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This report presents the results of research undertaken by DVRPC staff on trip generation from 10 suburban office buildings in southeastern Pennsylvania. Study efforts were focused on developing detailed profiles of each site including site, building, and tenant characteristics and collecting hourly traffic counts over a two day period at each site. Trip data is furnished for sites for the average……

The Inter-County Relief Route is a proposed circumferential highway which would mimic the alignment of the previously proposed multilane Phoenixville Spur expressway (including a new bridge over the Schuylkill River) and benefit traffic conditions through the greater Phoenixville, region; but which could be provided in amore context-sensitive manner, since it would be comprised principally of existing……

The objective of this report is to recommend an access plan to direct truck traffic to the Chester waterfront, and auto traffic to the CBD and waterfront from the regional highway system. A series of alternative routing schemes were evaluated as to their impact an feasibility. For the recommended access routes, detailed roadway and signing improvement as recommended.

This technical memorandum documents the activities undertaken in Task 1 of the Institutional Coordination of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in the Delaware Valley Study. The purpose of the overall study is to develop a plan for ITS deployment in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The ITS deployment plan will be the framework used to develop the regional ITS architecture. This document presents……

This report documents the year 2000, 2010, and 2020 forecasts of Traffic Analysis Zonal socio-economic data, and the related forecasting methodology. These zonal data are among the direct inputs to the DVRPC regional travel-demand simulation models, which are used to estimate travel patterns, facility volumes, and emissions generated by mobile sources.

This report documents the methods and procedures used to forecast year 2000, 2010 and 2020 municipal level estimates of occupied housing units, vehicle availability, and employed residents based on the DVRPC board adopted municipal level population and employment forecasts. These forecasts are among the basic inputs to the DVRPC regional travel-demand simulation models, which are used to forecast……

This supplement contains additional Year 2015 detailed traffic forecasts for the base or no-build configuration of I-95. These traffic volumes augment the original I-95 report number 5 (Traffic Forecasts, Part 1) which contained detailed traffic forecasts for only eight of the thirty-five I-95 Interchanges. Current traffic counts for those interchanges are also included.

This report identifies vacant land which lies within a mile of the Pennsylvania portion of I-95. The survey was designed to determine possible locations for improvements which may be proposed for iI-95. The inventory was conducted by DVRPC for PennDOT as part of the Intermodal Mobility Project . The outlines of vacant land were drawn from aerial photographs of the study area. The outlines are delineated……

In 1999, DVRPC began to prepare a new long-range regional plan- Horizons, The Year 2025 Plan for the Delaware Valley. In order to gather the most recent and relevant local information, assess public sentiment, and assure support for ongoing implementation, four public workshops were held in October and November, 1999 to solicit public input and comment. This report includes all comments received at……

Efforts to preserve and protect natural resources require dedication and commitment, as well as access to current information and planning tools. One tool that is now increasingly used for conservation and natural resource planning is Geographic Information Systems, or GIS. GIS is a powerful planning tool that allows users not only to organize and display information on maps for presentations, but……