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The Connections Plan sets regional policy and agenda. It reviews long-term and recent development trends and considers future land use scenarios, along with extensive public input, as the basis for creating a regional vision to guide future development in the nine-county DVRPC region. The Plan is organized around four key Plan principles: Create Livable Communities; Manage Growth and Protect Resources;……

Agriculture, agricultural development areas (ADAs), built environment, Camden County, Camden County Agriculture Development Board (CCADB), Camden County Department of Open Space and Farmland Preservation, conservation, endangered species, farm assessment, farming industry, farmland, Great Egg Harbor, Great Swamp Branch, greenways, habitat, Jersey Fresh, land use planning, land preservation, Mullica……

This document represents the findings and recommendations for the Delaware County Congestion and Crash Site Analysis project. This project represents an effort to improve the mobility and safety of the roadways in the DVRPC region. The goal of the program is to identify cost-effective improvement strategies that will reduce congestion and crashes and improve the mobility and safety of all road users.……

The Northwestern region of Philadelphia is celebrated for its striking natural beauty and historic centers. These commercial and civic centers have long served the residents of the local communities in the neighborhoods of Chestnut Hill, Roxborough, Mt. Airy, and Germantown in Philadelphia, Lafayette Hill and barren Hill in Whitemarsh Township and Flourtown, Erdenheim, Oreland, and Glenside in Springfield……

This report focuses on the application of context-sensitive solutions (CSS) principles and best practices, including traffic calming, focusing on twocase study sites within the DVRPC region - Bethlehem Pike in Springfield and Whitemarsh Townships, Montgomery County, PA, and East Atlantic Avenue in Audubon, Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside in Camden County, NJ. CSS is a means to link land use……

This is a documentation of the process and findings of the PA 10 Road Safety Audit (RSA) undertaken by Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). This project represents the collaboration between PennDOT District 6 and DVRPC to address locations in the region with safety issues, to obligate HSIP funding for remedial actions with the aim of making the region's roadways safer. This corridor……

This memorandum is the third annual review of the status of supplemental strategies for major single-occupancy vehicle capacity-adding projects in the region's Transportation Improvement Programs. Twelve TIP projects were reviewed for 2009. All projects reviewed were found to be making reasonable progress with supplemental projects in accordance with federal CMP regulations.

The goal of this project is to examine the effectiveness of road diet conversions on transportation safety while maintaining adequate traffic flow. In cooperation with our planning partners and other stakeholders, this project has identified guidelines for the conditions in which road diets are appropriate to accomplish the goal of increasing safety while preserving mobility. This is documented in……