Community banks play an important role in local and regional economies. However, since the 1990s, bank mergers and acquisitions have led to a decline in community banks, and the socioeconomic benefits associated with them. Nationally, this trend is referred to as the Great Consolidation, and a regional analysis indicates that the trend is playing out across Greater Philadelphia……
The Plan–TIP Project Evaluation Criteria evaluate candidate transportation projects relative to the Vision and goals of the Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan (‘Plan’) and federal Transportation Performance Management (TPM) targets for safety, asset condition, and system performance. The criteria were developed in collaboration with DVRPC’s Financial Planning Subcommittee of the……
This study considers changes to station facilities that would be required to extend Trolley Route 10 from its current terminal to Overbrook Station and provide sufficient layover space for current and future bus needs. The concept design presented in this report includes improvements to station accessibility for riders with disabilities and recommendations for increased bicycle and pedestrian facilities.……
AccessScore is an analysis that assesses the infrastructure and demographic characteristics around transit stations that relate to how supportive of bicycling and walking the area is and how much bicycle and pedestrian activity could be occurring there. The analysis includes Regional Rail, light rail, trolley, and subway stations throughout the Philadelphia region with service provided by SEPTA, NJ……
This memo is an addendum to the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). Using 3-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) subsectors, this analysis highlights the top 10 most competitive industries at the regional and county level based on Location Quotient (LQ). Industries are evaluated based on total employment, change in total employment from 2010 to 2017, and their……
SEPTA is preparing to replace its trolley fleet with accessible light rail vehicles. This project investigates a proposal to expand trolley service to the Centennial District, in West Fairmount Park. Using ridership forecasts from DVRPC’s regional travel model, we find minimal potential for new weekday riders on a Centennial District trolley, but considerable capital expense compared to bus service.……
SEPTA's once-in-a-generation replacement of its trolley fleet, or Trolley Modernization, will entail well-spaced trolley stations that are fully accessible. The Modern Trolley Station Design Guide provides practitioners with guidance on the design parameters needed for modern trolley stations along SEPTA's six City Transit Division trolley lines (Routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34, and 36).
This is a documentation of the process and findings of the PA 10 Road Safety
Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware
Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). This project represents the collaboration
between PennDOT District 6 and DVRPC
to address locations in the region with safety issues, to obligate HSIP funding for remedial
actions with the aim of making the region's
roadways safer. This corridor……
This report presents recommendations for modeling household vehicle availability in the DVRPC travel model system, in which both trip generation and mode choice models use the levels of vehicle availability as an independent variable. The recommended model represents an important advancement of the current demographic projection method by considering not only household characteristics such as household……
This report describes the concept of a transportation center that will meet the needs of the region, defines guidelines that can be used in planning transportation centers, and compiles an inventory of existing, emerging, and potential transportation centers within the DVRPC region. Recommendations for further action are given for each type of transportation center as well as for each individual transportation……
The Great Consolidation: Community Banking Decline in Greater Philadelphia
Plan-TIP Project Evaluation Criteria
Overbrook Intermodal Center
AccessScore 
Economic Sectors Analysis Presentation 
Centennial District Trolley Service Concept Evaluation
Modern Trolley Station Design Guide
Road Safety Audit
Vehicle Availability Model
Transportation Centers: Concept and Evaluation (Direction 2020 Report #10)