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This publication documents the natural and community resources of Bordentown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water wells; aquifers; watersheds; streams and lakes; wetlands, flood plains; impacts on water resources; vegetation including forests and grasslands; animal communities;……

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……

The Neighborhood Plan for Chinatown and Callowhill 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. Chinatown North was designated as an NTI neighborhood and is one of three neighborhoods in Philadelphia where the Delaware Valley Regional……

As a means to help implement policies advocated in the DVRPC long-range land use and transportation plan, this study takes a critical look at what is meant by residential density, including what low, medium, and high densities mean to different suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. How is density measured and how is it perceived? Why is there frequently a negative perception of density? What has……

This report presents 2010 and 2030 forecasts for the no-build and three build alternatives for the SR 23 Section UMT corridor in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which is conducting traffic alternatives analyses for the area. DVRPC's travel simulation model was utilized to estimate future traffic……

The magnitude of the welfare-to-work challenge calls for regional job placement strategies. To maximize placements, workers must learn to use the regional transit network and other transportation-related services to access job opportunities throughout the region. In the Delaware Valley, this includes commuting across state lines. Focusing on current access-to-jobs initiatives, this plan profiles……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the New Jersey Subregion which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2005 to 2007. This volume also contains the following three appendices: (a) Financial Guidance used in developing the program, (b) documentation on the air quality conformity……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the Pennsylvania Subregion which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2005 to 2008. This volume also contains the following three appendices: (a) Financial Guidance used in developing the program, (b) documentation on the air quality conformity……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document includes (1) a description of the TIP public involvement process, including how DVRPC has met the requirements of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Environmental Justice efforts, (2) copies of the comments received by both DVRPC member agencies and the general public, (3) agency responses to the public comments, and (4) Documentation of……

DVRPC NEWS is published by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Office of Communications & Public Affairs. DVRPC News is funded through grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania & New Jersey Departments of Transportation, & DVRPC's member governments.