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This report details the process and findings of phase two of the database review of train and trolley crashes in the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission region. The study area is predominantly Philadelphia but also examines Delaware County, where SEPTA’s Routes 101 and 102 trolleys operate and the Routes 11 and 13 trolleys terminate. Using the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crash……

New Jersey Transit’s River LINE light rail service has not been surveyed since it opened in spring of 2004. This survey was used to update demographic profiles and determine travel patterns of riders using the River LINE. The River LINE was surveyed in both directions, north and south, and the focus was on the AM peak period of travel.

This study is a continuation of the planning effort that began with the Routes 611 & 263 Corridor Study conducted by DVRPC with Phase 1 and Phase 2 completed in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The Phase 2 report presented a list of improvement recommendations for the corridor. The current project developed one of these: to provide a uniform, coordinated community wayfinding signing plan throughout the……

The purpose of the Tracking Progress project is to determine whether the adopted Long-Range Plan goals are being met. While there are several exercises performance indicators that have been undertaken by various entities within the region for various purposes, none have been systematically comprehensive to evaluate the effectiveness of DVRPC's Long-Range Plan goals. Tracking Progress is designed……

This report documents the benefits, costs, and feasibility of constructing operational improvements to the I-95/I-476 Interchange and its immediate vicinity and I-476 Hard Shoulder Running. High-priority recommendations from the Phase 1 study were investigated in more detail. Through field views and plotting engineering details on high resolution aerial photos, potential constraints and planning-level……

This report documents the process and results from the street tree survey conducted by DVPRC during the summer of 2012.

The evaluations summarized in this report were performed in support of PennDOT’s statewide effort to promote the establishment of formal access management ordinances for state and local highways. A case study of PA 611 in southern Bucks County was conducted and concept plans prepared for the study corridor as tangible illustration of benefits of planning and implementing access management strategies.……

As the region’s metropolitan planning organization (MPO), DVRPC provides technical assistance and services to its member state, county, and local governments; the private sector; and the public. Delaware Valley Data is our periodic series of free data bulletins, analytical data reports, data reference guides, and data snapshots. This analytical data report provides 2040 and interim-year employment……

As the region's metropolitan planning organization (MPO), DVRPC provides technical assistance and services to its member state, county, and local governments; the private sector; and the public. Delaware Valley Data is our periodic series of free data bulletins, analytical data reports, data reference guides, and data snapshots. This analytical data report provides regional, county, and municipal-level……

DVRPC's annual safety bulletin provides a snapshot of road safety and crash trends in the nine counties of the Delaware Valley region and the nation, and highlights select emphasis areas from DVRPC's Safety Action Plan. The goal of the bulletin is to raise awareness of traffic crashes, discuss causal factors, and promote programs and agencies working toward improving safety.