A fast track 18-month project will study the transit future for an eight-county region and its outcome could have a " far-ranging impact on future life in Western Pennsylvania."
"The joint venture involving consultants BRW Inc. and Daniel Mann Johnson & Mendenhall will be paid up to $1,750,000 to perform a "strategic visioning study" and recommend transit goals to be met by 2025 in the eight counties embraced by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, the transportation planning agency for Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Beaver, Butler, Indiana, Armstrong and Greene counties.The types of transit goals likely to be generated by the study could have a far-ranging impact on future life in Western Pennsylvania. "
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Regional transit study on fast track 18-month project to cover 8 counties

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