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This report focuses on the application of context-sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and best practices, including traffic calming, focusing on the case study site of PA 896 in Franklin Township, Chester County, PA. CSS is a means to link land use and transportation planning and implementation. The case study is included, with recommendations and before and after photo simulations. The study includes……

This document outlines a long-range vision of transportation operations for the DVRPC region. It presents transportation operations goals, objectives, and operational strategies to achieve them. An operations vision establishes a plan of where ITS infrastructure, emergency service patrols, and incident management task forces, should be deployed in the region. A series of plans and programs are identified……

A summary of the 2008 NJ Transit Rail Customer Survey of Trenton and Hamilton stations of the Northeast Corridor rail line. This survey was conducted for NJ Transit (NJT) so as to update rider demographics, ridership trends, and to update and enhance NJT's travel model.

The Connections plan sets regional policy and agenda. It reviews long-term and recent development trends and considers future land use scenarios along with extensive public input as the basis for creating a regional vision to guide future development in the nine-county DVRPC region. The Plan is organized around four key planning principles: Create Livable Communities; Manage Growth and Protect Resources;……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Evesham Township, Burlington 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, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; groundwater; vegetation including forests……

This guide is intended to assist local and county governments, community groups, non-profits, and developers in the Delaware Valley to identify federal, state, region, and private sources of funding for locally-initiated planning and development programs. The programs cover the areas of housing, transportation, smart growth, brownfields, infill and development, open space, recreation, energy conservation,……

A CMP is a systematic process to manage congestion. It identifies specific multimodal strategies for all locations in the region to minimize congestion and enhance the mobility of people and goods. The CMP advances the goals of the DVRPC Long-Range Plan and strengthens the connection between the Plan and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The 2008 DVRPC CMP was an update of our 2006 CMP……

This report documents the completion of the UPlan calibration process and presents the development and application of a generalized forecasting methodology for applying UPlan in ongoing DVRPC studies. UPlan is a GIS-based land use planning and forecasting model with a sophisticated embedded transportation/land use interface. The implementation strategy involves emulating ongoing DVRPC 2030 Land Use……

This report documents the completion of the UPlan calibration process and presents the development and application of a generalized forecasting methodology for applying UPlan in ongoing DVRPC studies. UPlan is a GIS-based land use planning and forecasting model with a sophisticated embedded transportation/land use interface. The implementation strategy involves emulating ongoing DVRPC 2030 Land Use……

DVRPC demonstrates transportation conformity of its FY 2009 PA TIP, FY 2010 NJ TIP, and the 2035 Long-Range Plan. This conformity finding of the DVRPC Transportation Improvement Programs and the long-range plan shows that they meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) requirements governing ozone, carbon monoxide, and fine particulate matter. This conformity finding reflects all amendments……