Product No.: 09075
Date Published: 03/2010
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This supplemental report documents DVRPC's traffic study and forecasts for the I-95 mainline and the Girard Avenue, and Allegheny Avenue interchanges under Alternative 10, which relocates the Allegheny Avenue NB off and on-ramps to Castor Avenue. These forecasts assume construction of the proposed slots casino(s) and condominium and apartments development along Delaware Avenue Waterfront and Christopher Columbus Boulevard. This study updates the 2030 forecasts prepared by DVRPC and presented in “I-95 Expressway Interchanges Sections GIR/Vine and AFC Traffic Study - Supplement Number 1", dated November 2008. Also, the pedestrian sidewalk and crosswalk counts, model, and 2030 forecasts prepared in support of the design and evaluation of Section GIR Interchange are documented and presented herein. StaffGeographic Area Covered: Delaware Expressway (I-95), Allegheny Avenue, Delaware Avenue, Girard Avenue, Aramingo Avenue/Richmond Street I-676 Vine Expressway, and Lower Northeast Philadelphia which included neighborhoods of Fishtown, Kensington, and Port Richmond, and additional neighborhoods of Northern Liberties and Old City in Philadelphia
Key Words: Traffic Volumes, Pedestrian Model, Pedestrians, Sidewalks, Crosswalk Volumes, Peak-Hour Traffic, Casino/Condominium Development, Travel Forecast, I-95 Delaware Expressway, Allegheny Avenue, Proposed Delaware Avenue Extension, Girard Avenue, Aramingo Avenue, Richmond Street, Betsy Ross Bridge, I-676 Vine Expressway, SugarHouse Casino, and Delaware Waterfront, Philadelphia
Staff Contact(s)
- Matthew T. Gates (mgates@dvrpc.org)
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