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This report focuses on the application of context-sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and best practices, including traffic calming, focusing on twocase study sites within the DVRPC region - Bethlehem Pike in Springfield and Whitemarsh Townships, Montgomery County, PA, and East Atlantic Avenue in Audubon, Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside in Camden County, NJ. CSS is a means to link land use……

This is a documentation of the process and findings of the PA 10 Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). This project represents the collaboration between PennDOT District 6 and DVRPC to address locations in the region with safety issues, to obligate HSIP funding for remedial actions with the aim of making the region's roadways safer. This corridor……

This memorandum is the third annual review of the status of supplemental strategies for major single-occupancy vehicle capacity-adding projects in the region's Transportation Improvement Programs. Twelve TIP projects were reviewed for 2009. All projects reviewed were found to be making reasonable progress with supplemental projects in accordance with federal CMP regulations.

The goal of this project is to examine the effectiveness of road diet conversions on transportation safety while maintaining adequate traffic flow. In cooperation with our planning partners and other stakeholders, this project has identified guidelines for the conditions in which road diets are appropriate to accomplish the goal of increasing safety while preserving mobility. This is documented in……

The purpose of this report is to develop criteria to identify potential locations for where bus pullouts could be located on county roads within Camden County. The DVRPC Congestion Management Process (CMP), New Jersey DOT design standards, and local data (county road inventory, crash history and current bus operations) assisted in the development of the Plan. This document will provide guidance for……

This supplemental reports documents DVRPC's traffic study and forecasts for the I-95 mainline and Vine Expressway (I-676), Girard Avenue, and Allegheny interchanges assuming construction of the proposed slots casino(s) and condominium and apartments development along Delaware Avenue, north of Vine Street. This study updates the 2025 forecasts prepared by DVRPC in the June 2005 study to 2030 and incorporate……

This report is DVRPC's next step toward understanding and analyzing transit-served areas in the region, to inform the public, its member governments, and its own work in shaping a transit-oriented region. It analyzes valuable demographic data focusing on Transit Zones - areas within a half-mile of rail transit stops. The majority of the data in this report comes from Reconnecting America: Center for……

The CMP newsletter series focuses on congested subcorridors in the Delaware Valley. This edition introduces the basic concepts of the CMP for a general audience, with the goal of providing an outreach tool to encourage stakeholder participation. A CMP is a systematic process for managing congestion that provides data and analysis, and results in agreed-upon corridors to focus investment. The CMP……

Each Issue of the LINK will focus on the many challenges of developing a Long-range plan. Installments are published periodically throughout the planning process to update the public and stakeholders on the goals and progress of the Connections 2035 Long-range Plan.