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This report explores the feasibility of several specific transit connections proposed by DVRPC's Regional Citizens Committee (RCC). Six different potential services were examined: extending New Jersey Transit buses that currently terminate in Center City to 30th Street Station; connecting the PATCO terminus at 15th/16th and Locust to 30th Street Station; providing service from the Frankford Transportation……

This report is designed to aid municipalities and developers in effectively financing mixed-use development. Included are an overview of the benefits and challenges to implementing mixed-use development, best practices in financing (including specific financing mechanisms), different organizational structures for financing, and strategies for achieving success. Case studies of successful mixed-use……

This study was developed using a consensus-based approach with input from the corridor communities as well as state, county and regional agencies in the identification of transportation problems. Detailed field views and technical analyses were conducted to identify and quantify the transportation problem areas and document practical solutions. A detailed write-up of the existing conditions, identified……

This report examines three disparate future land use scenarios: Recentralization, Trend, and Sprawl. The Recentralization scenario locates future population and employment growth in the region's core cities and developed communities. The Trend scenario is based on the Board-adopted population and employment forecasts. The Sprawl scenario moves existing population and employment from core cities……

This report summarizes the research completed to determine the state of asset management in the Delaware Valley region. In order to determine how DVRPC could become involved in asset management within our nine county region, research was conducted to determine what other states were doing, including New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Based upon the data from other states, the data from NJDOT and PennDOT,……

This study provides a unique opportunity to identify ways in which transportation and land use can be coordinated in concert with environmental needs. It is hoped that this synergy will enhance the creation of economic development opportunities within the corridor. The study was developed with the active involvement and cooperation of representatives from each of the study area communities, Montgomery……

This study provides a unique opportunity to identify ways in which transportation and land use can be coordinated in concert with environmental needs. It is hoped that this synergy will enhance the creation of economic development opportunities within the corridor. The study was developed with the active involvement and cooperation of representatives from each of the study area communities, Montgomery……

This report documents the process and findings of the Erie and Olney Avenues, Road Safety Audits (RSA) undertaken by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). This project reflects the collaboration between PennDOT District 6 and DVRPC to address locations in the region with safety issues in order to obligate Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funding for remedial actions with……

This study addresses the problem of congested roadways largely caused by rapid suburban development and a lack of alternatives to the single-occupant vehicle within the NJ 42 corridor. Land use policies that encourage sprawl are evident in this corridor and this has impacted the environmental stability of the area. This study attempts to address these needs by identifying immediate as well as long-term……

This document is the first formal cycle of review of supplemental projects from major single-occupancy vehicle capacity-adding projects in the region’s Transportation Improvement Programs since DVRPC adopted its original Congestion Management System in 1997. Twenty TIP parent projects were reviewed. All projects reviewed were found to be making reasonable progress with supplemental projects in accordance……