The official electronic newsletter of the Bucks County TMA
Week of January 22, 2007
TMA BUCKS NEWS AND EVENTS
RUSHING TO NEW HEIGHTS: STREET ROAD SETS SINGLE DAY RIDERSHIP RECORD
Last week was an historical week for the TMA RUSH program as the Street Road RUSH
recorded the single best day in the history of RUSH. The Street
Road RUSH experienced an amazing 131 total riders for Tuesday,
January 9th, which is simply incredible given the size of
the service area. The spike in ridership can be traced to a recent hiring
trend at local business parks and the start of a new semester at CHI Institute
in
It was reported that TMA
officials celebrated the new record with a toast of diet soda at the TMA
offices in
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…TMA RECEIVED POSITIVE PRESS LAST WEEK
*The following is an article that
appeared in the
BENSALEM - More and more people are hopping on the Bensalem Rush Bus each week as casino employees and gamblers discover a low-cost ride to Philadelphia Park Casino.
Ridership has increased 67 percent in the first two weeks of January, transportation officials said.
The bus began service in mid-December with
a route that links SEPTA's
It's a free ride for SEPTA riders who have a monthly or weekly pass. Otherwise, you'll pay a dollar.
The Bensalem Rush Bus is managed by Bucks
County Transportation Management Association and funded in part by a federal
grant of $130,000. The TMA operates four other rush buses, servicing Trevose,
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TMA Executive Director Bill Rickett said he expects the Bensalem Rush to soon be the agency's “best performing shuttle.”
Philadelphia Park Casino officials said they have hired 700 people for the slots parlor, which opened last month. Ten of them are taking the Bensalem Rush Bus, according to Steve Noll, deputy director for the TMA.
“People have to hear about these routes and they have to see these routes as reliable. As that happens, they will continue to be more popular,” Noll said.
For more information about the RUSH buses, call 866-862-7433. Bus route maps and schedules are also available online at www.rushbus.org
This particular article sparked a great deal of interest with the public. A large number of phone calls came into the TMA offices, and numerous requests for service schedules were processed. The Bensalem RUSH will definitely benefit from this outstanding public relations piece.
2007 BREAKFAST SPONSORSHIPS ARE STILL UP FOR GRABS!!!
Has your company been
doing amazing things this year? Feel like tooting your own horn in
2007? There is no better way to showcase the success of your business
than to sponsor a Bucks County TMA
Quarterly Breakfast. TMA breakfasts allow you to promote your
business while networking with many
A five minute company presentation
Promotional table at the event
Promotional material distribution
Sponsor recognition
25% discount for all current TMA members
We have already received interest in the 2007 sponsorships so don't hesitate and lose out on a great business opportunity! Please contact Cindy Peto at 215-244-9082 or cindy@bctma.com for more information.
LOCAL AND NATIONAL HEADLINES
Dozens of
The point of the open house wasn't to plan the best travel routes, but to take public input on how to improve 16 key roadways in Lower Bucks being studied by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. 'The 15-month study of the 70 miles of state roads spanning Lower Makefield, Northampton, Newtown, Newtown Township, Upper Makefield, Wrightstown and Yardley will conclude in November", said Jerry Coyne, DVRPC transportation manager.
“There's no work,” Coyne said when asked when improvements would be carried out. “These are all ideas.”
"Those ideas will be reviewed and carried out provided funding is available", Coyne said. To succeed, Coyne said projects must have municipal backing and support from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
PennDOT officials were also on hand
seeking input for a
By summer 2008, DeTora
said a signalization program will begin at the intersection of
PennDOT is also looking to retime the traffic signals on the Newtown Bypass to provide better traffic flow and a reduction in fuel costs and pollution, according to a handout available Wednesday.
Source:
Transportation is a big part of Governor Rendell’s Second term Agenda
Edward G. Rendell laid out an ambitious
agenda for change after he was sworn in for his second and final four-year term
as
Rendell pledged to find ways to address the transportation-funding crisis that has left mass-transit agencies with perennial budget problems, and highways and bridges in desperate need of repair.
He has talked about a long-term lease or even a sale of some roads, such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike, to raise anywhere from $2 billion to $30 billion for road work.
He said
A commission named by Governor
Rendell reported in November that $1.7 billion more per year is needed to
improve roads and bridges and support buses and trolleys. Urban legislators,
especially from
SEPTA Automated Ticket Machines Leaving the StationS
On January 27, 2007, the automated ticket vending
machines at Market
East Station, Suburban Station,
Passes offer the greatest
travel discount for regular SEPTA customers. But many people only
use Regional Rail for occasional trips. For these riders, tickets make the most
sense. Whether it’s a Transpass, a TrailPass, or a ticket, purchasing your fare instrument before starting
your trip can save time and money.
Effective January 27, 2007 the following fare purchase conditions will apply:
Market East, Suburban &
(Including trips to the Airport)
CONSTRUCTION CORNER:
The Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced that the eastbound right
lane on Route 63 (
BEDMINSTER & TINICUM TOWNSHIPS
Construction is scheduled
to begin this week to rebuild and rehabilitate the Route 611 Bridge over Deep
Run and
During construction, Route 611 will remain open to one lane of traffic in each direction. Motorists should experience little delay due to the bridge work; but they should, nevertheless, give themselves extra time to travel through the construction zone.
PennDOT will reconstruct
the shoulders on Route 611 between Route 413 and
IT'S THE TMA FACT OF THE WEEK!!!
The PA Turnpike currently carries over 156.2 million vehicles a year at a toll of just over 4.1 cents a mile