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This revitalization tool provides an organized method of collecting quantitative statistics, such as census data and traffic counts, as well as qualitative data, such as the number of pedestrian benches. This tool has been created to assist in the periodic measurement of reinvestment taking place within the retail district or downtown. The tool has been designed as an excel spreadsheet that may……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables, and maps of: land use; soils; drinking water, aquifers, and wells; surface waters, including watersheds, streams, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources and surface water quality; impervious coverage; vegetation,……

This memorandum is the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's (DVRPC's) ninth review of the status of supplemental projects for major Single Occupancy Vehicle (SOV) capacity-adding projects in the region's Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs). Congestion Management Process (CMP) staff reviewed all projects in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2019 TIP for New Jersey and FY2017-2020 TIP for Pennsylvania.……

Networking Transportation looks at how the digital revolution is changing Greater Philadelphia's transportation system. It recognizes several key digital transportation technologies: 3-D printing, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, connected and automated vehicles, digital mapping, Intelligent Transportation Systems, the Internet of Things, smart cities, real-time information, transportation network……

This report assesses trends in auto vehicle trips and transit passenger trips crossing selected screenlines, and cordon lines in the Delaware Valley region. Data collected in 2015 is compared to the years 2000, 2005, and 2010.

As the region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO), DVRPC provides technical assistance and services to its member state, county, and local governments; the private sector; and the public. Delaware Valley Data is our periodic series of free data bulletins, analytical data reports, data reference guides, and data snapshots. This analytical data report provides regional, county, and municipal-level……

The CMP newsletter series focuses on congested subcorridors in the Delaware Valley, alternating between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This edition highlights three of the least reliable highway sections in the five Pennsylvania counties of the DVRPC region. For more information about any of the programs described in this newsletter, please visit www.dvrpc.org.

Tax incentives are important tools for municipalities to attract private investment to underdeveloped areas, generating infill development and strengthening existing communities. Though tax revenue will be foregone in the short-term, new development has the potential to create lasting economic growth in struggling districts and to create positive spillover effects to the surrounding neighborhoods.……

Near-term transportation improvements have been identified to reduce bus travel times along Roosevelt Boulevard (US 1). Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission staff modeled and evaluated four alternatives with micro-simulation software in a 2.3-mile-long sample section of the Boulevard. With some modifications, two transit operational improvements are unequivocal in their benefit for the flow……

This brochure shows how Greater Philadelphia’s transportation network could be made more sustainable through decision making geared toward more efficient use of space, applying technology, using pricing, and design to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase community livability. It identifies actions that communities, businesses, governments, and individuals can take to travel more sustainably.……