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This report represents a continuation of the study of various housing topics studied by DVRPC in recent years. Previous studies have examined empirical data and developed policy recommendations to improve both the private homeownership housing market and the rental housing market within the nine-county Delaware Valley region. This report looks at the public and assisted housing stock of the region,…

This report describes the 2020 Regional Airport System Plan for the Delaware Valley. The Plan includes 27 existing airports in the twelve county region; of these airports, three are commercial, twelve reliever, ten general aviation, and two military. In addition to the four existing heliports, three new sites are recommended in the Plan. The cost of the recommended improvements is estimated at $740.…

This plan is the adopted long range transportation plan for the nine county region prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and in conformity with the requirements of the Clean Air Act Ammendments of 1990. It contains a financially constrained set of regionally significant projects and policies as well as listing of future studies which are…

US 202 section 400 extends from Swedesford Road in Chester County to the Schuykill Expressway (I-76) in Montgomery County, a distance of 5.4 miles. Due to the traffic congestion experienced at the confluence of US 202, US 422, and I-76, efforts to improve this section were undertaken in the mid 1980's. PennDOT, as part of an Environmental Assessment that is under way, must conduct a Major Investment…

This report presents and evaluates the impact of the Congestion Management System (CMS) strategies on US 322 Section 100 in Chester County and Delaware County. These strategies are largely targeted to home-based work trips. After a series of meetings, the steering committee identified five strategies or DVRPC to analyze: Comprehensive employer-TDM, Carpooling/Vanpooling programs, Telecommuting, Park…

This report presents the estimates of daily vehicle-miles traveled in the nine-county Delaware Valley region. It includes a comparison of VMT estimates based on the HPMS counts (as generated by the states), DVRPC travel simulation model, and by the DVRPC enhanced HPMS method of traffic counts. These methods are analyzed and compared at the county and regional levels.

This interim report document the first two phases of as three phase effort to identify a network of highways that can adequately serve east-west travel across Gloucester County. This travel corridor runs between the Commodore Barry Bridge and NJ 55. Demand in this corridor gets extremely heavy in the summer months as the New Jersey Shore becomes a popular destination. Because US 322 provides a direct…

At the request of SEPTA, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) examined current and future parking demand at 17 regional rail stations along the Lansdale/Doylesown (R5) rail line between the North Hills Station in Montgomery County and the Doylestown Station in Bucks County. The study's methodology included collecting data on recent services, facilities and patronage, defining the cummutershed…

The focus of this plan is the twenty-three significant intermodal facilities in the Delaware Valley region where freight is exchanged between modes of transport in route to its final destination. A catalogue of these facilities and their supporting networks is provided, as is a listing of improvements and long term goals to achieve seamless transfers of goods. This plan, Report 29 of Direction 2020,…

This report presents the results of a truck classification counting effort to test the validity of using short term counts to estimate 24 hour truck percentages and related characteristics. An evaluation of the degree of performance of four automatic counters, marketed by different manufacturers, is also included. The sampling, statistical methodology, analysis and conclusions of the study are documented…