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The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) document includes (1) a general overview of the TIP intended to familiarize you with what the TIP is and is not, how it was developed, and what can be expected for projects in the TIP, and (2) a description of the TIP public involvement process.

The number of elderly residents has increased dramatically throughout the nation and the region in recent years, and is expected to continue to increase at a record pace. The majority of these new and future retirees will expect to age in place, staying in the home or at least the community where they've spent most of their lives. Most suburban development patterns, however, cannot accommodate the……

Population and employment forecasts are a critical component of long-range transportation and land use planning. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission last adopted forecasts (through the year 2030) in March 2005. In order to maintain a 30-year planning horizon, the Commission, working closely with the planning staffs of its nine member counties, prepared 2035 population and employment……

This publication documents the natural and community resources of Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The natural resource information includes descriptions, tables and maps of land use; soils; steep slopes; drinking water aquifers and wells; surface waters including watersheds, streams, wetlands, vernal pools, and floodplains; impacts on water resources; aquifers and groundwater; vegetation……

This study examines the costs and benefits of extending previously discontinued service from Thorndale Station west to three stations in Chester County: Atglen, Parkesburg, and Coatesville. The methods of analysis include evaluation of current service and parking levels, Year 2020 straight line ridership forecasts based on station sheds, an inventory of capital and operating costs, and an assessment……

The 2005 federal transportation act - the "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act - A Legacy for Users" (SAFETEA-LU) - and NJ Transit require participation in a local transportation service coordination plan for agencies to remain eligible for funding under the following grant programs: Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, Elderly and Individuals with Disabilities……

This document, Transitioning to TOD: A Transit-Oriented Development Plan for SEPTA R3 Wawa, grew out of the work done on Linking Transit, Communities, and Development: Regional Inventory of Transit-Oriented Development Sites, which was published in 2003. The regional inventory identified a priority list of 45 TOD opportunity sites that support the goals and policies of DVRPC's Destination 2030 long-range……

This document is the second phase of an 18-month two-volume study. Completed in June 2006, Volume One: Baseline Conditions incorporated baseline information including demographics, land use and development, and transportation conditions. A municipal and corridor-wide zoning build-out analysis was also completed. Building upon the conditions identified in Volume I, this second volume provides the……

DVRPC NEWS is published by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Office of Communications & Public Affairs. DVRPC News is funded through grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania & New Jersey Departments of Transportation, & DVRPC's member governments.

This two-phase project defines a tool and method to assess the appropriateness of various modes and intensities of transit service throughout the DVRPC region. Phase I consisted of a statistical evaluation and refinement of New Jersey Transit's existing transit score method. This included a regression analysis to test the relationships between existing variables, additional variables, and transit mode……