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gc2040: People, Place, Prosperity, details the first year of a two-year process undertaken to update Gloucester County’s Master Plan with a Unified Land Use and Transportation Element. It explains the need for the project, documents existing conditions in the county, and details the public outreach process through which the themes, goals, and objectives that will be carried forward to the second phase…

This study examined means to improve bicycle and pedestrian connection with three New Jersey Transit rail stations: Pennsauken Transit Center, Lindenwold Station, and Princeton Junction Station. For each station area existing conditions were inventoried and documented, and improvements desirable for improving bicycle and pedestrian connections with each station were identified. Affected municipalities…

This method provides a rational approach to determine which ROW should have priority for preservation with limited funds available. This method is not a comment on the ROW’s current utility but rather a look at its future use in the region as compared to the other ROWs in the region. The ROWs were screened against several of DVRPC’s long-range plan elements: Transit Score, connecting future growth…

The purpose of this project is to evaluate feasible locations for park-and-ride facilities along CR 571 in Mercer County. The report summarizes existing park-and-ride facilities in the corridor, details potential new locations and their attributes, and assigns a preliminary rating for each location based on selected criteria. The analysis identifies four strong candidates for new park-and-ride facilities,…

This report provides an overview of context-sensitive solutions (CSS) and their application throughout the DVRPC region. CSS is an approach to roadway planning in which transportation facilities complement the local context and accommodate all users. Section One discusses CSS techniques, including traffic calming, and highlights a series of local and international examples. Section Two summarizes DVRPC's…

An analysis of the rider origins on the West Trenton, Elwyn, Warminster, and Fox Chase regional rail lines to determine the geographic areas from which riders originate. Rider origins are obtained from license plates, address matched by PennDOT, and mapped. The density of origins relative to each other is calculated and displayed for each station in the study.

Improving the linkage between land use and transportation is essential for the future of the US 322 corridor through Chester County. Inappropriate land uses coupled with inadequate infrastructure and transportation access will have negative impacts on the entire road network and quality of life for the western portion of Chester County. Working with the Chester County Planning Commission, the Delaware…

This report documents 2030 traffic forecasts for the Schuylkill River bridges in the Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, Norristown, King of Prussia area. Average daily and AM and PM peak hour forecasts are provided for a No-Build and two Build alternatives and compared to current volumes. Average peak hour intersection delays and levels-of-service are also provided for current and future conditions.…

This report is part of the Pennsylvania Congestion Management System (CMS) and provides analysis of the PA 100 corridor in Chester County. Key intersections, arterial subcorridors and transportation systems were examined. Ten intersections experiencing significant delays were studied at greater detail and congestion mitigation strategies were developed. Level of Service was evaluated on 37 arterial…

This report documents a comprehensive land use and transportation evaluation of the 13 mile long PA 100 corridor in central Chester County, Pennsylvania. The work augments planning activities conducted independently by the five corridor municipalities through adoption of a multimodal corridor perspective, application of regional planning initiatives (PA Congestion Management Systems, Mobility Alternatives…