10:00 am, January 7, 2025
Call In Phone Number: 1-346-248-7799 Meeting ID: 884 2847 4092 Passcode: 8TJShSq2
Online Only
Call to Order – Chair’s Comments
DVRPC Director’s Report
Public Comments on Agenda and Non-Agenda Items
ACTION ITEMS
1. Highlights of the November 12, 2024, RTC Meeting
2. TIP Actions
Ethan Fogg, DVRPC Capital Programs Coordinator, will present. The following projects require formal TIP modifications or amendments this month for the FY2024 TIP for New Jersey and/or FY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania. Attached is the Action statement (“Pink Sheet”) for the project followed by the TIP “Before/After” description page and supporting documentation, such as request letters, and maps, as needed. Towards the end of the package in a separate section are financial constraint charts and any other information that may be helpful to you as you review this package.
- PA25-027: Statewide Multimodal Transportation Fund Projects (Various MPMS #’s), Various Counties – Accept New Projects into the TIP
- PA25-028: 70th, 71st, and 72nd Streets over Amtrak (MPMS #17215), City of Philadelphia – Add PE Phase Back into TIP
- PA25-029: Westpark Redevelopment (MPMS #82007), City of Philadelphia – Add New Project to the TIP
- PA25-030: Honor Square at Five Points Streetscape and Traffic Improvements (MPMS #82005), City of Philadelphia – Add New Project to the TIP
- PA25-031: North Broad Bus-Subway Transfer Improvement Project (MPMS #122325), City of Philadelphia – Add New Project to the TIP
- PA25-032: Safe, Clean, and Secure Program (MPMS #121367), SEPTA – Add New Project to the Program
- PA25-033: Philadelphia Community Charging Solutions (MPMS #), City of Philadelphia – Add New Project to the TIP
- NJ24:082: DVRPC Carbon Reduction Program (DB #D2305), Various Counties – Add New Project to the Program
- NJ24-083: Route 295/42/I-76, Direct Connection, Contract 4 (DB #355E), Camden County – Increase CON Phase
3. FY2025 UPWP Amendment: SEPTA’s T1 Corridor TOD and Multimodal Access Analysis Project
Logan Axelson, SEPTA Deputy Program Director for Trolley Modernization, will present. On October 31, 2024, SEPTA was selected to receive $460,000 under the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) FY 2024 Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning Program to execute the T1 Corridor TOD and Multimodal Access Analysis project. The project will include a comprehensive planning analysis of a four-mile corridor served by the T1/Route 10 trolley in support of the Trolley Modernization program. SEPTA is the direct recipient of the funding for the project and will oversee the work of a consultant. DVRPC is not conducting this work, and the funding is not passing through DVRPC, but adding the project to the DVRPC UPWP is a requirement of the FTA grant program.
4. Adoption of DVRPC Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Unified Planning Work Program and TIP Amendments
Greg Krykewycz, DVRPC Director of Transportation Planning, will present. At its December 4, 2024, board meeting, the DVRPC Board authorized release of the Draft DVRPC FY2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for distribution and public comment and review through January 7, 2025. DVRPC staff are in the process of receiving and responding to comments and resolving any open issues. There are a variety of funding sources that support the work program, including the TIP. The RTC will be asked to recommend that the Board adopt the Final DVRPC FY2026 UPWP, pending the resolution of any outstanding comments and issues, and to recommend Board approval of several PA and NJ TIP actions to support certain projects in the FY2026 UPWP.
5. Equity Through Access (ETA): 2024 Update to the Greater Philadelphia Region's Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP)
Amy Bernknopf, DVRPC Manager of the Office of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Planning, and Shoshana Akins, DVRPC Manager of Public Participation Planning, will present.The ETA plan seeks to improve economic and social opportunity in the region by expanding access to essential services for vulnerable populations - those who are more critically impacted by barriers and gaps in infrastructure, service coordination, and policies. This plan serves as DVRPC’s update to the region’s CHSTP. It uses updated conversations with local governments, human services agencies, nonprofits, transportation providers, advocates, and past conversations with vulnerable transit users to identify unmet mobility needs and service gaps, recommend new or different kinds of transportation access solutions, and enable more people to access social and economic mobility.
6. Adoption of Updated Regional Roadway Safety Targets
Kevin Murphy, DVRPC Manager of the Office of Safe Streets, will present. The Safety Performance Measure Final Rule establishes the process for state Departments of Transportation and MPOs to establish and report their safety targets yearly. Beginning in 2022, the DVRPC partners have adopted annual regional safety targets in support of Regional Vision Zero 2050. This presentation will highlight recent crash data trends in the context of the Regional Safety Targets update, and the RTC will be asked to recommend Board adoption of updated targets.
INFORMATION ITEMS
7. Plan Centers Update for Update: Connections 2050 Plan
Greg Diebold, DVRPC Planning Data Analyst, will present. DVRPC's Plan Centers are a smart growth, land use planning tool used to guide regional growth and development toward higher density located in areas that have the necessary infrastructure to support it. In collaboration with DVRPC's Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics Committee (SLUAC), long-range planning staff are updating the Plan Centers for publication in the Update: Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan. The purpose of the update is to clarify Centers typologies, strategies, and messaging, and operationalize the process for selecting Centers, informed by research conducted by DVRPC staff. This presentation will review the update process and provide the RTC with an opportunity for feedback ahead of finalizing the Centers selection methodology, policy, and messaging.
PRESENTATION ITEMS
8. PA Turnpike/I-95 Interchange Program, Stage 3 (Delaware River Bridge)
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, in partnership with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, is leading the Delaware River Bridge Project with oversight from the Federal Highway Administration. As part of the federal requirements, the agencies are updating the 2003 Final EIS environmental clearance documents due to the passage of time, regulatory changes, and potential changes to the selected alternative following the discovered fracture and bridge closure in 2017. The two agencies, who jointly own the 70-year-old structure, are re-evaluating rehabilitation and replacement options for the existing Delaware River Bridge as part of the PA Turnpike/I-95 Interchange Program. Prior to initiating more active public involvement in both states associated with the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the Project Team would like to present project details to the RTC members.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
9. IIJA Update
An update on IIJA activities will be provided.
10. One Minute Reports
RTC members and guests will be invited to provide updates on the activities of their agencies.
11. Old Business and New Business
12. Meeting Adjournment
The next scheduled meeting of the RTC is Tuesday, February 11, 2025, planned as an all-virtual meeting.