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This document serves as the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) Regional Safety Action Plan. The plan focuses on reducing crashes and fatalities on our regional roadway system. It provides a roadmap for effective cooperation, collaboration and coordination among safety professionals and stakeholders throughout the region for the purpose of saving lives. It documents agreed-upon prioritized……

Enacted in August 2005, SAFETEA-LU - the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act -authorized $45.3 billion in transportation funding over a 4-year period (2005-2009). Under the new SAFETEA-LU regulations, the previous JARC program has now been made a component of a new Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan. The new Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan……

This technical report compiles aircraft operations estimates for seven non-towered airports in the Delaware Valley Region. Seven acoustic counts were taken between June 2005 and March 2006, each sample extended over the period of one week. The samples were extrapolated over the entire year and produced the results presented in this report. Results are used by multiple sources to monitor activity……

The number of elderly residents has increased dramatically throughout the nation and the region in recent years, and is expected to continue to increase at a record pace. DVRPC's Getting Older and Getting Around (report #99015) considered accessibility and mobility needs of the region's elderly. The Aging of the Baby Boomers: Housing Seniors in the Delaware Valley extends that work by considering……

This is a documentation of the process and findings of the Allegheny Avenue Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) in conjunction with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The RSA was done over three days in April 2007. The goal of the audit is to generate improvement recommendations and countermeasures for roadway segments demonstrating……

This is a documentation of the process and findings of the Conestoga Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) in conjunction with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The RSA was done over three days in May 2007. The goal of the audit is to generate improvement recommendations and countermeasures for roadway segments demonstrating a……

This study was developed using a consensus based, approach with input from the corridor communities as well as state, county and regional agencies in the identification of transportation problems. Detailed field views and technical analysis were conducted to identify and quantify the transportation problem areas and document practical solutions. A detailed write-up of the existing conditions, identified……

The Black Horse Pike Study was undertaken as part of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's Strategies for Older Suburbs initiative which examines the potential for City/Suburban collaboration between the Cities of Philadelphia and Camden and their surrounding neighborhoods. The Black Horse Pike Collaboration Study is one of three areas where the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission……

This report identifies a "menu" of travel demand management programs that the Lower Main Line TMA could offer its members. It then describes services taken from the "menu" which the TMA members want the TMA to provide for them. Finally, a two-year budget, mssion and goals statement, and organization structure are recommended.

Analytical report #13 is the latest in a series of bulletins designed to complement our traditional data releases. For more information on Analytical Data Reports, please visit the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's website (www.dvrpc.org) or contact DVRPC at (215) 592-1800