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This document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the Delaware Valley Region which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 1997 to 2001 (fiscal years 1997 to 2000 for Pennsylvania highway and transit projects). Also included is a description of the planning process; the roles of the numerous agencies responsible for planning, scheduling……

New Regionalism expands the concept of New Urbanism to include 1) limiting new development to designated growth areas, 2) fostering suburban development based on traditional neighborhood design principles, 3) encouraging infill development and urban revitalization, and 4) preserving an inter-connected regional open space network. This report explains key strategies and design principles for enhancing……

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has proposed widening US 202 (Section 300) from four to six lanes between US 30 and Valley Road. Federal requirements stipulate that any project which increases single-occupant vehicle capacity must result from a regional Congestion Management System (CMS). The Pennsylvania CMS Phase 2 Report serves as the CMS for the Pennsylvania portion of the DVRPC……

The magnitude of the welfare-to-work challenge calls for regional job placement strategies. To maximize placements, new workers must learn to use the regional transit network and other transportation services to access job opportunities throughout the regional labor market. In the Delaware Valley, this includes commuting across state lines. Focusing on current access-to-jobs initiatives, this report……

At the request of SEPTA, the DVRPC conducted detailed parking evaluations for 11 stations along the R3 Media / Elwyn Rail Line. DVRPC examined current parking conditions, and projected future parking conditions responding to latent demand and demographic growth within the rail line's commuter shed - for the Years 2005 and 2020. Projected parking levels were compared to planned parking expansions,……

In atlas format, the Delaware Valley Rail Freight Plan describes, promotes, and lays out a capital improvement program for a key regional resource: the Delaware Valley's rail freight network. Twenty-two maps depict rail freight operations and facilities in the region including the competitive access accorded to three major carriers (i.e., the Norfolk Southern, CSX, and the Canadian Pacific), high and……

This bulletin provides estimates of the number of employed persons by type & sector for each county in an expanded four-state, twenty-eight county area.

This document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the Pennsylvania portion of the Delaware Valley Region which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 1999 to 2002. Also included is a description of the planning process and the roles of the numerous agencies responsible for planning, scheduling and implementing these projects.

This report considers the extent to which municipalities in the nine-county DVRPC region are using transportation impact fees to help finance the costs of new infrastructure and services necessitated by development. The study reviews the history of impact fees and discusses existing impact fee enabling legislation in the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The results of a municipal……

DVRPC NEWS is published by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Office of Communications & Public Affairs. DVRPC News is funded through grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania & New Jersey Departments of Transportation, & DVRPC's member governments.