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This inventory of available funding sources is one of the several recommendations that resulted from the Route 3, West Chester Pike, Land Use and Access Management Strategies Study (#05029), completed by DVRPC during FY 2005 & 2006. Other improvement strategies recommended in the Phase I report were developed into a toolbox, to provide guidance to study area municipalities. This…

The Mt. Airy Neighborhood Plan was undertaken in response to Mayor John F. Street's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, which identified 31 neighborhoods in Philadelphia where a comprehensive planning process would direct future investments. Mt. Airy is one of three neighborhoods in Philadelphia where the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) directed those plans, with financial……

This report summarizes a multi-year planning effort involving 20 municipalities surrounding US 1 in Central Jersey. The purpose of the Forum is to foster better coordination among the municipalities, counties, state agencies, and regional agencies. Five key issues were identified: east-west access, system-wide planning and coordination, transit and alternative modes, impacts of land…

This report presents and evaluates the impact of the Congestion Management System (CMS) strategies on US 322 Section 100 in Chester County and Delaware County. These strategies are largely targeted to home-based work trips. After a series of meetings, the steering committee identified five strategies or DVRPC to analyze: Comprehensive employer-TDM, Carpooling/Vanpooling programs, Telecommuting, Park……

At the request of SEPTA, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) examined current and future parking demand at 17 regional rail stations along the Lansdale/Doylesown (R5) rail line between the North Hills Station in Montgomery County and the Doylestown Station in Bucks County. The study's methodology included collecting data on recent services, facilities and patronage, defining the cummutershed……

This supplement contains five additional alternatives proposed for the restoration of servicento SEPTA's Newtown Line and follows an earlier report, published in January, which looked at two alternatives. The new alternatives include electrifying the line and operating direct service to the Philadelphia CBD, either via Fox Chase or via a connection to West Trenton Line near Bethayres;…

Journey-to-Work data from the 1990 Census are used to construct profiles of resident and employed workers and to determine commuting patterns for eight suburban townships of the Delaware Valley Region. Comparison with similar data from the 1970 and 1980 census is used to establish demographic, employment, and automobile ownership trends. Changes in the means of transportation and travel times are……

This user's guide was prepared by DVRPC to assist SEPTA schedule-making personnel in learning to effectively utilize the runcut computer program created by DVRPC staff under subcontract to SEPTA. The runcut program is quite flexible and can accommodate a wide variety of scheduling approaches through a system of interactive commands and options. This user's guide contains examples that illustrate……