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This report is a guide for municipalities and counties in the Delaware Valley region to assist them in understanding and implementing zoning to promote smart growth. Smart growth is an approach to development that discourages sprawl, while encouraging revitalization of urban areas, infill, mixed-use, and land conservation, while promoting environments focused on pedestrian and transit accessibility.……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the New Jersey Subregion which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2007 to 2009. This volume also contains the following two appendices: (a) Financial Guidance used in developing the program, (b) documentation on the air quality conformity……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the Pennsylvania Subregion which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2007 to 2009. This volume also contains the following three appendices: (a) Financial Guidance used in developing the program, (b) documentation on the air quality conformity……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document includes (1) a general overview of the TIP intended to familiarize you with what the TIP is and is not, how it was developed, and what can be expected for projects in the TIP, and (2) a description of the TIP public involvement process.

The number of elderly residents has increased dramatically throughout the nation and the region in recent years, and is expected to continue to increase at a record pace. The majority of these new and future retirees will expect to age in place, staying in the home or at least the community where they've spent most of their lives. Most suburban development patterns, however, cannot accommodate the……

Population and employment forecasts are a critical component of long-range transportation and land use planning. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission last adopted forecasts (through the year 2030) in March 2005. In order to maintain a 30-year planning horizon, the Commission, working closely with the planning staffs of its nine member counties, prepared 2035 population and employment……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, wetlands, vernal pools, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; aquifers and groundwater; vegetation……

This study examines the costs and benefits of extending previously discontinued service from Thorndale Station west to three stations in Chester County: Atglen, Parkesburg, and Coatesville. The methods of analysis include evaluation of current service and parking levels, Year 2020 straight line ridership forecasts based on station sheds, an inventory of capital and operating costs, and an assessment……

The 2005 federal transportation act - the "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users" (SAFETEA-LU) - and NJ Transit require participation in a local transportation service coordination plan for agencies to remain eligible for funding under the following grant programs: Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, Elderly and Individuals with Disabilities……

This document, Transitioning to TOD: A Transit-Oriented Development Plan for SEPTA R3 Wawa, grew out of the work done on Linking Transit, Communities, and Development: Regional Inventory of Transit-Oriented Development Sites, which was published in 2003. The regional inventory identified a priority list of 45 TOD opportunity sites that support the goals and policies of DVRPC's Destination 2030 long-range……