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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…

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…

This supplement contains maps displaying current traffic volumes and forecasts for the Years 1998 and 2018 in the Doylestown area north of the Sectio 700 corridor. These estimates were presented in tabular form (Tables 1 & 2) in the March 1992 DVRPC report "US 202 Traffic Analysis Section 700 PA 309 to Doylestown Bypass; Supplement No. 1" The maps were requested by the consultant to facilitate analyses…

This report summarizes the work funded by a Federal Transit Administration Suburban Mobility Initiative grant. The project's purpose was to establish three transportation management associations in areas with different characteristics to address traffic congestion and mass transit issues in an atmosphere of public-private cooperation.

The purpose of this report is to establish 1992 vehicle occupancy rates for A.M. peak period work trips in 13 counties and two sub-county areas in Philadelphia and Atlantic City Nonattainment Areas. The rates are prerequisite to the implementation of trip reduction programs mandated by the Clean Air Act of 1990. The basis for the study is a random household survey totalling 5,500 respondents. The…

This report summarizes an examination of existing and projected future traffic volumes along Glassboro-Cross Keys road (CR 689). Undertaken at the request of Gloucester County, the study was conducted as an investigation into the feasibility of widening the cross county artery (from the end of the proposed Cross Keys Bypass to the Delsea Drive) as a measure to increase cross county mobility. To…

This report evaluates the traffic impact of NJ Route 55 freeway on central Glouchester County. Existing traffic conditions are documented, future traffic volumes are projected. This study recommends a transportation master plan including a capital improvement program and policy recommendations.