Product No.: 00014
Date Published: 06/2000
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This report summarizes the results of a survey of business executives performed in the fall of 1999 to gauge their opinions on the most crucial transportation-related projects over the next 25 years. The input of the business community is essential in determining what types of transportation projects should be encouraged, and in what areas of the region, in order to aid in the Delaware Valley Region's economic development. Questions were chosen that would best reflect opinions regarding commuting behavior, resource utilization and goods movement. According to the survey respondents, the most significant of the three groups of issues presented was commuting behavior. Business leaders had stronger opinions and greater general concerns with transportation facilities that would enable their employees to travel to and from work with the least congestion and greatest safety. Some of the major conclusions arrived at through this study were:- Transit service should be made more accessible to suburban commuters
- 80 percent of respondents felt that there were significant hazards to bicycling within 2 miles of their workplace
- 80 percent of respondents believe that alternatives to the automobile should be provided for those who cannot or would prefer not to drive
- Fewer than 10 percent of employers in the region found any mode other than trucking a practical alternative for shipping goods to or from their factories
- Revitalization of neighborhoods was viewed as the biggest regional problem, followed by the condition of existing transportation facilities and the preservation of open space.
Geographic Area Covered: Nine-county Delaware Valley region, including Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey
Key Words: Horizons, The Year 2025 Plan, Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, surveys, commuting, goods movement, energy use, enviroment, businesses
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- Michael Boyer (mboyer@dvrpc.org)
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