December 2024

At DVRPC, the Fellow will assist the Office of Sustainable Energy on a project related to Thermal Energy Networks (TENs). This project will be a mix of research and data analysis (including GIS), and outreach and engagement activities, focused on identifying potential opportunities and approaches for creating efficient, low carbon building energy systems with TENs.

Newly released Air Quality data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that poor air quality days increased substantially in 2023, due in part to smoke from Canadian wildfires that summer. Explore the region’s air quality data in today's #TrackingTuesday.

The next DVRPC Regional Safety Task Force (RSTF) meeting will be will be devoted to current Regional Vision Zero efforts.

The project recommends capping two and a half blocks of the Vine Street Expressway to reconnect the Chinatown neighborhood in Philadelphia.

The Regional Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) Program funds community-based "non-traditional" projects designed to strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental aspects of the nation's intermodal transportation system.