Transportation
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Glen Mills Aviator Lauren Heisey Preps for 2,500-Mile Air Race
Glen Mills pilot Lauren Heisey will fly with Melissa Shrewsbury in the Air Race Classic, writes Jane Bellmyer for Cecil Whig. This June 21-24 race for women aviators has been taking place for 45 years, starting as the Women’s Air Derby in 1929, with Amelia Earhart one of its first competitors. It was The Powder…
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Area Household Budgets Are about to Get Hosed as Local Gas Prices Cross $5 per Gallon Threshold
Pa. and N.J have caught up with at least 12 other states in requiring residents to dig deeper to keep cars on the road. AAA reported yesterday that one gallon of gasoline in the Commonwealth will now set purchasers back an average $5. That’s one Abraham Lincoln exiting the wallet for every gallon chronicled by…
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Matrimony on the Move: Downingtown Woman Ties the Knot on SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale Line
Autumn Katzenmoyer and Steve Patterson’s life together has started on the right track, after the couple and their guests boarded a SEPTA train at the Downingtown Station and got married, according to a report from 6ABC. Following a luncheon at the Station Tap Room in Downingtown, Katzenmoyer and Patterson boarded a train on the Paoli/Thorndale…
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Plans to Toll Girard Point Bridge Still Around but Halted for Now by Judge
A judge has ordered a temporary halt to Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll the Girard Point Bridge and eight other interstate bridges in Pennsylvania, writes Marc Levy for NBC 10. Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler ordered the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to stop all studies, right-of-way acquisitions, construction, contract work, hearings, meetings, or spending…
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$1.6 Billion in Funding Connects 3,000 Pa. Bridges with Upkeep and Safety Resources
Pennsylvania will receive $1.6 billion in funding to repair 3,000 bridges across the state, writes Priyanka Singh for Contractor News. The once-in-a-generation boost is being facilitated through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The major initiative was first unveiled earlier in the year by Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Dept. of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “This is…
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SEPTA’s Plan to Extend Rail Line to King of Prussia Takes Another Important Step Forward
SEPTA’s plan to extend its rail line service to King of Prussia has taken another important step forward in its efforts to secure funding through the competitive federal Capital Investment Grant program, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for the Philadelphia Inquirer. SEPTA is currently soliciting proposals for the final design work on the project that would extend…
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Pittsburgh Newspaper Enables Access to Statewide Bridge Inspection Data That PennDOT Removed
A database of notes that accompanied inspections for over 20,000 Pennsylvania bridges — posted and then removed from the PennDOT website — are again publicly available. Joel Jacobs steeled himself for the task of filing the story for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PennDOT’s bridge assessments were removed following the collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge in…
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Cost of a Turnpike Trip to Rise Five Percent in 2023, Offsetting the Pandemic’s Toll on Tolls
With more motorists on the road again, the Pa. Turnpike is looking to recoup some of its pandemic-related losses with a toll increase of five percent, writes Holly Herman for the Phoenixville Patch. The Turnpike Commission approved a $425.2 million operating budget on May 3, along with a $651 million capital budget, effective June 1.…
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Infrastructure Upgrades Coming to 4 Delco Towns From PennDOT
Four Delaware County communities are going to get some infrastructure upgrades to their walkways, roads, and bicycle paths, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. PennDOT is funding 64 projects statewide. Forty-three are funded through the national infrastructure law. Chadds Ford will get $1 million for pedestrian crossings and intersection improvements along Route 1. A…
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Delta’s Trainer Refinery Softens Blow of Rising Jet Fuel Prices
Like other airlines, Delta Air Lines paid higher fuel prices this past quarter, but saved seven cents a gallon by owning its own oil refinery in Trainer, reports The Bharat Express-News. Delta pays an average price of $2.79 per gallon for fuel, up 33% from the last quarter of last year. That cost includes the…
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Masks No Longer Required on SEPTA Vehicles, Some Airlines
After a federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate Monday for public transportation and airlines, SEPTA and some airlines have stopped requiring masks on board, reports the Fox 29 News staff. SEPTA tweeted that “the wearing of masks aboard SEPTA vehicles and in SEPTA stations & concourses is recommended but no longer…
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Ridership, Revenue Stats for SEPTA Better but Still a Bumpy Ride
In March, SEPTA’s bus, train and subway ridership was the highest it’s been since the pandemic started, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. But revenue for the month is still short of SEPTA’s budget estimate. There were just slightly over 15 million passenger rides in March, the highest in two years and a 33%…
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Safety Project Set for Darby, the Only Place in America Where a Trolley and Freight Train Meet
The U.S. Congress has allocated $1 million for safety upgrades at a unique crossing in Darby that accommodates freight trains, trolleys, motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. The Sixth and Main streets safety project was announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa). The intersection was the scene of…
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Cargo Expansion Gets Going at Philadelphia Airport With First Building Project
Philadelphia International Airport is ready to start tripling its air cargo footprint, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. PHL is set to break ground in the coming months on a $15 million nine-acre, 70,000-square-foot air-support facility on the grounds of the former economy parking. It will house maintenance and cleaning crews for passenger planes…
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PennDOT Announces Plan to Pave The Schuylkill River
Drivers who are tired of sitting in jammed traffic on the region’s busiest highway will soon be getting some relief. PennDOT announced on Thursday that it will be paving the entire Schuylkill River, from Reading to Philadelphia and opening it up to vehicular traffic. “Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal recently passed by Congress, we…
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Politicians Scramble to Soften Impact of Pennsylvania’s Highest in the Nation Gas Taxes
According to recent data from the Federation of Tax Administrators, Pennsylvania is the state with the highest gas tax in the nation at 57.6 cents per gallon, write Taylor Allen and Mike D’Onofrio for the Axios. With gas prices surging to record levels after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers across the board are scrambling to…
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Wawa Workers, Among Others, Eligible for Free SEPTA Passes in New Ridership Program
Some Wawa, Penn Medicine and Drexel University workers will soon be eligible for free “Anywhere” SEPTA monthly passes in an effort to boost ridership, writes Thomas Fitzgerald for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The passes are part of a SEPTA Key Advantage pilot program. Wawa, Penn Medicine and Drexel have agreed to pay $140 each for six…
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Delaware County Bridges in Dire Need of Repairs
More than 50 bridges in Delaware County have deteriorated so badly that they have been categorized as being in poor condition – the lowest assessment category – on last year’s National Bridge Inventory published by the Federal Highway Administration, write Kevin Crowe and Doug Caruso for USA Today. Overall, the National Bridge Inventory found 45,000…
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