Transportation
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Innovative Solutions & Support’s New Cutting-Edge Flight Deck Takes Off
A high-tech and multi-faceted upgrade for massive C-130 military transport aircraft has taken off for Innovative Solutions & Support, the Exton-based flight guidance and cockpit display designer and manufacturer. IS&S just completed the first of an entire fleet’s worth of extensive flight deck upgrades, providing “unprecedented” capabilities for that aircraft through the installation of its…
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Senator Dinniman Urges Use Of Pothole Tipline
Drivers in Chester County now have a legitimate scapegoat for their pothole-induced road rage: PennDOT’s direct-to-road-crew pothole hotline, 484-340-3201. And state Sen. Andy Dinniman is both endorsing its frequent use and keeping tabs on where they’re being fixed via his website. “There is no question that some of our state roads are absolutely riddled with potholes,” the…
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Did You Know?
Chester County is a net exporter of workers and only a tiny fraction of those traveling to jobs outside the county use public transportation to get to their job. Of the 161,540 that commute to or from Chester County everyday for work, 52 percent (83,720) leave Chester County for work in Montgomery, Delaware, Philadelphia or…
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Exton Train Station Will See Major Improvements; Construction To Begin This Summer
Construction will begin this summer on a project that officials say will transform and significantly improve the Exton train station. “Exton Station will be the first of five rail stations in our region that will experience major improvements going forward,” said state Sen. Andy Dinniman. “For those who use the Exton station this means there…
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Passenger Rail Reform Makes A Stop In Chester County
The Congressional effort to keep Amtrak revenue in the region it is generated, infuse funding into rail improvements and generate economic development opportunities around train stations made a stop last week in Downingtown, one of three Chester County stops where new or upgraded stations are already coming down the line. “This is something that we should…
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United Technologies Plans To Sell Or Spinoff Sikorsky Aircraft
There is uncertainty in the air for the 15,300 employees of Sikorsky Aircraft, which operates a helicopter completion center in Coatesville. Bloomberg News reports CEO Gregory Hayes has announced plans to sell or spinoff the 90-year-old firm. Sikorsky is a division of Connecticut-based United Technologies. The division posted $7.5 billion of United Technologies’ $65.1 billion…
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Governor Taps Chester County Leader Marian Moskowitz For Port Authority
A Chester County business leader has been appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on the board of the Delaware River Port Authority. Marian Moskowitz, an owner of Phoenixville’s refurbished mixed-use educational, corporate and event center, Franklin Commons, will provide one of two suburban perspectives for the interstate transportation agency. “These qualified appointees will bring important…
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Triumph Group Hosts Grateful Welsh Leader
Carwyn Jones, first minister of Wales, was a guest of Triumph Group in Tredyffrin Township last week, Philly.com reports. The first minister was celebrating Triumph’s $8 million investment in the Deeside Enterprise Zone in northern Wales. The investment will enable the manufacture of landing-gear hydraulics for Europe’s Airbus consortium, create 60 jobs, and double the…
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Three Reasons To Read TMACC’s ‘Connections’ Winter Newsletter
By Amanda Lozinak of the Transportation management Association of Chester County (TMACC) Two weeks ago, I wrote about the five reasons to read TMACC’s Monday Morning Memo. TMACC also distributes a quarterly newsletter that we find to be a great compliment to the Monday Morning Memo. Here are three major reasons why you should read TMACC’s…
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Thriving Economy Prompts Bold Vision For Public Transportation
An ambitious new 25-year plan aims to transform Chester County’s marginal conditions for public transportation into a streamlined system that will meet the increased demands of the future. Chester County can expect nearly 30 percent growth in both population and employment by 2040, according to Chesco Commuter’s summary of the latest transportation plan. “The real estate market…
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Unishippers Names A Duie Pyle Regional Carrier Of The Year
Local trucking company A. Duie Pyle has received an honor from Unishipper, a logistics company based in Salt Lake City, Utah Unishipper, one of the country’s largest small package and freight shipping resellers, named ADP its 2014 Regional LTL Carrier of the Year. The award recognizes ADP for service quality and performance, loss and damage…
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Did You Know?
This from our partners at Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC): Along with five ways to make your community more walkable from the Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association: Begin a dialogue with your community’s elected officials and planners. Talk to them about connecting and repairing sidewalks, ask about bike lanes, and about re-zoning…
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A. Duie Pyle Launches New Jersey Logistics Campus
A 32-acre transportation logistics hub in central New Jersey aims to put West Chester supply chain solutions provider A. Duie Pyle on the road to future success, particularly when it comes to streamlining customized solutions for its clients. “This facility will enhance our ability to deliver flexible, efficient and unique options to customers with complex supply…
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TMACC Names VISTA Today First, Only Media Partner
In an effort to connect the community of Chester County with transportation issues and congestion mitigation projects, the Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC) has struck a media partnership with VISTA Today. According to a questionnaire conducted by the Chester County Economic Development Council a majority of residents are deeply concerned with improving transportation.…
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Kevin Johnson Of Traffic Planning and Design To Chair State Transportation Transition Team
Kevin Johnson, president of Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., has been tapped to chair newly elected Gov. Tom Wolf’s Transportation Transition Team and bring him up to speed on current transportation issues, KeystoneEdge reports. Pennsylvania has historically been cautious in its approach to new ideas, according to Johnson, founder of the transportation design firm, with…
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Rapid Bridge Project Includes Two Chester County Bridges; J.D. Eckman, Inc. Among Contractors
Two Chester County bridges will be replaced in 2016 under the Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. They are the Ewing Road Middle Bridge which spans White Clay Creek in London Grove Township near West Grove, and the Brandywine Manor Bridge on Indian Run Drive, West Brandywine Township, over Indian Run. Bids are due in August,…
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TMACC Gives SCCOOT And LINK Buses A New Look
Look for new, colorful bright green SCOOT and LINK buses to pick up passengers using the CHESCOBUS in West Chester, Oxford, Coatesville and Parkesburg. The Transportation Management Association of Chester County recently gave their buses new vibrant colors for better visibility and is also giving this new look to bus stop signs and tickets. Timothy…
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SEPTA Plans Downtown Philly Station Repairs, Has New Transit Schedules
With large crowds expected this summer for Pope Francis’ visit, and possibly next summer if Philadelphia hosts the Democratic National Convention, SEPTA plans to repair some rundown stations, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The $150 million makeover of the subway complex beneath City Hall will begin early next year; construction will begin next spring on the…
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