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SEPTA & PennDOT Awarded $8.3M from USDOT Federal Railroad Administration

June 19, 2020 / Comments Off on SEPTA & PennDOT Awarded $8.3M from USDOT Federal Railroad Administration

Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) provided a Benefit-Cost analysis for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s (SEPTA) and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) successful grant application for USDOT Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) State of Good Repair Partnership funding. The $8.3M FRA grant is 50% of the $16.7 needed to complete shovel-ready capacity improvements on the Harrisburg Line linking […]

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Stephen Mullin Quoted in Stories on Economic Impact of Amtrak Derailment

May 20, 2015 / Comments Off on Stephen Mullin Quoted in Stories on Economic Impact of Amtrak Derailment

Following the Amtrak train derailment on May 12, ESI president and principal Stephen Mullin was featured in articles on Newsworks and TIME.com about the potential economic impacts the derailment could have, especially to Philadelphia and the surrounding region. Mullin’s message was that the derailment would hurt the area’s economy in the days following the accident, […]

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