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This guidebook is intended to help municipalities and private companies in Pennsylvania understand how compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles can be used in their refuse services to save money. The use of CNG to displace gasoline or diesel fuel assists Pennsylvania in achieving its broad energy security and environmental air quality goals. Both municipalities and private companies that own refuse trucks……

This study was conducted to address local stakeholder concerns for pedestrian and motorist safety within the corridor. Several shortand long-term concepts were conceived and developed as solutions to the safety and mobility needs for the study area. Some concepts were combined into corridor-wide alternatives, whereas others served as site-specific alternatives. Five corridor-wide alternatives were……

This publication is a compendium to the Greater Philadelphia Food System Study and contains detailed analysis and data tables for the foodshed's agricultural resources, Greater Philadelphia's food freight, Greater Philadelphia's food economic sectors, and aggregated qualitative data for the Stakeholder Survey undertaken in the summer of 2008.

This publication is an objective study of Greater Philadelphia's food system and focuses on the agricultural resources, distribution infrastructure, regional economy, and stakeholders acting within the regional food system. The study addresses a number of challenges and opportunities facing the food system, including: land constraints and development pressures, contradicting health effects of malnutrition……

Food system planning is the integration of food system issues into policies, plans, and programming at all levels of government. It has recently become a recognized expertise within the planning profession. This MIT brochure provides local government with the tools and resources to conduct local food system planning. Five common activities to food system planning include: a) inform decision-making……

This publication is an objective study of Greater Philadelphia's food system and focuses on the agricultural resources, distribution infrastructure, regional economy, and stakeholders acting within the regional food system. The study addresses a number of challenges and opportunities facing the food system, including: land constraints and development pressures, contradicting health effects of malnutrition……

The Connections Plan sets regional policy and agenda. It reviews long-term and recent development trends and considers future land use scenarios, along with extensive public input, as the basis for creating a regional vision to guide future development in the nine-county DVRPC region. The Plan is organized around four key Plan principles: Create Livable Communities; Manage Growth and Protect Resources;……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Woodstown Borough and Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; vegetation including……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Harrison Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; vegetation including forests and grasslands;……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, lakes, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources and surface water quality; impervious coverage; vegetation……