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This report was created to satisfy provisions for a regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Greater Philadelphia. The report includes background demographic, economic, and land use data; identifies regional strengths, challenges, and opportunities; sets regional economic development goals and objectives; discusses community and private sector participation in the development……

This study assesses the ability of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) regional travel forecasting model to predict the effect that fare increases have on ridership. The study analyzes five scenarios, comparing the model’s results to empirical data from other similar studies and to actual observed data from recent fare changes implemented by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation……

This document represents the findings and recommendations for the Congestion and Crash Site Analysis Program study conducted in Montgomery County in Fiscal Year 2013. This program represents an effort to improve the mobility and safety on roadways in the DVRPC region. Working with a data-driven process and the Montgomery County Planning Commission, the intersections of Eagleville Road at Sunnyside……

The CMP newsletter series focuses on congested subcorridors in the Delaware Valley, alternating between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This edition highlights the Chester County Public Transportation Plan. For more information, please visit www.dvrpc.org.

Recent trends show that, although increased consumer interest has generated new market opportunities for farmers, it is becoming more difficult to start and sustain a small, profitable farming enterprise. Despite these challenges, it is important to support small and mid-sized farms, especially those managed by beginning and young farmers. This guide addresses a number of the challenges that small……

In this regional energy use and greenhouse gas emission inventory, DVRPC estimates energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the nine-county Greater Philadelphia region in 2010. This inventory is the first since DVRPC’s initial inventory of 2005 greenhouse gas emissions. 2010 Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Greater Philadelphia: Summary describes the scope and findings of the inventory……

The Highlights for the Draft DVRPC FY2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Pennsylvania briefly describes the region’s TIP as a federally required, multi-modal, four year constrained program of planned transportation infrastructure investment. It also contains a summary listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and freight related projects in DVRPC’s Pennsylvania region……

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document contains a listing of all transit, highway, bridge, bicycle, pedestrian, and multimodal projects in DVRPC’s Pennsylvania counties that will seek federal funding in fiscal years 2015 to 2018. This volume also contains the following six appendices: (a) Acknowledgement of Board Resolutions, (b) State DOT Financial and Procedural Guidance, (c) Acknowledgement……

This volume contains the following: (d) DVRPC TIP Project Benefit Criteria, (e) Executive Summary of the Documentation of the Conformity Finding, and (f) Summary of Public Involvement Process, Index of Comments, Original Public Comments, Responses to Public Comments, List of Recommended Changes, Public Comment Outreach Documentation, the Draft Highlights of the FY2013 Draft TIP for Pennsylvania, Tribal……