The SPC Water Resource Center is now offering our educational workshops as webinars. Several webinars are already scheduled for 2020, covering the topics of Act 167 planning, achieving co-benefits with MS4 projects, infrastructure banks, asset management/capital improvement plans. For more information see the WRC’s events page.
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As worksites across the country begin to reopen, we know that many commuters may be rethinking how they will get to their worksites and have valid concerns about the health and safety of various transportation modes.
Survey answers will be collected with others from across the country to help employers, transportation providers, and policymakers plan for how best to ensure your commute to work is safe and reliable no matter the mode you choose. This Survey is being conducted by the Association for Commuter Transportation.
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Indiana and nine other counties in the greater Pittsburgh region are seeking to figure out how to best spend federal and state funds meant for a wide range of transit and transportation projects.
The newest Transportation Improvement Plan for the region (from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2024) will include more money for interstate projects and less for local projects.
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SPC wants to know what you think about transportation projects in the region that will advance over the next four years.
We are seeking input from the public on the following important draft documents:
- Draft 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which identifies the region’s priority roadway, transit and multimodal transportation improvements programmed for advancement over the next four years
- Environmental Justice Benefits and Burdens Assessment of the Draft 2021-2024 TIP
- Air Quality Conformity Determination for the Draft 2021-2024 TIP
- Amendment to the region’s transportation plan SmartMoves for a Changing Region to reflect updated revenue projections and a revised project list including project phasing and cost information included in Draft 2021-2024 TIP
SPC Announces Vincent Valdes as New Executive Director & President/CEO
Pittsburgh, PA—The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) Board has selected Vincent Valdes, an engineer and planner, as the new President & CEO of the organization.
“We are very excited for Vince to begin leading our regional planning and transportation organization,” said County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Chair of the SPC Board. “His experience, enthusiasm, knowledge and background are exactly what we need as we enter into a new era of transportation and economic growth for the region.”
The search committee, chaired by Commissioner Larry Maggi, former SPC Chair and Washington County Commissioner, led this process with the help of search firm Krauthamer & Associates. The committee sought a dynamic and innovative leader who could manage a complex planning organization and who would be willing to roll up his or her sleeves to build, inspire and develop a regional plan to support this region’s growth.
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COVID-19 Working Capital Loan program
UPDATE – Thank you very much for your interest in the PIDA CWCA Working Capital Loan Program. PIDA has informed SPC that their office has received 890 applications from across the Commonwealth, totaling $75.6 million in requested funds. As you may be aware, PIDA only had $61 million to disburse through the CWCA program. Therefore, PIDA is no longer accepting applications for the program at this time.
In the event that the program is reauthorized, and you have already submitted an application, SPC will continue to process your application at that time.
There are still funding options available through the federal government, and we have provided links to those programs below. We would encourage you to apply for federal funding through the appropriate agencies:
SBA Disaster Loan – https://disasterloan.sba.gov/
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Today is Census Day!
Now more than ever, it’s important to respond to the #2020Census and help shape the future of your community.
Respond online at 2020CENSUS.GOV
According to the U.S. Census Bureau: The results of the 2020 Census will help determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding flow into communities every year for the next decade. That funding shapes many different aspects of every community, no matter the size, no matter the location.
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SBA EIDL/PPP/PIDA Webinars
Below please find a series links to some helpful webinars that contain information on the various federal and state government programs designed to assist businesses navigating the COVID-19 outbreak. These webinars are hosted by the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center, and will be streaming live on YouTube daily, during the week of March 30 through April 3, 2020, from 9 am to 10:15 am.
| DATE | PAGE URL |
| March 30 | https://youtu.be/JOxhroL9l5M |
| March 31 | https://youtu.be/f-4QucbQrCQ |
| April 1 | https://youtu.be/qOcTgO7tnJs |
| April 2 | https://youtu.be/Hypsfwjq6rY |
| April 3 | https://youtu.be/Oq7qdWfUW50 |
SPC Completes 3rd Cycle of Regional Traffic Signal Program
Nearly $4 Million in Upgrades to 148 Intersections
Pittsburgh, PA- The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s (SPC) award-winning Regional Traffic Signal Program is committed to implementing projects with their federal, state, and local planning partners that demonstrate innovation, coordination, and measurable results. Since 2008, this program and its projects embody the implementation of safe and efficient traffic operations, providing outstanding cost-savings, environmental, and quality-of-life benefits to the communities and residents throughout the 10-county Southwestern Pennsylvania region. SPC, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), its planning partners, and local municipalities across the region, has completed its third cycle of projects under the Regional Traffic Signal Program.
Nationwide, these types of signal projects, on average, have yielded $20 to $40 of public benefit for every $1 invested—in part by making the most efficient use of the transportation infrastructure already in place.
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The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) has developed a regional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategic Action Plan. TDM involves encouraging use of transit, ridesharing, bicycling, walking, telework; shifting travel times; or avoiding unnecessary trips. This planning initiative facilitates collaboration among:
- The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC)
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
- Pennsylvania Division Office of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- Other TDM stakeholders in Southwestern Pennsylvania to create a regional transportation demand management planning framework