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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…

This document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in the Delaware Valley Region which will seek federal funding in fiscal years 1997 to 2000 for the Pennsylvania Subregion and fiscal years 1998 to 2002 for the New Jersey Subregion. Also included is a description of the planning process and the roles of the numerous agencies responsible for…

The Camden County Public Transportation Plan examines operations and planning issues surrounding public transit services provided by NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and PATCO. As a complement to these larger operators, non-traditional services such as Echelon Shuttle Bus and the Cross County Connesction TMA were also explored. In preparing this analysis, emphasis was given to the mandates of the Intermodal Surface…

This report considers the economic impacts of tourism and travel in the Delaware Valley and presents strategies for improving mobility for tourists. Over 130 regional attractions are mapped and surveyed, and primary access routes to and between these attractions are identified. Transportation improvements that would improve mobility are listed, and a detailed proposal to establish a regional directional…

This report contains current and Year 2018 traffic forecasts for the Northern Terminus of US 202 Section 700. It supplements a DVRPC report entitled "US 202 Traffic Analysis Section 700 - PA 309 to Doylestown Bypass," dated March 1992. Two alternatives are studied, a No-Build Alternative and a Bypass Alternative (the construction of a full expressway between PA 309 and the Doylestown Bypass). Traffic…

This report provides an overview and inventory of the existing public access facilities in the Delaware Estuary and Lake Erie coastal zones. The report identified and examined 96 facilities in the Delaware Estuary and 76 facilities along Lake Erie. Facility analysis included location, ownership, management, water frontage, size, total CZM funding, facilities, activities and usage issues. In addition,…