Transportation
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A. Duie Pyle Named Northeast Carrier Of The Year By GlobalTranz
West Chester trucking firm A. Duie Pyle has been named the GlobalTranz Regional Carrier of the Year for the Northeast. GlobalTranz is a Phoenix-based logistics company specializing in freight management services. Each year GlobalTranz recognizes one carrier from each region during its annual agent convention. GlobalTranz agents and representatives nationwide gave A. Duie Pyle top…
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G.O. Carlson Airport Will Have National Aviation Day Tours
Chester County’s G.O. Carlson Airport west of Coatesville will be open for tours on National Aviation Day, Tuesday, Aug. 19. The event is co-sponsored by PennDOT, and state airports throughout the state plan to participate. The airport invites second to sixth-grade students and others interested for airport tours and activities. There will be tours, preflight…
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Analytical Graphics Leader To Help Take Business Out Of This World
A longtime Exton business leader will help shape the emerging industry that aims to offer your first vacation to outer space. After 13 years as vice president of government affairs at orbit-modeling software maker Analytical Graphics, Eric Stallmer will soon become president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, a position that will collaborate with Washington, D.C., policymakers at…
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$100M And More Construction Cones Coming To Chester County
In the midst of another summer full of orange construction signs and cones, word has arrived that Chester County is in the crosshairs for more than $100 million of additional roadwork in the next 10 years. The news was announced by the nine-county Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and reported by the Daily Local News. Included…
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TMACC Now Has Mobi Logistics Software
The Transportation Management Association of Chester County is now offering its members fleet management software billed as edgy, hip, diverse and agile from mobi of Austin, Tex. mobi is a multifaceted logistics company focused on helping companies reduce miles and increase efficiency. Its products simulate a company’s economic model by providing the most cost-effective decisions.…
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Chester County Airports Land $3.3M For Upgrades
Safety and expansion projects at three Chester County airports have been cleared for takeoff by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. Amounts awarded included $2 million for Chester County/G.O. Carlson Airport to clear obstructions and finish constructing an apron, $1.2 million for New Garden Flying Field to rebuild a wider runway, and more…
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PennDOT Makes $17.4 Million In Improvements To Route 100
If you commute along Route 100, you’ve likely noticed PennDOT’s $17.4 million project to widen and improve 2.5 miles of Pennsylvania Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) in Uwchlan and West Whiteland townships is under way. What’s going on? PennDOT says plans call for expanding Route 100 from two lanes to three lanes in each direction by…
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PennDOT’s Route 202 Project Means Traffic Alerts
Working the night shift? Here’s a commuter alert for those who travel Route 202. There are nighttime lane closures this week on the northbound U.S. Route 202 ramps leading to Interstate 76 East in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, and in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. This is for pavement patching and ramp work, part of…
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New TMACC Team Members Improving Chester County Transportation
The Transportation Management Association of Chester County (TMACC) recently welcomed several new staff members. John Meisel is TMACC’s new manager of Transportation Operations and Planning, Jonathan Ewald, as Manager of Corporate and Community Relations, Shannon Maria Jones is the new manager of Member Services, Amanda Lozinak is now manager of Public Engagement, and Lorie Pye is…
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National Trucking Firm Gives Award To A. Duie Pyle
Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics says West Chester’s own A. Duie Pyle is an above-and-beyond transportation company and recently recognized the firm with the Echo Global Logistics Platinum Award. This is the second year Echo has tapped A. Duie Pyle for its prestigious award recognizing companies for outstanding Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) services. “We are extremely flattered to…
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Lockheed Martin Tapped For A 2014 James S. Cogswell Security Achievement Award
Lockheed Martin’s Valley Forge facility has been recognized with a 2014 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award from The Defense Security Service (DSS). The local office is one of seven Lockheed Martin sites to receive the prestigious honor given to cleared industry contractors. This is the first time one company has ever received…
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Investors Pumping Money Into Berwyn Aerospace Supplier
A New York investor has taken an aggressive liking to Berwyn aerospace supplier Triumph Group, Inc. Over the past quarter, Alexander J. Roepers has increased his Atlantic Investment Management stake in the manufacturer tenfold by buying up millions of shares, according to a recent Tech Insider report. Atlantic is now said to own 3.38 million…
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Triumph Group Wins $160 million Contract With Airbus
Triumph Group, Inc. of Berwyn recently announced that its subsidiary, Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division, has been granted a $160 million multi-year contract with Airbus. Triumph Aerostructures will furnish the wing reinforcement kit that allows for the installation of Sharklets on the Airbus A319 and A320 in-service aircraft. Sharklets took to the sky for the first…
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Triumph Group Of Berwyn Acquires GE Aviation Division
Triumph Group, Inc. of Berwyn announced a definitive agreement to acquire for approximately $70 million the hydraulic actuation business of GE Aviation. GE’s hydraulic actuation business consists of three facilities located in Yakima, Wa., Cheltenham, England and the Isle of Man. The business will be included in Triumph’s Aerospace Systems Group. The business is expected…
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West Chester Bus Company Bridges Navy Yard Transportation Gap
West Chester-based Krapf Coaches is at the center of bridging a major transportation gap between 11,000 employees and the 143 Philadelphia Navy Yard-housed companies they work for. After investments of $700 million in private capital and $130 million in infrastructure throughout the 1,200-acre facility, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. turned to Krapf Coaches to be…
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Construction Advocacy Group Predicts Increase In Highway Construction Jobs
Pennsylvania highway contractors should be hiring workers over the next several years, according to a survey by Associated Pennsylvania Constructors. The APC survey shows that prior to the passage of Act 89 (the comprehensive transportation funding bill) the industry was experiencing a substantial decline. Sixty percent of highway construction employers had reduced their blue-collar workforce;…
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A. Duie Pyle Announces Four-Tier Customized Solutions Group
A. Duie Pyle announced May 12th it is adding new technologies, processes and capital as it launches its Customized Solutions Group. CSG divides the firm’s transportation customer service into four business segments: Custom Dedicated, Truckload, Brokerage and Warehousing and Distribution. Pyle’s Custom Dedicated Solutions will give its customers their own customized fleet. “When Pyle’s customers…
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Two Local Agencies Offer More Options For Commuters
Those who must commute to work but are interested in reducing their carbon footprint have two additional transportation options beyond the car. The Transportation Management Association of Chester County recently increased service along the Coatesville Link and Southern Chester County SCCOOT. There is now more midday service on the Link, as well as additional stops…
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