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The Connections 2040 Plan for Greater Philadelphia assesses regional trends and forecasts and sets forth a vision for the future. The Plan establishes goals and identifies strategies to achieve its core principles: managing growth and protecting natural resources, creating livable communities, building the economy, and establishing a modern, multimodal transportation system. The Plan identifies a set……

In the Fall of 2013 the Pennsylvania Legislature passed Act 89, providing a significant increase in funding for transportation investments in the commonwealth. As the region’s federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), DVRPC has been able to add new projects to both the Long-Range Plan and the Transportation Improvement Program. New projects will rebuild roadway and transit systems,……

DVRPC's "employment centers" are integrated, concentrated areas of non-residential developed land that share transportation and/or land use linkages. These centers form the backbone of the region's economy, affecting both goods movement and communications systems. As primary destinations for journey-to-work trips, they significantly impact the traffic loadings on the region’s highways and transit systems.……

The purpose of the RIMIS Newsletter is to provide an overview of the Regional Integrated Multi-Modal Information (RIMIS) program. RIMIS was created to be an information exchange network that connects traffic operation centers, 911 call centers and local emergency response teams in the Delaware Valley. RIMIS is a platform that coordinates municipal, state and county agency responses while keeping……

This document contains all of the projects and related funding for FY 2015 as passed by the DVRPC Board in January 2014.

This brochure explains noncontiguous parcel clustering, which is a planning tool available for use by New Jersey municipalities interested in preserving land in a similar, but more simple manner than a transfer of development rights (TDR) program. The legal basis for use of noncontiguous parcel clustering, its advantages and disadvantages, and steps to implementation are discussed. Examples from……

The purpose of this study is to develop solutions to improve traffic circulation and reduce delays within a section of Bordentown Township; improve traffic safety through better distribution of truck traffic; enhance local and regional economic development opportunities through improved access; and improve roadway conditions. This study addresses the problem of lack of appropriate connections for southbound……

Securing funding for multi-use trail planning, design, and construction projects is an essential step in the trail development process. There are multiple sources of funding, each with their own requirements, categories of eligible projects, and cycles of funding availability. This guide describes funding available to trail projects in New Jersey.

This study examines traffic signal and surface transit routes in Philadelphia and Mercer counties and develops a method of scoring corridors on their likelihood for successful and cost-effective TSP and related signals investments. To develop a TSP prioritization framework, the study team has built upon prior data gathering, analysis, and mapping work. The screening tool that was developed here identifies……

This white paper reviews current practices in scenario planning, DVRPC’s scenario planning experience and lessons learned, makes recommendations about how DVRPC can improve its practices, and identifies options for the next round of scenario planning. These options include investigating underlying driving forces of change in the future, and identifying regional land use and transportation gamechanger(s).……