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Metropolitan Planning Organizations are required to adopt CMAQ Emissions and Congestion targets and develop a four-year performance plan as part of the federally mandated Transportation Performance Management process. MPOs are required to report on progress towards the four-year targets in an interim period report. This technical memo serves as the interim performance……

The Carbon Reduction Program was authorized under the Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with the purpose of reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the nation’s transportation system. The CRP requires states to develop a Carbon Reduction Strategy (CRS) and offers formula funds for projects……

As the Metropolitan Planning Organization of the Greater Philadelphia region and recipient of federal funding, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is responsible for maintaining a Title VI Implementation Program to guide, define, and demonstrate the implementation of nondiscrimination in every aspect of DVRPC’s activities, including the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP),……

DVRPC’s Downtown Revitalization work highlights and discusses a variety of evolving issues related to downtowns, main streets, and retail districts. In addition to providing information on the mix of uses and retail types within each district, the Retail Districts of Greater Philadelphia web map also explores the subtle ways that these various issues impact and manifest across Greater Philadelphia.

Digital tools and technologies have the capacity to alter where and how we work (telework), as well as produce and distribute goods and services (automation). Increased and rapid digitalization of the economy has implications for everything from regional housing markets and land use decisions, to unemployment rates and supply chains.

The Highlights for the DVRPC FY2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for New Jersey briefly describes the region’s TIP, a federally required, multimodal, four-year constrained program of planned transportation infrastructure investments. It also contains a summary listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and freight-related projects……

This plan inventories existing trails in the City of Trenton as well as those in active development and develops a list of conceptual trails or connectors for further study in order to develop a consistent, unified network of trails and appropriate neighborhood connections throughout Trenton. This network was identified in concert……

The supply chain constitutes a delicate web of connections between producers, distributors, and consumers. This system is highly vulnerable to shocks from external forces like climate change, geopolitics, and new technology. The Freight Program undertook a scenario planning exercise to explore the trends affecting both the global and regional supply chain and to extrapolate them forward to 2040.……

At its January 25, 2024 meeting, the DVRPC Board adopted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). This document outlines all of the federally-funded planning projects slated for the nine-county region from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, as well as other projects conducted by DVRPC for the same timeframe.

The Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan details the long-term vision for Greater Philadelphia including principles, goals, and key policies and strategies to achieve the vision. It also contains a fiscally constrained financial plan and project list for transportation investments throughout the region. In between four-year update cycles, the Plan is occasionally amended to account for significant changes……