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State-By-State Searchable Database
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Pennsylvania
Capital: Harrisburg
Population: 12,287,150
Major Metropolitan Areas: Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton
Federal Transportation Spending: $1,741,210,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in Pennsylvania.

State Election Site: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/site/default.asp

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bcel/cwp/view.asp?a=1099&q=431721

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Pennsylvania.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/pa.html

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
Pennsylvania Public Transit Association http://www.ppta.net/
Central Philadelphia Transportation Management Association http://www.centercityphila.org/aboutus.html
Delaware Valley Transit Users Group http://www.cleanair.org/Transportation/dvTUG.html
Fayette County Transportation Coalition (no website)
Modern Transit Partnership http://www.cattransit.com/modern_transit.cfm
Pennsylvanians for Transportation Solutions, Inc., www.pentrans.org
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania http://www.10000friends.org/
Also: Reading Area Coalition for Transit NOW, Schuylkill Valley Metro Coalition
Rail Passenger Group
Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers http://dvarp.org/
State DOT
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Harrisburg CAT http://www.cattransit.com/
Philadelphia SEPTA http://www.septa.org/
Pittsburgh PAAC http://www.ridegold.com/
Scranton COLTS http://www.coltsbus.com/
Allentown LANTA http://www.lantabus.com/
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Philadelphia Daily News http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/
Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review
Allentown Morning Call http://www.mcall.com/
Radio Television
WHYY NPR - Philadelphia http://www.whyy.org/91FM/
KYW News - Philadelphia http://www.kyw1060.com/
WPHT Talk - Philadelphia http://www.thebigtalker.com/
KYWTV CBS - Philadelphia http://www.kywtv.com/
WPVI ABC - Philadelphia http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/
WCAU NBC - Philadelphia http://www.nbc10.com/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=pennsylvania

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/pa.cfm