The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's Office of Smart Growth focuses on applying a smart growth approach to the agency's land use and transportation planning work. Below are some of the DVRPC's recent studies relating to smart growth.
Revitalization and Livability:
- The Automobile at Rest: Toward Better Parking Policies in the Delaware Valley
- Reclaiming Brownfields: A Primer for Municipalities
- Financing Mixed-Use Development in the Delaware Valley Region
- Brownfield Resource Guide: Funding and Technical Assistance for Remediation
and Reuse
- Promoting Civic Design Excellence in Philadelphia
- Baltimore Avenue Corridor Revitalization Plan
- Corridor Planning Guide: Towards A More Meaningful Integration of Transportation and Land Use
- Innovations in Zoning for Smart Growth
- Impacts of Gaming in Greater Philadelphia
- Redesigning Shopping Centers in the Delaware Valley: From Greyfields to Community Assets
- Area Revitalization, Mobility & Industrial Corridor Reuse Study: Norristown, Plymouth & Conshohocken
- Realizing Density: Strategies for Compact Suburban Development
- Assessment of the Potential Role of Live/Work Development in Centers
- Baltimore Pike Corridor Revitalization Assessment Building a Case for Community and Economic Redevelopment
- New Regionalism: Building Livable Communities Across the Delaware Valley
Transit-Oriented Development:
- Paoli Transportation Center: Funding & Technical Assistance Resource Guide
- On Track: Progress Towards Transit-Oriented Development in the Delaware Valley
- Transitioning to TOD: A TOD Plan for SEPTA's Wawa Station on the R3 Regional Rail Line
- Developing Around Transit: TOD Plans for Ellsworth-Federal, North Wales, and Warminster
- Implementing Transit-Oriented Development: Four TOD Plans for Girard, Lansdale, Thorndale and Woodbury
- Linking Transit, Communities and Development: Regional Inventory of Transit-Oriented Development Sites
- Project Evaluation Report: Implementing Transit-Oriented Development in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Schuylkill Valley Metro)
- Transit Village Design in Burlington County
Multi-Municipal Planning:
- Mobilize to Thrive: Chestnut Hill Regional Area Study
- U.S. Route 202 Section 100 - Land Use Implementation and Coordination
- Managing Change Along the US322 Corridor
- Route 3, West Chester Pike Implementation Strategies
- Inter-Municipal Cooperation: White Horse Pike Economic Development and Land Use Assessment
Traffic Calming and Context-Sensitive Solutions:
- 2008 Taming Traffic: Context-Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region (Springfield and Whitemarsh Townships, Montgomery County, PA; Boroughs of Audubon, Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside, Camden County, NJ
- 2007 Taming Traffic: Context-Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region (West Windsor Township, Mercer County; Parkside, Philadelphia)
- 2005 Taming Traffic: Context-Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region (Newtown Borough & Township, Bucks County; Parkside, Camden)
- 2006 Taming Traffic: Context-Sensitive Solutions in the DVRPC Region (Eastampton Township, Burlington County; Sharon Hill Borough, Delaware County)
Municipal Implementation Tools:
- Road Diets
- Municipal Tree Management
- Safe Routes to School
- Form-Based Codes for Big-Box Retail
- Aging in Place
- Traffic Calming
- Reclaiming Brownfields
- Inclusionary Zoning
- Transfer of Development Rights
- Historic Preservation
- Parking Management Strategies
- Impact Fees
- Residential Infill Development
- Multi-Municipal Planning
- Main Street Programs and Business Improvement Districts
- Transit-Oriented Development