. >> i had a positive experience with our dvrpc. we have dealt with some of these organizations and the department of transportation is quite well aware of some of those challenges. so it it's not a one size fits all. it really is more of a localized circumstance. we've benefited tremendously from their partnership with us, and our active engagement with them. bridges, roads. septa, our regional transportation authority has burn fitted from dvrpc and surrounding counties. we really took a regional approach to what i was trying to do as mayor of philadelphia. the five surrounding counties represent 40% of the economy of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. we're kind of tucked down in the right hand corner of the state, working together. we were able to get much more done and share in that big pie. than constantly fighting for every nickel and dime. as long as we could see everyone was participating. i need some money now, and i need to see that i'm going to get some over time and everyone's getting a little piece of the action. in othe

infrastructure improvements, bridges, roads, regional transportation authority has benefited from dvrpc i mean, we really took a regional approach to much of what i was trying to do as mayor. filly, delaware, 40% of the economy in the common wealth of pennsylvania. we are tucked in the right-hand corner of the state. we were able to get much more don't -- done and share in the big pie and constantly fighting for every nickel and dime. as long as we could see on the big board that everybody was getting something, true planning, 10, 15-20. everybody is getting a little bit of the action, and then, you know, you can make things work. in other places, like i said, horror stories about what is going on. i think we saw some of that play out in the economic recovery after president obama almost, with cbc members and others single-handily brought the country back from the brink when known -- none of the republicans voted to bring back. many will admit was probably the wrong way to go. >> thanks. >> hello, my name is shane bernard. i work with a multimedia start-up company. i guess my question w

improvements, bridges, roads, you know, septa our regional transportation authority has benefited from dvrpc and the surrounding counties. so we really took a regional approach to much of what i was trying to do as mayor. philly, delaware, montgomery counties, those counties represent 40% of the economy of the commonwealth of pennsylvania and so our -- you know, kind of tuck down in that right-hand corner of the state working together we were able to get much more done and share in that big pie than constantly fighting for every nickel and dime. as long as we could see on the big board that everyone was getting something and true planning is 10, 15, 20 years out in many instances so i need some money now and i need to see that i'm going to get some over time and everyone else is getting a little piece of the action and then, you know, you can make things work. in other places, like i said, horror stories about what's going on. i think we saw some of that play out in the economic recovery after president obama almost, you know, with obviously cbc members and others single handedly brought the