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This is a documentation of the process and findings of the Hanover Street (CR616) Intersection Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). The goal of the audit is to generate improvement recommendations and countermeasures for intersections demonstrating a history of, or potential for a high incidence of motor vehicle crashes. The emphasis is placed……

This is a documentation of the process and findings of the Maple Avenue (CR 607) and Main Street (CR 620) Intersection Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). The goal of the audit is to generate improvement recommendations and countermeasures for intersections demonstrating a history of, or potential for a high incidence of motor vehicle crashes.……

In conjunction with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has commissioned the preparation of the Smart Transportation Guidebook. Smart Transportation can be summarized in six principles: Tailor solutions to the context, Tailor the approach, Plan all projects in collaboration……

This publication is a plan for open space protection, land preservation, and recreation development for Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It is designed to complement the Environmental Resource Inventory of Mantua Township, completed in 2005. It includes information on the active recreation amenities and needs of the township. The Plan documents the natural resources, historical resources,……

This report presents the results of a study of opportunities to create a county-wide network of routes for non-motorized travel serving important destinations including recreational areas, employment centers, schools, transportation facilities, and existing trails, culminating with a sketch plan for a network of four cross-county routes. Comprised of multi-use trails to the maximum extent possible,……

This document updates and builds on the analysis and recommendations included in Route 202 Section 100 Land Use Strategies Study, which was completed by DVRPC in 2001. Consistent with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's planned widening of the corridor, local land use and transportation strategies are explored and the coordination and implementation of "smart growth" planning techniques……

Application of a road safety audit methodology focusing on juvenile pedestrians for Safe Routes to School engineering project planning and identification is tested on a portion of US 202 and other streets near Hancock Elementary School, Norristown. Results and recommendations are presented.

This technical memorandum utilizes the New Jersey Crash Database and analysis tools developed by DVRPC to examine trends and summarize crash data on county routes and higher functioning roadways in the New Jersey counties of the DVRPC region. Crash analysis is a standard component of most transportation studies undertaken at DVRPC. The work in this memorandum, and the cluster finder tool that was……

Begun in 2002, the Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) is a grant program of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) that supports local development and redevelopment efforts in the individual municipalities of the Delaware Valley that implement municipal, county, state, and regional planning objectives. The TCDI program provides a mechanism for municipalities……

DVRPC demonstrates transportation conformity of its FY 2007 PA TIP, FY 2008 NJ TIP and the 2030 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……