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This is a newsletter that highlights DVRPC's livability grant program, the Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI). Each newsletter provides information on how DVRPC's investment has impacted the regional and highlights specific TCDI funded projects.

This Data Snapshot, the fourth in a series of Data Snapshots on Immigration in Greater Philadelphia, examines the communities of Cheltenham, Cherry Hill, and Millbourne and presents both demographic data and information learned from a series of interviews with local officials and immigrant business owners.

This guidebook is intended to help municipalities and private companies in Pennsylvania understand how compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles can be used in their refuse services to save money. The use of CNG to displace gasoline or diesel fuel assists Pennsylvania in achieving its broad energy security and environmental air quality goals. Both municipalities and private companies that own refuse trucks……

The Primos Station Access & Development Opportunities Study was conducted by DVRPC staff in collaboration with SEPTA, Delaware County, Aldan Borough, and Upper Darby Township. The study included a comprehensive analysis of the recently renovated SEPTA station, focusing on three key facets: station parking, intermodal access, and land use potential. The stated objectives of the study were to identify……

Congestion is getting harder to manage, but tools to analyze it and cost-effective measures are always improving. This is the second in a series of brochures using archived operations data to understand the causes of congestion and what can be done about it. The focus corridor for this edition is NJ 73 from the Tacony Palmyra Bridge to Evesham Road; however, the emphasis on operations, multimodal……

This report documents the process and findings of the North Maple Avenue Road Safety Audit undertaken by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). The report details safety issues identified by the audit team at the study location and remedial strategies to address them. The audit goal is to identify safety issues and generate improvement recommendations for the study area in an effort……

This study examined transit and motorized traffic along the State Street corridor in the central business district of the City of Trenton. The potential for Transit Signal Priority to be implemented on State Street was evaluated as an effective tool to decrease delay and increase travel speeds for buses in the corridor. This study is an extension of the TSP Favorability Score: Development and Application……

This report summarizes the on-board transit survey that was conducted by DVRPC during 2010 and 2011. The first chapter outlines the methods that were used to conduct the survey, the second chapter provides summary results for each survey question, and the third chapter provides insight, analysis, and key findings from the survey.

The Camden County Highway Plan was prepared as an element to the update of the overall Camden County Master Plan. The Highway Plan sets the direction for highway infrastructure—and particularly its own county route network—to keep pace with changes expected by 2040. The Master Plan provides the authority for managing the change that will come. Seven significant physical/operational mobility improvement……

This study was conducted by DVRPC to identify potential strategies to enhance pedestrian and bicycle access to five stations along SEPTA’s Trenton Regional Rail Line: Holmesburg Junction, Torresdale, Cornwells Heights, Croydon, and Levttitown. Enhancing nonmotorized access to these stations is particularly important at this time because over the next 10 years the reconstruction of I-95 is expected……