Transportation
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Special Edition of TMACC’s Connections Newsletter Includes 2016 Annual Review
In this special edition of the Transportation Management Association of Chester County’s newsletter, you will read the 2016 annual review, an overview of the Chester County Planning Commission’s Landscapes3 plan, how more than 500 students participated in Walk to School Day, and more. “Ultimately, transportation, whether its planes, trains, automobiles, trucks, buses, bikes or pedestrians,…
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DVRPC Report Proposes Adding New Public Transportation Lines in Southern Chesco
Southern Chester County residents may gain additional public transportation options if a proposal put forward in a report by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission moves forward, writes Steven Hoffman for the Chester County Press. In the report published earlier this year, the DVRPC examined the potential for more access to public transportation in southern…
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SEPTA to Increase Prices on July 1
Commuters face more unwelcome news from SEPTA, as it has announced that fares will increase on July 1, writes Mark Dent for Billy Penn. The Broad Street Line and Market-Frankford Line, as well as buses and trolleys, will increase from $1.80 to $2.00, while single-ride tickets will go up from $2.25 to $2.50. Depending on…
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Coatesville’s Third Avenue Streetscape Plan Finalized, Out to Bid
The Third Avenue Streetscape Project, the first phase of revitalization work related to the new Coatesville Train Station, has received final PennDOT approval and is out to bid. Design work is complete on the streetscape project, and bids are expected in by the end of the month. The project will be managed by the Coatesville…
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Final Phase of Work on Route 202 in East, West Whiteland Now in Progress
Motorists will soon get back the full use of Route 202 as the final $26.4 million phase of the project to complete improvements on the heavily traveled highway began last week with work on bridges in East and West Whiteland, writes Brian McCullough for The Pottstown Mercury. The work on the six-span twin structures that…
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West Chester-Based A. Duie Pyle Wins Fleet of the Year Award
A West Chester company is driving innovation in the trucking industry, and last week A. Duie Pyle hauled in Fleet Owner magazine’s 2016 Fleet of the Year award. One of five top industry honors was presented to A. Duie Pyle Director of Fleet Maintenance Dan Carrano during the 2017 Technology & Maintenance Council Convention in…
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More Chesco Residents Commute to Delaware Than Philly; Express Bus Route Under Consideration
Thousands of commuters who make the daily trek between West Chester and Wilmington might soon have an alternative travel option if the proposed express bus line between the two locations becomes reality, writes Karl Baker for The Wilmington News Journal. In a recent report, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission identified a strong potential demand…
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Train Station Upgrades the ‘Beginning of a Renaissance for Paoli’
Wheelchairs will soon ride the rails in Paoli, thanks to a $36 million project to upgrade the Amtrak and SEPTA train station. A groundbreaking ceremony last week rolled out the effort to make the Paoli station fully accessible through “a new center high-level platform, elevators, ramps, a pedestrian bridge, and parking lot improvements,” according to…
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VIDEO: Groundbreaking Ceremony Marks Beginning of Construction on Paoli Train Station
Federal, state, and local officials joined together with SEPTA, Amtrak, and their honored guests Tuesday morning to officially break ground on the Paoli Station Accessibility Improvements Project, a $36 million initiative to improve accessibility and safety and to provide operational flexibility at the Paoli Train Station. “Amtrak is advancing a robust program of station accessibility improvements…
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Chesco Municipalities to Receive $16.9 Million for Local Roads, Bridges
State Senator Andy Dinniman announced that Chester County municipalities will receive more than $16.9 million in state funding to maintain their roads and bridges, under Act 89, Pennsylvania’s Comprehensive Transportation Funding Plan. The funding, which comes through PennDOT’s Municipal Liquid Fuels Program, was distributed March 1. It marks a $798,000 (or almost five percent increase)…
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Washington Post: Chester County Has a Problem That’s Twice the National Average
There’s nothing like a bridge over troubled waters, except when that bridge itself is in trouble. Such is the case for 19.8 percent of all bridges in Chester County, according to a report in The Washington Post by Denise Lu and Dan Keating. Drawing data from the Federal Highway Administration’s 2015 National Bridge Inventory, 125…
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Amtrak, Partners to Officially Break Ground on Paoli Station Improvements
Amtrak will host a ceremony for the groundbreaking of the Paoli Station Accessibility Improvements Project on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 10 AM at the Paoli Station. This project will include a series of improvements aimed at making the station fully accessible for all passengers. The project includes a new center high level platform, new elevators…
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Yikes! Pennsylvania Has Nation’s Second-Most Structurally Deficient Bridges
Pennsylvania is in dire need of serious bridge repairs, according to the latest report published by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, writes Claire Sasko for Philadelphia magazine. The report found that the Keystone State has 4,506 structurally deficient bridges. This represents around 20 percent of the total number of bridges statewide, and puts…
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Check Out Which Chester County Communities Are Part of National Epidemic of Overspending on Cars
There is an epidemic of overspending on cars nationwide, and while the residents of some Chester County communities are not a part of this disturbing trend, those in the borough of West Chester are at the forefront of the issue, according to a new analysis by WalletHub. The personal finance website took a closer look…
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As Navigating Roundabouts Seems Like Rocket Science, PennDOT Launches Instructional Video
Acknowledging the fact that navigating roundabouts can be challenging for many on the road, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has launched a video that instructs drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians on how to use single and multi-lane roundabouts. The video is available on the roundabout page of the department’s website or on PennDOT’s YouTube channel. “Data…
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Driverless Cars? The Future Is Now, Says Princeton Professor at TMACC Luncheon
A revolution is afoot. The future of transportation, no doubt, includes autonomous vehicles, and according to Dr. Alain Kornhauser, Princeton University’s Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, that future is coming much sooner than we’ve ever imagined. How, then, can we prepare for it? That question served as the theme of the Transportation Management…
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SEPTA Leads Northeast in Train Safety Technology
With a horrific train crash still fresh in the memories of Philly commuters, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials are racing down the tracks to make SEPTA the first major railroad system on the East Coast to run on GPS-based positive-train control. SEPTA, the nation’s fifth-busiest railroad with 134,000 riders per day, is already the “only…
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Are Chester County’s Drivers Generous or Stingy with Their Organs? Find Out Here
Statewide, 47 percent of drivers have indicated a willingness to be organ donors, but the rate varies from county to county. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Chester County’s licensed drivers are rather generous with their organs. Chester County has the state’s second-highest rate, at 56.85 percent, of drivers with the “organ donor” designation…
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