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The promotion of land use and transportation planning linkages was the foundation for the improvements strategies recommended in the Route 4, West Chester Pike, Land Use and Access management Strategies, Phase I report (#05029). During FY 2006, these implementation strategies were further researched and developed into individual tools for use by the study area municipalities. The Phase II report…

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 Phase II report (#05029-A)…

This report supplements the Route 3, West Chester Pike, Land Use and Access Management Strategies, Phase I report with an overview of potential funding sources for the implementation of its recommendations. A wide range of funding opportunities from federal, state, county and non-profit sources is summarized. A matrix of Phase I recommendations is provided to match the appropriate funding source(s)…

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 use planning…

This interim report document the first two phases of as three phase effort to identify a network of highways that can adequately serve east-west travel across Gloucester County. This travel corridor runs between the Commodore Barry Bridge and NJ 55. Demand in this corridor gets extremely heavy in the summer months as the New Jersey Shore becomes a popular destination. Because US 322 provides a direct…

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; diesel shuttles,…