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This is the final report of a three-part series, and it provides strategies for bridging the region’s digital divide. Parts One and Two in the series discussed the broadband technology, and assessed the digital divide within the region (both pre- and mid-COVID-19).

Preparing Greater Philadelphia for Highly Automated Vehicle Deployment is a companion to Dispatches from Alternative Futures (DVRPC Publication #20012). This report explores the future of transportation through the lens of vehicular automation. It reviews the technologies being used to create highly automated vehicles (HAVs) and where they are in their development. It then extends the Dispatches exploratory……

At the request of the City of Philadelphia, the Hunting Park East Freight Access Study was undertaken to examine neighborhood freight generation and patterns in more detail and to provide recommendations and strategies that support the industrial economic center while ensuring the safe and efficient movement of both people and goods. This study documents the existing land use and employment patterns;……

This study supports one main transportation objective: to improve the operational efficiency of US 202 Section 200 through West Goshen Township. This study identifies highway design alternatives that would benefit local residents and commuters by improving safety and maximizing the efficiency of existing transportation infrastructure.

The Safe Routes to Transit: Bordentown Station plan was created by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission in collaboration with a variety of partners, most notably the City of Bordentown and Burlington County. The study proposes a series of design treatments with implementation steps to assist the municipality in funding and building a series of safety improvements for people walking and……

This volume contains the following appendices: (e) PennDOT’s General and Procedural Guidance; (f) Environmental Justice Appendix, (g) SEPTA’s Financial Capacity Analysis; (h) Executive Summary of the Documentation of the Conformity Finding; and (i) Summary of Public Involvement Process, Index of Comments, Original Public Comments, Responses to Public Comments, List of Recommended Changes, Public Comment……

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 2021 to 2024. This volume also contains the following four appendices: (a) Board Resolutions, (b) PennDOT Financial Guidance, (c) Memorandum of Understanding on Procedures……

The Highlights for the DVRPC FY2021 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 which……

This report is the second in a three-part series aimed at assessing the digital divide within the region (both pre- and mid-COVID-19). The third and final part will provide recommendations and strategies for how to bridge that divide.