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This exploratory scenario planning exercise was conducted with the Futures Working Group (FWG), and is a key step in developing the Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan for Greater Philadelphia. This effort assesses uncertainty within a changing environment, and aims to understand what conditions or events may emerge, along with their likely consequences. It identifies an expansive range of future scenarios……

This document amends the Connections 2045 Plan for Greater Philadelphia to reflect shifts in federal and state funding to the Pennsylvania portion of the DVRPC region and incorporate federal Transportation Performance Management (TPM} requirements. The amended financial plan addresses the new revenue projections, updates the cost, timing, and scope of major regional projects in the Long-Range Plan.……

This is a web application that allows the Office of Communications & Engagement to post timely information/announcements in a consolidated location online. Posts can be sorted by various topics, including: business opportunities, updates to data layers, events, funding opportunities, press releases, new reports, and new web maps, among other types of announcements.

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) web seach tool 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.

Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) is a road classification scheme based on the comfort of bicyclists using that road. DVRPC’s LTS assignment is based on the number of lanes, effective vehicle speed, and presence/type of bicycle facility. The Connectivity Analysis was conducted to determine which segments provide the greatest number of connections throughout the region, from every census block to every……

View and identify congested sub-corridors within the DVRPC region and review very appropriate congestion mitigation strategies. A link is provided for more detailed information on each sub-corridor.

This report consolidates the strategies contained within DVRPC’s social media campaign of the same name, which launched on April 3, 2020, and was aimed at helping small businesses and the region’s retail districts navigate the economic crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Planning for climate change resiliency is an increasingly pressing requirement for communities throughout the world and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) region. In order to help local officials, non-profits, and communities with this process, numerous planning tools have been developed by a wide range of public and private agencies. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is……

This analytical data report summarizes regional, county, and municipal-level 2015 enhanced land use data. In the City of Philadelphia, information is provided for each of the City’s 18 planning districts. The enhanced land use data is a new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) product, improving upon the preliminary 2015 land use file described in ADR024. It includes more subcategories of uses than……