Transportation
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Pa. Turnpike Devises a Safe Way to Accept Cash Payments Again
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the KUBRA Cash Payment Network (a national point-of-sale provider) have partnered up to offer drivers a way to pay tolls with cash again. The traditional bills-and-change method at statewide toll plazas was eliminated during the COVID-19 spread, but its absence affects drivers with no or limited access to credit cards. Lauren…
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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 last week 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…
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Phila. Transportation Officials Seek to Fix Bucks County Access Route That’s Been Trouble Since the 1950s
Like many Phila. highways, the Roosevelt Boulevard (Rte. 13/Rte. 1) was never meant to do what it is now doing daily. The highway, opened in 1914, once merely connected Broad Street with Torresdale. Now, however, its stretch into Feasterville-Trevose must accommodate thousands of drivers and pedestrians. Claudia Lauer reported the situation in the Los Angeles…
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Blue Bell-Bound Plane Crashes on Wayne Golf Course; Bystanders Help Pilot, Passengers Reach Safety
A single-engine plan registered to a man in Ambler crashed into St. David’s County Club in Wayne at approximately 3:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon, says the Tredyffrin Township police. Nicole Acosta and Jasmine Payoute reported the potentially disastrous landing for CBS3. Officials say a mechanical issue caused the Cirrus SR22 single-engine plane to fail. The transport…
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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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Local High School Students Can Hardly Restrain the Excitement of Winning 2022 Seat Belt Challenge
New Hope-Solebury High School has won the 2022 Bucks County High School Seat Belt Safety Challenge. The promotional competition, organized by TMA Bucks, requires students to use innovative ways to raise seat belt use across high school campuses countywide. Winners are determined by measurable increases in buckling up. New Hope-Solebury’s teenage drivers demonstrated a 97…
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Wall Street Journal: Local Truck Owner In a Frunk Funk over New Feature
Chadds Ford resident Tom Martin has been looking forward to receiving his new Ford F-150 Lightning with a front trunk, writes Nora Eckert for the Wall Street Journal. The vehicle boasts a 14.1-cubic-feet “frunk,” as the feature is called, with a built-in power outlet. Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley referred to the space as “Mega…
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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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Newtown’s Robin Wiessmann to Roll onto the Amtrak BoD from Position as Pa. Housing Finance Agency CEO
Pres. Joe Biden has nominated Newtown resident Robin Wiessmann to serve on the board of directors of Amtrak. The shift for the soon-to-be former Pa. Housing Finance Agency (PFHA) CEO was reported by Jeff Blumenthal in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Wiessmann has a deep history in public service. Before leading the PFHA, she was Pa.…
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Upper Southampton Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Further Unspooling of the Newtown Rail Trail
County officials and trail advocates gathered in Upper Southampton this week to snip the ribbon on yet another piece of the Newtown Rail Trail. The event celebrated an additional 2.5 miles of paved-path access for area walkers, runners, and cyclists. The connector now enables a nonmotor-vehicle route to the southeast, safely navigating users into neighboring…
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Perkasie Garage Houses Classic British Sports Cars, Each Lovingly Restored by Ragtops & Roadsters
Ragtops & Roadsters, a specialty garage in Perkasie, specializes in reviving the 1950s–1960s two-seater English sports cars. Chrysa Smith looked under the hood of this niche restorer in Bucks County Magazine. Bryan Joslin is the managing director of the automobile servicer, which has its roots in a Pottstown restoration garage that focused on American classics.…
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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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Wawa Tries to Recover from Community Support Goose Egg on New Store in Holland
Wawa continues to try to find a way to expand into Holland without ruffling neighbors’ feathers. The convenience store giant has resubmitted the proposal for its intended use of a plot at 287 Holland Road. John Fey reported the project’s latest revisions in the Northampton Patch. The ubiquitous coffee-newspaper-sandwich retailer’s original proposal met with swift…
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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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Bucks County Gas Stations See Recent Gush of Inaccurate Pump Reports
Buying gas is a rote chore that most drivers don’t pay much attention to. But as NBC10 Philadelphia reporter Matt DeLucia points out, it may be worth being alert on details related to pump reports. The Bucks County Department of Consumer Protection/Weights and Measures oversees local gas pumps. Its director, Michael Bannon, demonstrated the scrutiny…
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TMA Bucks Asks I-95 Commuters Returning to Phila.: How’s That Working Out for You?
The Transportation Management Association of Bucks County (TMA Bucks) seeks the input of local commuters who travel I-95 for business or pleasure. The data-gathering exercise is a collaborative effort with PennDOT and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Survey results will be analyzed to determine Bucks-County-to-Phila. traffic patterns over the next few months. The data…
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Bucks County Wawa Workers, Among Others, Eligible for Free SEPTA Passes in New Ridership Program
Some Wawa, Penn Medicine, and Drexel University employees 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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