Transportation
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Plan Your Commute: Route 23 In Schuylkill Township To Close For Bridge Rehabilitation
Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) will be closed between MacAvoy Lane and Dorchester Way in Schuylkill Township for bridge rehabilitation in the following weeks. Crews will rehabilitate the three-span bridge by removing the deck and steel beams, building a new concrete deck, and installing new concrete beams. In addition, crews will replace the pier caps…
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Did You Know?
If you believe the above map from Flowingdata.com, the 315,000 Chester County residents who commute to and from work every day prefer navigating the county’s highways and crooked byways all by themselves. According to stats cited on the map above, 81 percent of county residents drive to work alone as opposed to carpooling (6%) or…
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TMACC’s Buses Reskinned For Better Visibility
Southern and Western Chester County residents will soon see a bright green bus traveling through their neighborhoods. The new green “CHESCOBUS” vehicles are to be unveiled Friday morning as the old white and blue Transportation Management Association of Chester County’s (TMACC) buses (pictured above) are retired. The newly “wrapped” buses will be used on TMACC’s two public…
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Coatesville Advances Train Station Project With New Graphic Renderings
A visual depiction of the proposed new Coatesville train station and career training and education center released last week adds to the excitement about future development in a city in need of revitalization. A streetscape, exterior renderings and an interior layout are all part of the latest announcement by the Coatesville Redevelopment Authority. They feature “a…
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Chesco Planning Commissioner Director Calls Dinniman “An absolutely Incredible Leader”
Over the past two days, VISTA Today has reported on a presentation made by State Senator Andy Dinniman made about PennDOT’s plans to upgrade and refurbish Chester County’s five Amtrak stops. In the presentation made to 25 Chester County civic leaders and residents gathered at the West Goshen VFW on a cold January morning, Dinniman…
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Dinniman: Amtrak Stations In Coatesville, Downingtown, Exton, Paoli On Upgrade List, Parkesburg Not
When he spoke to a gathering of twenty five County residents and civic leaders about plans to upgrade the county’s five Amtrak stations over the next several years, Coatesville was not the only Amtrak station State Senator Andy Dinniman had good news about. Although the majority of the senator’s forty-five minute presentation earlier focused on…
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Creative Ideas, State Cash, Even Prayer Being Poured Into Coatesville Train Station Proposal
When State Senator Andy Dinniman spoke to a gathering of Chester County residents and civic leaders last week about state plans to upgrade the county’s five Amtrak stations he had good news for residents of Coatesville and western Chester County Amtrak riders. Saying that since receiving the new Senatorial district last year, he had met…
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Fourth Generation Exton Railroader Tom Myles Helping Revive Stourbridge Line
After successfully launching two passenger train operations in Pennsylvania, the Exton President and CEO of the Myles Group is now bringing expertise learned from four generations of family-run railroading to the northeastern town of Honesdale and its idle tracks. A.T. “Tom” Myles’ business recently purchased the operating rights of the Delaware, Lackawaxen & Stourbridge (DL&S) Railroad,…
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TMACC Posts New SCCOOT Bus Schedules, Welcomes The Burns Group
New SCCOOT bus schedules go into effect Jan. 12, according to the Transportation Management Agency of Chester County. The service connects Oxford to West Chester with stops in West Grove, Lincoln University, Kennett Square and Longwood Gardens, Monday through Saturday. Schedules are online. The TMACC also announced The Burns Group, a leader in engineering and…
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Local Expert Richard Gillespie Speaks To CNN About AirAsia Flight
Some Chester County residents who tuned into CNN during the past week to watch coverage about the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 into the Java Sea may have been surprised to see a local expert weighing in on the recovery efforts. CNN interviewed Richard Gillespie of Oxford, executive director of The International Group for Historic…
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A. Duie Pyle’s Parkesburg Warehouse Wins Miracle-Gro Logistics Award
With a near-perfect 99.9 percent on-time accuracy rating and no peak service failures, the A. Duie Pyle warehouse and distribution facility in Parkesburg last week claimed the 2014 Service Provider of the Year Award from The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. “We are extremely honored to receive this award for the fifth consecutive year,” Director of Warehousing and…
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TMACC Helps Veterans This Holiday Season
The Coatesville LINK bus was Santa’s sleigh on Dec. 22 when the Transportation Management Association of Chester County, local politicians and the Ascot Summerfield Homeowner’s Association climbed aboard to drop off hundreds of holiday gifts to the patients at the Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Congressman-elect Ryan Costello, state Rep. Becky Corbin, and newly-appointed Chester…
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County Crash and Crash Related Deaths Stats Place County In Grim Top 10 Ranking
While life in Chester County is bucolic for most, traveling on the county’s roads is anything but calm and serene. Turns out Chester County ranks in the top 10 counties in Pennsylvania (out of 67 counties) for car crashes and crash-related deaths. This according to a blog post written by Fred Gunther, CEO of Grand…
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New Proposal Would Revitalize Job Training Center At New Coatesville Train Station
The much-awaited new train station project in Coatesville now will not only bring construction jobs to town but also a permanent job training center if State Sen. Andrew Dinniman has his way. The proposal for a multi-purpose train station waiting area and meeting venue for job skills and career training education was recently announced by…
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Indian Navy Selects Sikorsky SEAHAWKS For Maritime Use
India’s Navy is purchasing at least 16 S-70B SEAHAWK helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. India plans to use the helicopters in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, among other maritime roles. Sikorsky said they may purchase another eight aircraft, along with a complete logistics support and training program. “India’s selection of the S-70B helicopter represents a major…
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Chester County Ride Guide Will Help Get You Where You Need To Go
Need a ride? The Chester County Ride Guide is a very helpful guide to transportation in and around the county. Whether you’d like to travel by rail, bus, taxi or paratransit, the guide offers system maps and helpful information about the county’s four public bus providers, two rail providers, county-wide paratransit system and taxi service.…
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SEPTA Piloting New ‘SEPTA Key’ Fare System
SEPTA says it will begin transitioning to its new fare modernization system, SEPTA Key, in early 2015. Tokens, paper tickets and magnetic stripe passes will be replaced by contactless payment devices. Pilot testing is underway, and Joseph M. Casey, SEPTA’s general manager, says the SEPTA Key will, for users, be “the key to your commute,…
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Triumph Group Net Sales Soar To New Record
Even before an acquisition and the inking of new Gulfstream business jet contracts, Berwyn aerospace supplier Triumph Group saw net sales climb to record heights just shy of $1 billion in the second quarter. “Our second quarter performance reflected our continued focus on execution, cost improvement and cash generation as well as our commitment to meeting…
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