Product No.: 94022
Date Published: 06/1994
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The Delaware Valley - the nine-county bi-state region served by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)- is a complex and dynamic area incorporating the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in New Jersey. With more than five million people and 352 separate municipal governments, the Delaware Valley is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The Interstate Compact that created DVRPC in 1965 charges the agency with planning for the orderly growth and development of the Delaware Valley. Since its inception, DVRPC has undertaken a wide variety of local area and regional plans. Transportation planning has involved consideration of highway and transit systems, the freight rail network and port facilities, and air quality impacts of vehicles. Regional planning initiatives have included land use and natural resource management, open space and recreation planning, infrastructure needs, and economic development.All of these issues are now coming together as DVRPC continues work on DIRECTION 2020, the long-range land use and transportation plan for the Delaware Valley. Following the federal mandates of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), DIRECTION 2020 will chart a new course for the region. By integrating land use, environmental protection, air quality, housing, economic development and transportation considerations into DIRECTION 2020, DVRPC seeks to create an efficient, competitive, equitable and sustainable vision of the future. The maps included in this Atlas of the Delaware Valley provide the essential framework for the development of that long-range plan. The data presented on these maps provide a visual representation of the current state of the Delaware Valley.
Geographic Area Covered: The Delaware Valley - the nine-county bi-state region served by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Key Words: Municipalities, Land Use, Natural Resource Areas, Public Parks, Population Density, Employment Density, National Highway System, Rail Transit, Park and Ride Facilities, Multi-modal Corridors, Major Employers, Commuting Patterns, Congested Segments of the National Highway System, Facilities with the Highest Daily Traffic, Travel Time to Center City, Shopping Centers, Business Parks, Freight Rail Network and Port Facilities, Airports, Solid and Hazardous Waste Facilities, Historic Sites and Districts, Housing Prices, Residential Building Permits 1980-1990, Highway Source Emissions, Public Water Service Areas, Public Sewer Service Areas, FY1994 Transportation Improvement Program Projects
Staff Contact(s)
- Mark H. Gatti (mhgatti@dvrpc.org)
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