DVRPC has several funding and technical assistance programs that support the region’s municipalities and partners.
As the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Greater Philadelphia, DVRPC builds consensus for a shared regional vision; enables data-based, community-centered solutions; and helps put plans into action.
DVRPC serves as the Economic Development District (EDD) for Greater Philadelphia and manages the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for an innovative and connected economy to support prosperity for all residents and businesses in the region.
DVRPC works with a variety of stakeholders to encourage smart growth, affordable housing, transit-oriented development, and other solutions that support healthy and walkable communities.
The Congestion Management Process is a requirement of the federal surface transportation legislation, which requires that alternatives to building new single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) road capacity must be explored first, and where additional capacity is found to be appropriate and necessary, multimodal supplemental strategies must be included.
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Greater Philadelphia region.