Transportation
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New Valley Forge Turnpike Plaza Sports a Starbucks
A cup of coffee on the way to work — or any hour of the day or night — is even more convenient for Chester County’s Pennsylvania Turnpike commuters now that Starbucks is serving its avid customers directly from the high-traffic route. Starbucks, Ladson Grill and other amenities highlight the turnpike’s newly reconstructed Valley Forge…
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My Rural Life Without A Car: Shannon’s Alternative Commute Challenge – Part 3
By Shannon Maria Jones “My Rural Life Without A Car” is a five part blog series originally published on TMACC’s ChesCoCommuter blog. The series is about TMACC’s Manager of Member Services, Shannon Maria Jones, navigating 4 weeks car-free through and around Chester County. Shannon’s saga is republished on VISTA Today with TMACC’s generous permission. The…
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Trammell Crow and CBRE Study: New Turnpike Ramp Drives $2.5 Billion Into Malvern
Since the 2011 groundbreaking of the the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Malvern interchange, more than $2.5 billion in business development has jumped into the fast lane. “The impact of the interchange was felt as soon as they broke ground on it, and the momentum has continued ever since,” Trammell Crow Senior Managing Director Jeff Goggins said in a Philadelphia…
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My Rural Life Without A Car: Shannon’s Alternative Commute Challenge – Part 2
“What Did I Get Myself Into?” By Shannon Maria Jones “My Rural Life Without A Car” is a five part blog series originally published on TMACC’s ChesCoCommuter blog. The series is about TMACC’s Manager of Member Services, Shannon Maria Jones, navigating 4 weeks car-free through and around Chester County. Shannon’s saga is republished on VISTA…
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New Transportation Policy Guidebook Available for Chester County
The new Multi-Modal Circulation Handbook for Chester County has been published and made available as a pdf file for download. This handbook was prepared by the Chester County Board of Commissioners and the Chester County Planning Commission to provide municipal officials, designers, planners and other key areas with a complete reference guide on how to…
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Politicos Push The Pace of Route 23 Bridge Construction
New concrete beams were recently set over Phoenixville’s Pickering Creek for the new Valley Forge Road Bridge, but local elected officials are far from beaming about the glacial pace of construction. Armed with “horror stories” from constituents, State Rep. Warren Kampf and Sen. Andy Dinniman just finished an aggressive prodding of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation…
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My Rural Life Without A Car: Shannon’s Alternative Commute Challenge
“My Rural Life Without A Car” is a five part blog series originally published on TMACC’s ChesCoCommuter blog. The series is about TMACC’s Manager of Member Services, Shannon Maria Jones, navigating 4 weeks car-free through and around Chester County. Shannon’s saga is republished on VISTA Today with TMACC’s generous permission. By Shannon Maria Jones No…
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Philly.com Feature Examines Regional Commuting Problems
The maddening puzzle of backed-up traffic and public transit transitions is burning up more than a week of local commuters’ lives every year in addition to the fumes of gas and frustration, and the state itself is stuck in the middle of a pileup of overdue transportation improvement projects. “The region has one of the…
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New App Will Track Downingtown School Buses This Fall
Tired of worrying about whether your kids will miss their school bus every morning? There’s an app for that. And this fall parents in Downingtown Area School District can pull out their smartphones to check exactly where that bus is and when it’s expected to arrive at the nearest bus stop. “We are excited to…
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History of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp Profiled in ‘Aviation Pros’
The fate of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is currently about as uncertain as the early dreams of its founder, but Igor Sikorsky was never far from the leading innovations of his time. The parent company of the Coatesville commercial helicopter maker is on the verge of parting ways with a near-century-long relationship with United Technologies, which bought…
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After AMTRAK Derailment, SEPTA Equips Its Trains With Positive Control Technology
Trains crisscrossing Chester County will beat much of the nation to a federal government deadline to install automatic safeguards against potential crashes and derailments. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority recently demonstrated the technology to elected officials on a Frazer test track. Both it and Amtrak say “using the most up-to-date safety technology is absolutely imperative”…
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Flight Training School flyADVANCED Sends Ace Instructor Up In The Sky
An area flight instruction service is attracting eyes to its skies with an innovative approach that soars far above the rest of the industry. Rather than hire a fresh, lightly seasoned flight instructor, flyADVANCED has recruited for its chief flight trainer the impressive veteran pilot who developed the flight department for Exton information modelling software…
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New Boeing Chief Has Inside Scoop On Sikorsky Buyout Hype
There’s no question about whether Boeing, the renowned airplane maker, is ready for its new CEO. But there’s a fleet of questions about whether the new chief is ready to decide the future of the company. And one of the engines driving industry-wide speculation over the future of Boeing is the possible $10 billion buyout…
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First New Sikorsky-Made Helicopters Land In Canada
The first six of what’s expected to be 28 new CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters that will safeguard the Canadian coasts have landed at Nova Scotia’s Shearwater base. Sikorsky, which has operations in Coatesville, is delivering the new fleet to replace Sikorsky-made CH-124 Sea Kings by 2018. “I am confident this modern aircraft will improve our aviators’…
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Chester County Department of Emergency Services Urges Residents To Use Caution Today
Officials from the Chester County Department of Emergency Services want residents to use caution when traveling today. Many roads are closed due to trees and power wires being down and blocking the roads. Power outages in the region. View the map: http://t.co/cz86JmXINB pic.twitter.com/QQ4HbwrtiF — Philly.com (@phillydotcom) June 24, 2015 Currently, there are 150 roads closed…
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People Are Unforgettable At West Chester’s A. Duie Pyle
It forgot about its people once. And the West Chester-based bright spot in the trucking industry nearly paid dearly for that mistake. The lesson learned is now central to what A. Duie Pyle does, according to a Philly.com interview. “People think it’s all about the trucks and the technology and the buildings,” Chairman and CEO Peter…
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Forbes: A. Duie Pyle A Fourth Generation American Company
Regional trucking company A. Duie Pyle is navigating one of the toughest stretches of road in its 91-year history en route to hooking up its fourth generation of family leaders. Unlike the 97 percent of family businesses that don’t make it to the fourth generation, the Pyle family is driving a hard line on its…
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DOT Keeping History Alive With Covered Bridge Rehab Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will keep three important historic covered bridges in Chester County from falling into oblivion through a two-year project to restore them. The $3.2 million project starting this month and ending in September 2016 will work to reopen the heavily damaged Rapps Dam Covered Bridge in East Pikeland, then replace the…
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