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This report provides case studies of ten planning tools which link land use and transportation planning. These tools are designed to be implemented at the local level. The study also presents the findings of a survey administered to the region's 353 municipalities, which indicates the type of planning tools used by municipalities.

This report represents a continuation and follow-up to a previous DVRPC report entitled "Delaware Valley Rental Housing Assessment" completed in September 1993. This report builds upon the findings of the previous report and develops policy recommendations to improve all aspects of the Delaware Valley region. In developing policy recommendations the report examines the demand for and supply of rental…

This report provides an overview of land use trends from 1970-1990 for the nine-county DVRPC region at various levels of geographical detail including regional, county, and Minor Civil Division (MCD). The predominant data sources utilized are the 1970 and 1990 DVRPC land use files. These files are based on information derived from aerial photography.

This report provides the Land Use element of DVRPC's Year 2020 Land Use and Transportation Plan in three chapters- Development, Open Space and Agriculture. The Development chapter examines past trends and current forces and provides a plan for future growth focused on centers and corridors. The Open Space chapter considers existing park resources and regional needs based on population and natural…

The Delaware Valley - the nine-county bi-state region served by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)- is a complex and dynamic area incorporating the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer in New Jersey. With more than five million people and 352 separate municipal governments, the Delaware…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate seven alternative improvement scenarios to improve traffic operations along US 202 in Norristown Borough, Montgomery County. The seven alternative scenarios included a Base Case alternative, a TSM alternative, a one-way Markley Street with Dannehower Bridge ramp alternative, a Dannehower Bridge ramp alternative, a two-way Airy Street alternative, a two-way…

This report documents the 1990 Census municipal demographic and employment variables used in transportation studies. These data are among the basic inputs to the DVRPC regional travel-demand simulation models, which are used to estimate base-year travel patterns, facility volumes, and emissions generated by mobile sources.

This report presents the results of COMSIS' evaluation of thirty-seven Transportation Control Measures for implementation in the Pennsylvania portion of the DVRPC region. COMSIS used its own Travel Demand Management Evaluation Model, DVRPC's regional travel simulation model, Mobile5a, Garmen Associates' Post-Processor for Air Quality, and sketch planning techniques to estimate the changes in travel…

This is the final report for the Commuter benefit Program, an employee benefit program for mass transit commuting costs. Administrated by DVRPC, this program operates with employee-provided vouchers which employees use to pay their mass transit passes and multi-ride tickets. Transit operators in the Souteastern Pennsylvania and the Southern New Jersey region as well as Pittsburgh and Delaware and…

This report provides an overview of income trends in the expanded 28 county DVRPC data service area at various levels of geographical detail including census tract, county, Minor Civil Division (MCD), state, Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) and Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA). The 1990 Census and 1980 Census are the predominant data sources utilized.