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This report presents current traffic counts as well as year 1998 and 2018 traffic forecasts on a nine-mile segment of US 202 between Johnson Highway and PA 309 in Montgomery County. It was prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation who is conducting environmental impact and preliminary engineering studies for improvements to US 202 Section 600 and the adjoining Section…

This report presents current traffic counts as well as Year 1998 and 2018 traffic forecasts on a nine-mile segment of US 202 between PA 309 and the Doylestown Bypass in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. It was prepared at the request of PennDot which is conducting environmental impact and preliminary engineering studies for improvements to US 202 Section 700 and the adjoining Section 600 in Montgomery…

This document, Developing Around Transit: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plans for SEPTA Broad Street Line Ellsworth-Federal, SEPTA R5 North Wales and SEPTA R2 Warminster, grew out of the work done on Linking Transit, Communities, and Development: Regional Inventory of Transit-Oriented Development Sites, published in 2003. The Regional Inventory determined a priority list of "Transit-Oriented…

The promotion of land use and transportation planning linkages was the foundation for the improvement strategies recommended in the Phase I report (#05029). During FY 2006, these implementation strategies were further researched and developed into individual tools for use by the study area municipalities. This Phase II report (05029-A) combines each distinct improvement strategy into one toolbox,…

The promotion of land use and transportation planning linkages was the foundation for the improvements strategies recommended in the Route 4, West Chester Pike, Land Use and Access management Strategies, Phase I report (#05029). During FY 2006, these implementation strategies were further researched and developed into individual tools for use by the study area municipalities. The Phase II report…

This inventory of available funding sources is one of the several recommendations that resulted from the Route 3, West Chester Pike, Land Use and Access Management Strategies Study (#05029), completed by DVRPC during FY 2005 & 2006. Other improvement strategies recommended in the Phase I report were developed into a toolbox, to provide guidance to study area municipalities. This Phase II report (#05029-A)…

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) through its concept Development program, is encouraging counties and municipalities to work cooperatively along key transportation corridors to assess land use and access management policies and to evaluate area growth potential, as defined in local zoning ordinances, and in transportation improvement and policy implications. The US 322 corridor…

An analysis of key passenger movement between the three regional mass transit providers (New Jersey Transit, PATCO, & SEPTA), informed by Census Journey to Work data, identified Philadelphia transfer facilities which are key to large numbers of transfers. A field survey of the passenger transfer experience at these key transfer nodes resulted in recommendations for low capital improvements to enhance…

This report summarizes the results of a rail passenger survey encompassing SEPTA Regional Rail and Amtrak Northeast Corridor services in the Delaware Valley Region. This report, a component of the I-95 Intermodal Mobility Project, presents discussions of the results first for Amtrak and SEPTA riders in the I-95 corridor, and second for passengers on the entire SEPTA Regional Rail system. Origin-destination…

This study investigates traffic impacts associated with SEPTA's proposed Thorndale Train Station. The R-5 Regional Rail Line station, to be located in Caln Township, Chester County, is projected to open in 1993. Roads and intersections impacted by the construction of the train station were identified and analyzed. Future traffic volumes were calculated. Existing and future peak hour traffic volumes…