Transportation
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A. Duie Pyle Adds New Heated Trailers For Winter
West Chester-based A. Duie Pyle has launched its winter protection from freeze program by adding 80 new heated/insulated trailers to its pool of these winter road warriors. “Many businesses that ship and/or receive water-based products will find that freight carriers won’t transport their products during cold snaps,” said Randy Swart, COO of A. Duie Pyle.…
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Get Ready – AAA Is Predicting Crowded Thanksgiving Roads And Skies
The roads and skies will be stuffed this Thanksgiving, and likely to be more crowded than they have been since 2007, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. The organization estimates more than 580,000 people in the five-county Philadelphia area will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This is a more…
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Lifestyle Center Roadwork, New Hangars And Rail Station Signals Pull In $2.6M
A total of $2.64 million of state funding is being routed to Chester County for a trio of transportation projects that promise to help steer further economic growth, according to a Daily Local News report. Better access and pedestrian accessibility features for Devon’s planned new Lifestyle Center development for Urban Outfitters, Inc. on Route 30 attracted…
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A Duie Pyle Is In The News For Safety And Driver Dedication
Dow Chemical Co. has for the fourth year in a row recognized local trucking firm A. Duie Pyle with its 2013-2014 Menlo Worldwide Logistics Package Carrier Safety Award for excellence in the safe transport of Dow products. ADP transports 80 percent of Dow’s products. “It is an honor to have been selected once again for…
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Berwyn Aerospace Supplier Triumph Group Lands $330M Business Jet Contracts
A pair of multi-million-dollar contracts to build components for the new G500/600 business jet are taking off for Berwyn’s global aerospace supplier, Triumph Group, Inc. The deals include a $250 million contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.. for the production of wing structure components and an $80 million contract with UTC Aerospace Systems for the production of…
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Downingtown High Schoolers Are First In The Nation To Restore And Donate Car
A small group of Technical College High School Brandywine students are in the midst of a unique lesson about the importance of technical skills and hard work — to help someone else out. “I always say my job is teaching 40 percent bodywork and 60 percent work ethic and giving back,” automotive instructor Mark Serfass said…
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PennDOT Speeding Up Amtrak Trains, Laying Down Big Plans
With the last at-grade railroad crossing between Philadelphia and Harrisburg gated off, Amtrak trains are cranking up their speeds, and plans for new or improved Chester County stations are chugging forward. The design for the new Paoli station is now under way while plans for the new Downingtown and Coatesville stations are still being finalized, the…
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Triumph Group Takes One More Aviation Company Under Its Wing
Triumph Group, Inc. of Berwyn says its purchase of the San Antonio, Tex. firm North American Aircraft Services, Inc. will boost its annual revenue by $35 million. Triumph announced the purchase of the leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services on Oct. 17, but did not disclose a purchase price. NAAS, which has…
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Rail Engineers, SEPTA Have 5-Year Tentative Contract Agreement
After 5 years of talks, The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 71, representing 200 rail engineers at SEPTA, announced on Oct. 14 a tentative agreement for a new 5-year contract with the transit agency that will cover rail workers through July 2015. “This agreement keeps the trains rolling in Philadelphia,” said Steve Bruno,…
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A. Duie Pyle Invests $20K Into Each New Employee
A West Chester warehouse and trucking company is not only investing $20,000 into each of its new drivers but also paying them about 42 percent more in salary and offering the benefits of economic stability and the allure of the open road. “No matter what happens with the economy, this industry is a pretty solid…
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PennDOT Opening Six Lanes On 202 Next Week
Concrete barriers and long delays may soon be a distant memory for county commuters as PennDOT prepares to open six lanes of the newly completed stretch of 202 that runs from Route 401 through Great Valley and to Chesterbrook. An none too soon! This week PennDOT is doing night work on U.S. Route 202 between…
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SEPTA Gets Federal Funding; Announces New Regional Rail Schedules
SEPTA projects in the Philadelphia area have been awarded $68,019,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration, Congressman Chaka Fattah’s office announced Sept. 21. “These projects will enhance SEPTA’s service and infrastructure in Philadelphia and throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, marking improved service and safety for the millions of riders who utilize SEPTA…
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PennDOT Sets Community Meetings For Two Route 41 Intersections
If you commute along Route 41 in western Chester County and are concerned about the road’s safety and future enhancements, put on your calendar one or both of these two municipal meetings to be hosted by PennDOT. PennDOT is seeking community support about potential changes to the intersections of Routes 41 and 926 in Londonderry…
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Coatesville’s Sikorsky Delivers First Of S-92 Helicopters To Bristow Helicopters, Ltd.
The craftsmen at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Coatesville are playing an indirect part in search and rescue missions in the United Kingdom. Sikorsky this week delivered the first of 11 Sikorsky S-92 helicopters to Bristow Helicopters Ltd. to be used in search and rescue service at 10 bases across the UK. “We are very excited…
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Faster Amtrak Trains, Fancier Stations Headed For Chester County
The blur of Amtrak trains speeding across Chester County is only getting faster, but commuters to the city are about to do a double take when they arrive at five soon-to-be brand new or vastly improved stations at Paoli, Exton, Downingtown, Coatesville and Parkesburg. “Our train stations are the front doors to our communities,” state…
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AAA Mid-Atlantic Opens New, Complete West Chester Car Care Center
AAA Mid-Atlantic has invested $2.6 million to open a new car care, insurance and travel center at 707 East Gay St. in West Chester. The 8,626 square-foot center will open Sept. 2. The old AAA retail center at 844 Paoli Pike closed Aug. 29. AAA says the new store will have room for 16 new…
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SEPTA Issues Commuter Alert For Great Valley, Phoenixville Commuters
SEPTA is changing its schedules Sept. 2 and has issued a commuter alert for anyone who relies on SEPTA transportation, particularly those who use Route 204, 205 and 206 to get to and from Phoenixville and the Great Valley Corporate Center. Route 204 will have an additional weekday stop at the People’s Light and Theater…
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Sikorsky And Boeing Collaborating On New Army Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft, the company who operates an aircraft completion center at Chester County Airport in Coatesville, is collaborating with Boeing to build a helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Phase 1 program. The Army’s Aviation Technology Directorate selected the Sikorsky-Boeing team to continue the development of the SB>1 Defiant, a medium-lift helicopter…
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