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This report documents 2010 and 2030 traffic forecasts for the County Line Road corridor between US 202 (Doylestown Road/Butler Avenue). Average daily and AM and PM peak hour forecasts are provided for a No-Build and two Build alternatives and compared to current volumes.

This technical report compiles aircraft operations estimates for eight non-towered airports in the Delaware Valley Region. Eight acoustic counts were taken between June 2006 and March 2007, each sample extended over the period of one week. The samples were extrapolated over the entire year and produced the results presented in this report. Results are used by multiple sources to monitor activity……

This report focuses on the application of context-sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and best practices, including traffic calming, focusing on two case study sites within the DVRPC region - Clarksville Road, West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. CSS is a means to link land use and transportation planning and implementation. Pennsylvania……

Because data on bicycling is needed to help guide transportation policy and capital investment, and to evaluate their effects on bicycle usage, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission conducted its first-ever metropolitan bicycle travel survey, the most comprehensive look at bicycling ever conducted in the region and possibly the largest of its kind ever conducted in North America. The goals……

The purpose of this document is to provide incident responders with uniform operational guidelines for safe operations at the scene of a highway incident. Managing a highway incident and any related problem is a team effort. Each responding agency has an important role to play in the management of an effective incident operation. It is not a question of "who is in charge" but 'who is in charge of……

The purpose of this document is to provide incident responders with uniform operational guidelines for safe operations at the scene of a highway incident. These operational guidelines are the result of the solicitation of input from all stakeholders that may operate at one of these incidents. It is intended that this document serve as a guideline for decision-making and can be modified by the incident……

This resource guide was created to increase awareness about the funding and technical assistance programs available to support the cleanup and reuse of brownfields in the Delaware Valley region. Southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey are home to hundreds of previously developed, underutilized sites in need of remediation and revitalization. Many of these properties are located near rail……

This publication is a plan for open space protection, land preservation, and recreation for Upper Deerfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey. The Plan documents the natural resources, historical resources, and built community in the Township, describes the existing Open Space Program, and includes a detailed Inventory of Outdoor Resources. It identifies the Open Space Needs of the community……

This document includes technical studies & recommended actions to implement land development regulations (comprehensive plans zoning) supportive of transit oriented-development. The document presents background analyses including market forecasts, field investigation of each of five station areas as well as land development plans designed to make best use of the enhanced access to be provided by construction……

This report, funded by the William Penn Foundation, and developed by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, looks at the state of civic design in Philadelphia in 2007 and makes recommendations as to how the City can strengthen its own functions to improve the quality of civic design that defines our urban landscape. Topics covered include elements of civic design, design review, design guidelines,……