Regional Technical Committee

10:00 a.m., February 8, 2022

Phone number: 1-346-248-7799 Meeting ID: 936 3812 3963 Passcode: 441861575


1. Call to Order – Chairman’s Comments

2. Deputy Executive Director’s Report

3. Public Comments on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items

ACTION ITEMS

4. Highlights of the January 11, 2021 RTC Meeting

5. DVRPC Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Actions

The dynamic nature of funding transportation improvements and the need to remain within financial constraint require amendments or modifications to the TIP. The following projects require formal TIP Amendments or Modifications this month for the FY 2022 TIP for NJ.

  1. NJ22-015: Pavement Preservation (DB #X51), Various Counties – Cost Increase
  2. PA21-67: Projects of Significance Program (MPMS #115472), SEPTA – Add New Project to Program

6. Transportation Performance Management (TPM) Transit Assets Targets

As part of the TPM process mandated by the FAST Act, DVRPC must either develop regional performance measure transit asset targets or agree to support the targets adopted by the transit operators. Staff will present the 2022 transit            agencies’ asset targets and provide an update on progress toward meeting the previous targets. 

BRIEF REPORTS

7.  Update on Public Participation Task Force

DVRPC’s Public Participation Task Force (PPTF) recently brought on new members to complete the 2022 membership. The mission of the Task Force is to provide ongoing access to the Greater Philadelphia region’s planning process and empower resident involvement. Members are given a platform to learn more about upcoming projects, provide feedback on planning practices, and test out public outreach strategies. For more details about the PPTF, visit http://www.dvrpc.org/Committees/PPTF/

PRESENTATION ITEMS

8. Montgomery County’s New Transit-Oriented Development Model Ordinance

The Montgomery County Planning Commission recently released a model ordinance for a transit-oriented development (TOD) zoning district that can be applied to any of the county’s 49 SEPTA regional rail and Norristown High Speed Line stations.  Using station area typologies that reflect the wide range of communities that have grown up around our region’s transit hubs, the ordinance is a tool for any locality to encourage higher transit ridership, good urban design, and efficient use of land regardless of whether they’re a village, borough, or city neighborhood.  MCPC staff will provide an overview of the ordinance, which can be found online at https://www.montcopa.org/3907/Transit-Oriented-Development-TOD.

9.  Redesign of the Walter Rand Transportation Center

How a member government used TCDI as a tool to build consensus on  a new design of the largest transportation center in Southern New Jersey. See https://www.camdencounty.com/service/walter-rand-transportation-center-planning-design-study/ for more information.         

10.  DVRPC Regional Housing Initiative          

DVRPC has recently kicked off a multiyear, collaborative planning effort designed  to identify and evaluate strategies that can be used to preserve and promote affordable and workforce housing in Greater Philadelphia. This presentation will review the project team’s preliminary findings and discuss how RTC members    can participate in this effort. 

DISCUSSION ITEMS

11.  One Minute Reports

RTC Members and guests will be invited to provide updates on the activities of their agencies.

12.  Old Business and New Business

13.  Meeting Adjournment

The next scheduled meeting of the RTC is Tuesday, March 8, 2022.

Air Quality Partnership
Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District