January 11, 2012: Transportation

A testifier from Community Legal Services talks about how programs aimed at putting Pennsylvanians back to work were cut in Gov. Corbett's state budget.

Department of Transportation officials, Secretary Barry Schoch, (right) and Dan Cessna, the District 11 executive, testify regarding the administration’s understanding of Pennsylvania’s transportation issues.

Rep. Dom Costa, D-Allegheny, asks a question about the number of unionized service workers in Pennsylvania's large cities.

Dozens of interested residents attended the House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on transportation at Point Park University.

House Labor Relations Committee Chairman Bill Keller, who co-chaired the HDPC hearing on jobs, asks a question regarding job growth in the Commonwealth.

Rep. Jake Wheatley, D-Allegheny, (left) delivers opening comments at a hearing he co-chaired about the Commonwealth’s transportation funding problems.

A representative from the Philadelphia AFL-CIO speaks about the union's national plan to spur job growth in the U.S.

Rep. Paul Costa, D-Allegheny, and Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, listen to testimony from local experts on transit infrastructure. Costa was a hearing co-chair.