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Census tracts are small, statistical subdivisions of a county delineated by local participants as part of the United States Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of decennial census data. The 2000 census marks the first time that the entire United States is delineated into census…

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.

This report presents the methodology and documents the results of field surveys conducted by DVRPC to determine average vehicle occupancy rates for the nine counties comprising the Delaware Valley Region. The resulting rates are reported at state and county levels. Also included are rates determined by vehicle type, highway functional class, area type, and hour of the day.

This report is a "how-to" guide for municipalities, the county and state, the Mantua Creek Watershed Association and Gloucester County Federation of Watersheds, and residents interested in protecting the environment of the Upper Mantua Creek from the creek's headwaters in Glassboro to the dam at Bethel Mill Park and along one of its tributaries, Duffield Run. The report assesses existing conditions,…

This report documents the recommended procedures for transit assignment and network skims in the DVRPC travel model system. Transit assignment routines were prepared for three different time periods: AM peak period, PM peak period, and the off-peak period and are implemented in TRANPLAN. The report describes the procedures used to build the transit networks using the INET and DVFARE programs and…

This report summarizes an examination of existing and proposed future traffic volumes along Williamstown New Freedom Road (CR 536 Spur). Undertaken at the request of Camden and Gloucester Counties, the study was conducted to determine the ability of CR 536 Spur to accommodate continued traffic growth resulting from the concentration of new development within the study area, the background growth of…

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.

This report documents a comprehensive land use and transportation evaluation of the 13 mile long PA 100 corridor in central Chester County, Pennsylvania. The work augments planning activities conducted independently by the five corridor municipalities through adoption of a multimodal corridor perspective, application of regional planning initiatives (PA Congestion Management Systems, Mobility Alternatives…

This report presents 27 indicators that collectively track the region's progress towards the adopted goals of Direction 2020, DVRPC's long range transportation and land use plan for the Delaware Valley. The indicators depict trends in eight issue areas: Physical Form, Traffic Congestion, Environment, Air Quality, Economic Development, Freight Movement, Mobility and Housing. The data provides a starting…

This report, together with the Camden County Public Transportation Plan (DVRPC, Draft March 1993, Final Report #97020) is intended to serve as the transportation element of the County Comprehensive Plan. It updates the existing master plan for highways which was completed in 1971. The county's current and future highway needs are assessed and recommendations are presented. These recommendations were…