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This publication is a plan for open space protection, land preservation, and recreation development for Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It is designed to complement the Environmental Resource Inventory of Mantua Township, completed in 2005. It includes information on the active recreation amenities and needs of the township. The Plan documents the natural resources, historical resources,……

This report presents the results of a study of opportunities to create a county-wide network of routes for non-motorized travel serving important destinations including recreational areas, employment centers, schools, transportation facilities, and existing trails, culminating with a sketch plan for a network of four cross-county routes. Comprised of multi-use trails to the maximum extent possible,……

This document updates and builds on the analysis and recommendations included in Route 202 Section 100 Land Use Strategies Study, which was completed by DVRPC in 2001. Consistent with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's planned widening of the corridor, local land use and transportation strategies are explored and the coordination and implementation of "smart growth" planning techniques……

Application of a road safety audit methodology focusing on juvenile pedestrians for Safe Routes to School engineering project planning and identification is tested on a portion of US 202 and other streets near Hancock Elementary School, Norristown. Results and recommendations are presented.

This technical memorandum utilizes the New Jersey Crash Database and analysis tools developed by DVRPC to examine trends and summarize crash data on county routes and higher functioning roadways in the New Jersey counties of the DVRPC region. Crash analysis is a standard component of most transportation studies undertaken at DVRPC. The work in this memorandum, and the cluster finder tool that was……

Begun in 2002, the Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) is a grant program of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) that supports local development and redevelopment efforts in the individual municipalities of the Delaware Valley that implement municipal, county, state, and regional planning objectives. The TCDI program provides a mechanism for municipalities……

DVRPC demonstrates transportation conformity of its FY 2007 PA TIP, FY 2008 NJ TIP and the 2030 long range plan. This conformity finding of the DVRPC Transportation Improvement Programs and the long range plan shows that they meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) requirements governing ozone, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter. This conformity finding reflects all amendments……

Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a program that encourages and enables children to safely walk or bicycle to school. SRTS promotes a healthy and active lifestyle while reducing traffic, pollution, and fuel consumption, and improving safety in the vicinity of schools. This brochure demonstrates how to prepare an SRTS Action Plan using the 4 "E" Strategies: Education, Encouragement, Engineering, and Enforcement.……

This report documents the first phase of an analysis on examining the applicability of constructing roundabouts at appropriate locations in the region. In general, the concept of roundabouts is relatively new to the region, however given the proven safety benefits and successful applications from across the country, roundabouts are a worthy mechanism for improving the efficiency and safety at intersections.……

As part of its FY 2006 work program, DVRPC undertook a survey and data analysis exercise at the request of the Delaware River Port Authority and PATCO. The central purpose of this exercise was to conduct license plate surveys at three PATCO stations: Ferry Avenue, Woodcrest, and Lindenwold, and to compare the results of these surveys (i.e. the geographic distribution of riders) to those of identical……