Transportation
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PA Turnpike Unveils Northeast Extension Plan from Plymouth Meeting: What to Expect
Plans for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension to widen the road from four to six lanes from Plymouth Meeting to the Lehigh Valley Interchange with Route 22, are slowly moving forward, writes Evan Jones for The Morning Call. While construction is not expected to start soon, plans are slowly being introduced to the public. The…
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New Fare Jumper Gates Has Doubled Revenue at Upper Darby’s 69th Street Station
There’s more than double the revenue coming in over at the 69th Street Terminal now that SEPTA has installed fare jumper gates to make it harder to escape paying the fare, writes Mike DeNardo or KYW Newsradio. Twelve full-length fare gates were installed in April at the 69th Street Transportation Center at the entrance to…
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Pennsylvania Set to Join Majority of States That Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving
After nearly two decades of pressing for the measure, Gov. Josh Shapiro is preparing to sign the bill that will ban cellphone use while driving for almost any purpose, according to a staff report from The Keystone. Shapiro first introduced a similar bill 18 years ago when he served in the state House of Representatives…
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30th Street Could Become A Neighborhood Thanks to Planned Amtrak, SEPTA Changes
SEPTA and Amtrak could help turn 30th Street into a neighborhood with improvements to their stations, but the true challenge will be to ensure that Schuylkill Yards is upgraded in a way that is equitable to everyone, writes Inga Saffron for The Philadelphia Inquirer. 30th Street Station has always functioned primarily as a gateway to…
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Bumper-to-Bumper Bumper Crop: Montco Has Two of Top 100 Traffic Bottlenecks in the U.S.
Four high-traffic areas in Pa. are among the 100 worst truck bottlenecks in the nation, and two of them are in Montgomery County, writes Max Bennett for the Philadelphia Patch. The annual analysis published by American Transportation Research Institute measured truck-involved congestion at more than 300 highway locations nationwide. It used GPS data from more…
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SEPTA Lays Out $75M Improvement Plan for 69th Street Terminal
SEPTA plans to do an extensive remodeling of the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, which it described as its second busiest transit hub in the SEPTA system. Ryan Judge, SEPTA’s deputy chief planning officer, presented a $75 million master plan this week to modernize the 1907 facility, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times.…
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PennDOT Denies Several Personalized License Plate Applications Daily; Here Are Some of Them
PennDOT issues many vanity license plates annually, but it also rejects countless applications, from the puerile to the racist, according to a staff report from City & State Pennsylvania. Each application has to abide by a set of rules that ensure that they do not offend or confuse other drivers, or in many cases, copy…
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Area Man, Former Eagles Owner Among World’s Auto Industry Giants
According to Forbes 2023 ranking of the richest people in the world, seventy-three of 2,640 billionaires are in the automotive industry, including West Chester native Norman Braman, writes Nick Bunkley for Automotive News. Braman started as a water boy for the Philadelphia Eagles, eventually buying the team in 1985 and selling it in 1994. As…
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A Distinction No Area Wants: Two Bucks County Routes Make List of Pennsylvania’s Deadliest Roads
A MoneyGeek analysis of traffic data — specifically fatal accidents — has resulted in a statewide list of the deadliest roads in the Commonwealth. Drivers in Bucks County, home to two of them, should be careful in general but especially during commutes involving them. Doug Milnes, a MoneyGeek Chartered Financial Analyst, mined the tragic data…
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Local Experts Weigh In on Philly Area Bridge Safety Post-Key Bridge Collapse
Following the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, experts offered their insights about the safety of the bridges over the Delaware River in the Philadelphia area, write Kelly Rule, Jeff Cole, Jennifer Lee, Steve Keeley, and Shawnette Wilson for FOX 29 Philadelphia. The Delaware River Port Authority is in charge of the Ben Franklin,…
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Historic Washington Crossing Bridge Scheduled for Replacement
The historic Washington Crossing Bridge will soon be replaced, writes Amie Rukenstein for Mercer Me. The bridge that connects the two halves of the national historic landmark Washington Crossing Park in Pennsylvania and New Jersey is owned by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The agency recently published a Request for Proposals looking for…
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New Pollinator Project Nets Pennsylvania Turnpike Diamond Award in Environmental Engineering
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania recently recognized Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Pollinator Habitat Pilot Project with the Diamond Award in Environmental Engineering, writes Steve Marroni for the Stories from the Turnpike. The program, which was implemented in partnership with McCormack Taylor, created valuable habitats for bees, moths, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. “It’s very…
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Radnor Hopes Warning System Makes Crushed Trucks a Thing of the Past
Radnor officials hope new traffic equipment will finally solve its recurring problem of crushed trucks, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for the Daily Times. According to township officials, 127 trucks have hit the lowAmtrak bridge on King of Prussia Road from 2008 through 2021. The accidents block a major roadway and can close the road for hours.…
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SEPTA Uses Federal Grant to Replace Market-Frankford El Fleet
SEPTA will use a $317 million federal grant to partially pay for replacing its Market-Frankford El fleet, writes Harrison Cann for City & State. U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, representing the 5th Congressional District in Delaware County, joined Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, and other local elected officials and federal transit officials…
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These Four Boutique Airlines Promise Not Only Savings but a Better Ride
While most people usually only fly on well-known airline carriers, there are several viable boutique airline options that can change the way you fly, writes Barbara Peterson for The Wall Street Journal. These mostly new operations offer flights to just a few strategic destinations but promise their customers both a better ride and savings. Do…
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For at Least a Decade, Tractor-Trailers Keep Hitting the Prospect Park Bridge. Why?
Things are generally quiet in Prospect Park, except for the occasional sound of a tractor-trailer striking the railroad bridge, writes Israel Ojoko for bnn. It’s a recurring issue in the borough, a problem that goes back decades. Despite signs that clearly show the bridge’s clearance height, oversized trucks continue to collide with it. The latest…
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Good Samaritan Goes the Distance to Return Radnor Man’s Wallet
A Radnor Township man who left his wallet on the train on New Year’s Eve is extremely grateful to SEPTA conductor Richard Murray-Dey, who went the extra mile to get the wallet back to him. Greg Basile of Radnor personally thanked Richard Murray-Dey in a special meet up Jan. 17 at the Ardmore train station…
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Tolls Likely to Continue Increasing for 30 Years
Pennsylvania Turnpike rates went up again on Sunday, and this trend is not about to stop anytime soon, writes Jon Delano for CBS News. Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Mark Compton said he expects to see smaller increases than the recent 5 percent in the future, but he also noted that yearly increases will continue for quite…
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