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This document provides an overview of the methods and sources used to produce DVRPC’s Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Greater Philadelphia, 2015. The inventory itself may be found at: www.dvrpc.org/EnergyClimate/Inventory.htm

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……

In 2018, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission completed a regional energy use and greenhouse gas emissions inventory for the nine-county DVRPC region. As part of this inventory DVRPC allocated both energy use and greenhouse gas emissions to individual counties and municipalities based on 2015 data.

Quickly view DVRPC's 2040 Municipal-Level Employment Forecasts with this easy-to-use interactive map. Simply click on the map to identify a municipality and compare five-year increments as well as absolute and percent change from 2015 to 2045.

Pedestrian and bicycle count data within and surrounding the DVRPC region. Review detailed hourly reports, location information and ADB/ADP (an estimate of traffic during a 24 hour period).

This map displays data from permanent bicycle and pedestrian counters operated by DVRPC. Trail use counters, located on Circuit Trails throughout the region, record use by direction and by mode (walking vs. bicycling) continuously throughout the course of a year.

Analyze transit stations for bicycle facility investments by measuring the strength and potential of a given station's bicycle and transit context.

Track a variety of noteworthy development projects throughout the region. Currently focuses on three types of Smart Growth Projects: developments near transit, traditional neighborhood development (TND), and conservation subdivisions.

Retail elements including management structure, sidewalk width, walkscore, vacancy rate, parking options, anchor institutions, AADTs, Streetscape, national tenancy, lease rents, historic districts, household income, transit accessibility, residential population, events, open space, retail mix, and blocks included for analysis.