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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…

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,…

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…

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…

This supplement contains five additional alternatives proposed for the restoration of servicento SEPTA's Newtown Line and follows an earlier report, published in January, which looked at two alternatives. The new alternatives include electrifying the line and operating direct service to the Philadelphia CBD, either via Fox Chase or via a connection to West Trenton Line near Bethayres; diesel shuttles,…

This report describes the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Geographic Information System for the Transportation Planning activities (GIS-T) and types of databases and data items. It also illustrates some of the transportation planning activities that have utilized this system at Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.

This report is the third in a series of reports issued to date as part of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's continuing growth monitoring project. It provides a summary of the type, scale and location of proposed and actual development activity in the nine county DVRPC region in 1992 and 1993, and compares it to 1990 and 1991 data. Cost of permit-authorized non-residential construction…

Two alternatives are considered for the restoration of service to SEPTA's Newtown Line. The first alternative considers a diesel shuttle train running between Newton and a transfer station on the Warminster Line; and the second a limited diesel service to Suburban Station using a new connection to the Chestnut Hill West Line. Demographic and employment trends are examined for the study area, which…

This report provides the goals, policies, actions and implementation strategies of DIRECTION 2020, DVRPC's long range land use and transportation plan for the Delaware Valley Region. Implementation strategies are presented for each of 55 specific action steps previously identified by the DVRPC Board. Significant new implementation tools are boxed on each page and summarized in the last chapter.