DVRPC Products

DVRPC has published over one thousand reports from the 1970s to present. Product abstracts and/or PDF downloads are available.

July 30, 2024

PhillyFreightFinderPhillyFreightFinder

PhillyFreightFinder is a resource for exploring and tracking the Philadelphia-Camden-Trenton regional freight network.

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June 11, 2024

Fiscal Year 2025 Unified Planning Work Program - Chapter OneFiscal Year 2025 Unified Planning Work Program - Chapter One

Este documento contiene todos los proyectos y los fondos relacionados para el año fiscal 2025 que fueron aprobados por el Consejo de la DVRPC en enero de 2024.

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June 10, 2024

The Great Consolidation: Community Banking Decline in Greater PhiladelphiaThe Great Consolidation: Community Banking Decline in Greater Philadelphia

Community banks play an important role in local and regional economies. However, since the 1990s, bank mergers and acquisitions have led to a decline in community banks, and the socioeconomic benefits associated with them. Nationally, this trend is referred to as the Great Consolidation, and a regional analysis indicates that the trend is playing out across Greater Philadelphia……

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February 14, 2024

Greater Philadelphia Housing SubmarketsGreater Philadelphia Housing Submarkets

A housing submarket is composed of neighborhoods with similar housing stock and market characteristics. These characteristics play a large role in determining who can move to or remain in suitable housing in that neighborhood. Staff conducted a regional housing submarket analysis that used various data points and a clustering algorithm……

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December 6, 2023

Sidewalk and Street Tree Screening Tool Sidewalk and Street Tree Screening Tool

The Sidewalk and Street Tree Screening Tool utilizes data on extreme heat vulnerability, equity, tree canopy coverage, and sidewalk density. This map identifies locations in the DVRPC region where sidewalk repair and street tree planting would have the greatest impact. There are four (4) different analysis categories that were combined into one overall Priority Score (ranging from 0-16). The four……

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November 23, 2021

Regional Trails InventoryRegional Trails Inventory

The Regional Trails Inventory currently includes all off-road trails in DVRPC's four New Jersey counties as well as Bucks, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania. The inventory captures walking, hiking, multi-use, and biking trails, including trails outside of the Circuit Trails network. The inventory is intended for planning purposes and was compiled……

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March 27, 2015

Philadelphia Regional On-Board Transit SurveyPhiladelphia Regional On-Board Transit Survey
This report summarizes the on-board transit survey that was conducted by DVRPC during 2010 and 2011. The first chapter outlines the methods that were used to conduct the survey, the second chapter provides summary results for each survey question, and the third chapter provides insight, analysis, and key findings from the survey.

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September 1, 1996

Intermodal Facilities Landside AccessIntermodal Facilities Landside Access
This report documents problems associated with landside access to two facilities proposed for the former Philadelphia Naval Base (currently being redeveloped and marketed under the name "Philadelphia Naval Business Center"). The report also designates the most appropriate highway routes between the proposed FastShip and CSXI intermodal facilities and the surrounding interstate highways. Recommendations……

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June 1, 1994

Atlas of the Delaware Valley (Direction 2020 Report #14)Atlas of the Delaware Valley (Direction 2020 Report #14)
The Delaware Valley - the nine-county bi-state region served by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)- is a complex and dynamic area incorporating the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in New Jersey. With more than five million people and 352 separate municipal governments, the Delaware……

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March 1, 1991

Drayage Costs In The Ports Of The Delaware RiverDrayage Costs In The Ports Of The Delaware River
Port facilities and the regional rail network within the Ports of the Delaware River are identified and described. The Delaware River Port Authority's proposal to construct a Regional Intermodal Transfer Facility in Philadelphia would provide centralized access for the three railroad lines which service the Port, but would create inequalities in drayage rates paid to transport shipping containers……

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