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This report summarizes an examination of existing and projected future traffic volumes along Sicklerville (CR 705). Undertaken at the request of Camden County, the study was conducted to determine: the ability of Sicklerville Road to accommodate continued area-wide traffic growth, and; the traffic consequences within the corridor of constructing a partial interchange between the Atlantic City Expressway……

This report is a "how-to" guide for municipalities, the county and state, the Rancocas Conservancy and residents interested in protecting the creek environment and people's enjoyment of it. Through research, analysis, and public meetings, the plan provides a rationale for why these issues are important, and proposes recommended actions to address them.

This report considers urban infrastructure investment and its impact on urban redevelopment. Existing federal, state and regional infrastructure investment policies are reviewed, as well as the primary economic development objectives and related infrastructure needs of each of the region's four major cities (Philadelphia, Camden, Trenton and Chester). Recommendations for implementing the region's 2020……

This report represents a continuation of the study of various housing topics studied by DVRPC in recent years. Previous studies have examined empirical data and developed policy recommendations to improve both the private homeownership housing market and the rental housing market within the nine-county Delaware Valley region. This report looks at the public and assisted housing stock of the region,……

This report describes the 2020 Regional Airport System Plan for the Delaware Valley. The Plan includes 27 existing airports in the twelve county region; of these airports, three are commercial, twelve reliever, ten general aviation, and two military. In addition to the four existing heliports, three new sites are recommended in the Plan. The cost of the recommended improvements is estimated at $740.……

This plan is the adopted long range transportation plan for the nine county region prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and in conformity with the requirements of the Clean Air Act Ammendments of 1990. It contains a financially constrained set of regionally significant projects and policies as well as listing of future studies which are……

This report presents the estimates of daily vehicle-miles traveled in the nine-county Delaware Valley region. It includes a comparison of VMT estimates based on the HPMS counts (as generated by the states), DVRPC travel simulation model, and by the DVRPC enhanced HPMS method of traffic counts. These methods are analyzed and compared at the county and regional levels.

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……

US 202 section 400 extends from Swedesford Road in Chester County to the Schuykill Expressway (I-76) in Montgomery County, a distance of 5.4 miles. Due to the traffic congestion experienced at the confluence of US 202, US 422, and I-76, efforts to improve this section were undertaken in the mid 1980's. PennDOT, as part of an Environmental Assessment that is under way, must conduct a Major Investment……

The focus of this plan is the twenty-three significant intermodal facilities in the Delaware Valley region where freight is exchanged between modes of transport in route to its final destination. A catalogue of these facilities and their supporting networks is provided, as is a listing of improvements and long term goals to achieve seamless transfers of goods. This plan, Report 29 of Direction 2020,……