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This memo is an addendum to the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). Using 3-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) subsectors, this analysis highlights the top 10 most competitive industries at the regional and county level based on Location Quotient (LQ). Industries are evaluated based on total employment, change in total employment from 2010 to 2017, and their……

This study used best practices from the National Association of City Transportation Officials, Portland State University, and Portland Bureau of Transportation to develop a two-part geographic information system methodology that identified suitable streets to build neighborhood greenways in each of Philadelphia’s 10 city council districts. Neighborhood greenways are low-volume, low-stress streets that……

This document estimates energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in DVRPC’s nine-county Greater Philadelphia region. Data are for 2015. This is DVRPC’s third such inventory. Earlier inventories were published using 2005 and 2010 data. DVRPC estimates that net GHG emissions decreased 10 percent from 2010 to 2015, from emissions equivalent to the release of 82 million metric tons of carbon dioxide……

Trolley, or light rail, service has long been suggested along Delaware Avenue but has lagged in advancing. DVRPC conducted this study to explore the possibility of expanding trolley service along Delaware Avenue as a part of and to coincide with their 8-10 year trolley modernization timeline. Analysis shows that adding rail transit along the waterfront has real challenges--lower existing population……

This study examines traffic circulation along the US 130 corridor in the industrial area by NJ Turnpike Interchange 6A. The study area encompasses parts of Florence Township, Burlington Township, and Burlington City zoned for light/heavy industry and manufacturing. This DVRPC-designated Mega Freight Center is growing rapidly, and the area is expected to accommodate approximately 10 million square……

This report summarizes the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's (DCED) Municipal Statistics data from five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania: Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia City (which is both a city and a county). The information in this report focuses on the Report of Elected and Appointed Officials, which contains……

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.

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……

This report presents recommendations for modeling household vehicle availability in the DVRPC travel model system, in which both trip generation and mode choice models use the levels of vehicle availability as an independent variable. The recommended model represents an important advancement of the current demographic projection method by considering not only household characteristics such as household……

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……