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Service reliability for seven SEPTA bus routes operating along the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) has deteriorated in line with rising traffic levels and congestion on the highway. On-time performance for the routes is well below SEPTA's service standard, affecting as many as 6,700 weekday bus passengers in each direction. Opportunity to improve service reliability and customer travel times in the I-76……

While the overall population and employment of the Philadelphia region has remained relatively stable in recent decades, the location of the region's people and jobs is shifting, with some areas realizing significant gains in residents and jobs and other areas experiencing losses. Socioeconomic characteristics of the population are likewise shifting, with many communities realizing significant changes……

As part of its FY 2006 work program, DVRPC undertook a survey and data analysis exercise at the request of the Delaware River Port Authority and PATCO. The central purpose of this exercise was to conduct license plate surveys at three PATCO stations: Ferry Avenue, Woodcrest, and Lindenwold, and to compare the results of these surveys (i.e. the geographic distribution of riders) to those of identical……

In 1993, DVRPC published the first Rating the Region report, which compared the Philadelphia metropolitan area to the nation's nine other largest metros plus Pittsburgh and Baltimore as regional competitors. That report found that the Philadelphia region had one of the nation's most diverse economies, low unemployment, a low poverty rate, affordable housing, relatively low taxes, short commute times,……

A synthesis effort to inventory truck trip generation studies is currently being conducted on a national level to standardize data collection efforts and serve as an endorsed source for truck trip generation information. The need stems from a recognition of the crucial importance that freight movement plays in the national economy and the absence of reliable information to understand and plan for……