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The Downingtown Area in Central Chester County has experienced significant growth in recent years, along with a corresponding increase in traffic congestion. Several large private developments are planned, which will create additional transportation challenges. Furthermore, the Downingtown Train Station is set to be relocated, which will impact mobility in the surrounding area. The project team examined……

The Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia: Process and Analysis Manual documents the long-range planning process, public outreach, and quantitative effort and analysis used to develop the Connections 2050 vision, principles, goals, policies and strategies—which are documented in the Process and Analysis Manual’s companion report, the Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia: Policy Manual—along……

The Connections 2050 Plan conducts a robust needs assessment for maintaining all existing road, bridge, and transit infrastructure. It also includes desired transportation investments to improve operational efficiency of existing facilities, and to expand roadway, transit, and bike and pedestrian infrastructure. Since needs are greater than revenues, the financial plan includes both a fiscally constrained……

This study estimated the ridership for a proposed service extension of the existing Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail line from the Norristown Transportation Center to Pottstown via Phoenixville. Two types of service were modeled, shuttle service between Pottstown and Norristown and through service between Pottstown and Philadelphia. It was projected that the new stations and the Norristown Transportation……

This Municipal Implementation Tool (MIT) brochure discusses a societal shift towards greater support for homegrown economies, as evidenced by increased consumer prioritization of local goods and services. The goal for this MIT is to define relevant terms to know; identify key attributes and benefits of, and challenges to, the homegrown economy; provide specific strategies; and highlight a successful……

AccessScore is an analysis that assesses the infrastructure and demographic characteristics around transit stations that relate to how supportive of bicycling and walking the area is and how much bicycle and pedestrian activity could be occurring there. The analysis includes Regional Rail, light rail, trolley, and subway stations throughout the Philadelphia region with service provided by SEPTA, NJ……

The Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia: Policy Manual documents the Connections 2050 vision, principles, goals, policies and strategies, and contains a summary of the financial plan. It has a companion report, The Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia Process and Analysis Manual contains supporting information related to the vision and strategies, along with the detailed financial……

This data snapshot provides an analysis of how the hospitality industry was impacted during the pandemic, and highlights what the access to tourism and employment implications are of the findings.

This regional screening tool was developed to help identify and rank roads where bicycle facility improvements would have the greatest local and regional connectivity benefit to the low-stress bicycle network. Learn about Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) and the connectivity analysis by scrolling through these visualizations. Explore and analyze the data in this webmap.

A travel market analysis of the Atlantic City Rail Line (ACRL) was conducted to provide NJ TRANSIT with insight on the travel needs of commuters throughout the study corridor. The results are intended to be used to better inform future improvements to the ACRL. Conclusions drawn from studies conducted by related organizations explores transit ridership, employment, access to transit, and COVID-19……