Public Private Partnership.
Jan. 24, 2019

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Amtrak
(from left): Tom F. Mortiz, Amtrak senior director business development; Michelle Kichline, chair of Chester County Commissioners; Toby Fauver, PennDOT deputy secretary for multimodal transportation; Pennsylvania Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19); Trip Lukens, Tredyffrin board of supervisors chairman; Jeffrey Knueppel, SEPTA general manager; Joe McHugh, Amtrak vice president state supported services and business development; and Theresa Garcia Crews, U.S. Department of Transportation region 3 administrator.
Federal, state and local officials joined together with SEPTA, Amtrak and their honored guests to officially break ground on the Paoli Station Accessibility Improvements Project...
March 1, 2017
Recognizing transportation's role in connecting communities and supporting economic development, state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced...
Feb. 24, 2017
Amtrak
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The 30th Street Station District Plan has been honored with the architecture industry’s most prestigious award – a 2017 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design from...
Jan. 13, 2017
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently applied to a U.S. Department of Transportation solicitation to be designated as an Automated Vehicle Proving Ground...
Jan. 3, 2017
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced it will begin accepting applications for funding transportation improvement projects under the Multimodal...
Oct. 18, 2016
Cambria County Transit Authority (CamTran)
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PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation, Toby Fauver recently joined Cambria County Transit Authority (CamTran) Executive Director Rose Lucey-Noll, Board Chairman...
Sept. 8, 2016
The new plan anticipates $61.9 billion being available over the next 12 years for improvements to roads, bridges, transit systems, airports and railroads. That compares with $...
Aug. 16, 2016
Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan
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Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT and SEPTA has unveiled the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan and announced the initiation of several follow...
June 20, 2016
PennDOT
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced at a media event that the Trillium CNG team, which includes Larson Design Group of Williamsport, has been selected for the department’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transit fueling station Public-Private Partnership (P3) project.
Stations to be Installed at 29 Transit Agency Sites Statewide
April 1, 2016
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards today announced at a media event that the Trillium CNG team, which includes Larson Design Group...
March 29, 2016
PA Trips By Train, a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Amtrak to increase interest and ridership on intercity rail in the state, ...
Dec. 9, 2015
Pennsylvania’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board on Nov. 24, approved a project aiming to improve dozens of county-owned bridges, as well as an initiative to support transit...
Nov. 25, 2015