Transportation
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Public’s Turn To Punch The Ticket On New Coatesville Train Station Plans
Leaders and public officials have long whistled promises for a new Coatesville train station, and on Wednesday its citizens will have a chance to see for themselves what exactly is rolling down the tracks. Detailed plans for the train station, streetscape renovation along Third Avenue and proposed new career education and entrepreneurial center will be open…
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West Chester Leads Delaware Valley Region In Ease of Commuting
West Chester residents feel they have it pretty easy when it comes to commuting. Those are the findings from a recent survey of 52 places in the Delaware Valley region. NerdWallet, an online consumer advice company based in San Francisco, conducted the study which included Philadelphia and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and…
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Aerospace Behemoths Line Up For Potential Sikorsky Helicopter Deal
The biggest names in the aircraft industry are gathering around the runways of the Chester County G.O. Carlson Airport and others across the globe where Sikorsky Helicopter’s newly assembled helicopters take flight in anticipation of a potential deal for parent company United Technologies to part with the U.S. military’s largest helicopter manufacturer. Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed…
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Local Private Airports Hitting Economic Turbulence
Financially, local private airports in Chester County and surrounding areas have been steadily dropping to lower altitudes in recent years, and now they’re hitting some economic turbulence. Brandywine Airport northeast of West Chester, for example, is just breaking even while revenues continue to sink, according to a report on Philly.com. Unrealistic perceptions about the likelihood…
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A. Duie Pyle Driving Head-On Against Driver Shortage
America doesn’t have enough truck drivers, and there are as many reasons why as there are routes out of West Chester. Despite that, local trucking company A. Duie Pyle is helping lead the effort against the nationwide driver shortage by doing what it can. The Northeast’s premier transportation and logistics provider recently received a shout-out…
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Commuter Growth Puts $80M Southern SEPTA Project Back On Track
Supercharged growth in Chester County is once again fueling big development, this time an $80 million revival of passenger rail service that was shelved in 2008 when the recession hit. Ridership on Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority commuter trains has grown by nearly a third in the past seven to ten years, predominantly in response to…
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TMACC: 4 Suggestions To Cope With Route 23 Detour
The Transportation Management Association of Chester County offers the following suggestions for county commuters dealing with the Route 23 detour due to the bridgework happening on the Valley Forge Rd bridge. The bridge, created in 1967, is a part of a $3.4 million project that is financed with state funds from ACT 89, PA’s Transportation…
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Kichline: Chester County’s Transportation Infrastructure Positioned For Long Term Prosperity
Editor’s Notes: On May 1st, 150 county business leaders and government officials gathered at the Downingtown Country Club to network and hear a TMACC sponsored update on the state of transportation in Chester County, specifically about the positive impact ACT 89 funding is having on county bridges, highways and public transportation system infrastructure. Following opening…
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Rosati Italian Ice, Hybrid-Cycles Team Up On Veteran eBike Cycle Award
By Rich Trotter, CEO of Rosati Italian Ice Our veterans did so much for us and we’d like to do something for one of them. Being a military man myself and just recently having my youngest son begin his own military career, it is an honor to help whenever I am able to do so.…
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A. Duie Pyle Leading Innovation in Shipping Industry
Businesses tired of orchestrating the logistics of product delivery have a new best friend in West Chester-based A. Duie Pyle, which recently revolutionized its diverse warehouse and distribution services with an innovative, first-of-its-kind all-in-one supply chain solution. “We believe this is the model for the future,” COO Randy Swart said in a Commercial Carrier Journal…
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Triumph Shares Gain As CEO Departs, More Change Uncertain
A fog of uncertainty may shroud the future trajectory of Berwyn-based global aerospace supplier Triumph Group, but significant changes are already barreling down the runway for takeoff after CEO Jeffry D. Frisby’s departure earlier this month. Triumph shares jumped more than 8 percent after the announcement. “Change has already come to Triumph. And it likely won’t…
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For GM’s Ed Weburn, America’s Hottest Cars Have Roots In A Berwyn Repair Shop
The sleek lines of the latest Chevrolet Corvette and muscular stealth of the newest Camaro were drawn in part from a love for cars fostered in a small auto repair shop in Berwyn more than a half-century ago. Tagging along at his father’s small auto repair shop in Berwyn, General Motors Vice President of Global Design…
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Exton Firm 4ONE Gives Supplier Seat At The Table For NYC Bus Order
Vehicle seat designer and manufacturer 4ONE of Exton helped get the wheels turning on the production of thousands of bus seats for its recent New York City Transportation Authority deal. As many as 2,000 seats will be supplied by Engineered Composites in Buffalo to outfit a third of the 120 heavy-duty NYC buses that 4ONE needs. The local…
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Sikorsky Aircraft, Boeing, and Triumph Group Developing Next-Gen Helicopter
A key aspect of the future of military combat is in the hands of skilled Chester County designers and manufacturers. Sikorsky Aircraft, which operates a location at the Chester County Airport in Coatesville, is co-leading the development of the next-generation U.S. Army rotorcraft fleet with Boeing, and fellow Chester County aerospace supplier Triumph Group of Berwyn is building the…
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Gas Tax Increase Fuels More SEPTA Improvements For Chester County
Thanks to a 2013 gas tax hike that stretched the budget for public transportation, Chester County rail passengers will soon get to stretch their arms and legs a little more. Among the new improvements planned for this year by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the purchase of bi-level rail coaches could increase ridership by 11 to…
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Groups Rallying to “Stand Up For Transportation”, Infrastructure Improvement Tomorrow Morning
The rumbling discontent of the state’s worst-in-the-nation bridges and quickly-deteriorating roads has grown into a rally sure to draw attention to the plight of local transportation. A lineup of prominent transportation experts, including Radnor-based Brandywine Realty Trust President, CEO and Trustee Gerard H. Sweeney (also chairman of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority), will unite and headline…
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High-Tech PNC Bank Deposits High-Tech Bike FixIt Station Along Trail
The Malvern bank that debuted tellerless electronic banking on iPads, smart ATMs and video conferences has just installed a self-serve fix-it station “equipped with all the tools one would need to do quick repairs on a bicycle,” according to a ChescoCommuter report last week. The high-tech, first-of-its-kind Bike FixIt Station stands just across from the PNC…
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PennDOT Asks For Transportation To-Do Lists Via Online Meeting
We all have opinions about what road in Chester County really needs help, and now we have a chance to put those pet peeves on the radar screen of the agency that can get them taken care of. Whether you voice your opinion before, during or after the one-hour interactive online public meeting April 16…
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