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This report presents traffic forecasts and analysis for the I-95 Betsy Ross Bridge/Bridge Street interchange complex in Northeast Philadelphia. The report examines the impacts of 2025 traffic volumes on I-95, the interchange ramps, and the local roadway system of four improvement alternatives: Alternative 1 (Base Case), which would encompass only elimination of the I-95 lane drops and relocation of…

This report presents 2010 and 2030 forecasts for the No-Build and Build Alternatives for the Henderson Road corridor and surrounding traffic study area. It was prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which is conducting traffic alternatives analyses in support of providing new interchange ramps between Henderson Road and I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway). DVRPC's travel…

DVRPC NEWS is published by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Office of Communications & Public Affairs. DVRPC News is funded through grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania & New Jersey Departments of Transportation, & DVRPC's member governments.

Analytical report #11 is the latest in a series of bulletins designed to complement our traditional data releases.

In December 1998 DVRPC released a report entitled The Future of First Generation Suburbs in the Delaware Valley, which defined the economic disadvantages facing older suburbs. The term "first generation suburb" generally refers to the earliest townships and boroughs to develop outside a region's central city. A second report, published in August 2000, assessed six municipalities that comprise the William…

This publication documents the natural resources of Plumsted Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, and makes recommendations for their preservation, conservation, and utilization. The resource information includes documentation of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, wetlands, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; forests…

This technical report compiles aircraft operations estimates for eight non-towered airports in the Delaware Valley Region. Eight acoustic counts were taken between June 2002 and July 2003, each sample extended over the period of one week. The samples were extrapolated over the entire year and produced the results presented in this report. Results are used by multiple sources to monitor activity levels…

This document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the New Jersey Subregion which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2004 to 2006. This volume also contains the following five appendices: (a) DVRPC Board Resolutions for adoption of the TIP and Self Certification, (b) Financial Guidance used in developing the program, (c) documentation…

This report present traffic counts and socio-economic data necessary to prepare 2025 forecasts for the No-Build and 5 Build alternatives for slip ramps in the Schultz Road, PA 113, and Township Line Road study areas. It was prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, which is studying the implementation of E-Z Pass only ramps at these locations. The DVRPC regional travel simulation…

The goal of this study is to inventory the region's rail stations to determine a priority list of "Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Opportunity sites", in furtherance of the goals and policies of DVRPC's adopted Year 2025 Horizons long-range plan. While the region has over 340 fixed-rail stations, the majority of them have transit-adjacent developments (TADs). Transit-adjacent development is development…