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This report assesses the 2000 – 2020 trends in highway traffic volumes, public transit ridership, bicycle trips, and pedestrian trips entering and leaving the Philadelphia Central Business District (CBD). Traffic volumes are expressed as both vehicle and person trips. Public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian trips are expressed as person trips. This report analyzes all trips crossing the North, West,……

The Browns Mills Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan presents a set of bicycle and pedestrian recommendations for Browns Mills, New Jersey that support better health outcomes and enhance connections to the Town Center, recreational destinations, and neighboring communities. It provides detailed recommendations for five locations throughout and around Browns Mills that the community, Pemberton Township, and……

This report investigates how municipalities and utilities currently approach infrastructure needs and funding programs, asking why they choose to pursue certain programs and how access to funds for infrastructure improvements could be improved.

A survey and in-person interviews of 14 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) were conducted to identify the state of the practice in long-range planning among the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC’s) peers. The peers were selected based on jurisdiction, agency capacity and structure, and conducting work relevant to DVRPC. The White Paper contains four primary sections focused……

Air quality—both indoors and outdoors—has a major effect on human health. Numerous scientific studies have linked ozone and particle pollution to chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, and even premature death. Although we know that poor air quality can be detrimental to human health, it is one of the most difficult environmental……

This study considers changes to station facilities that would be required to extend Trolley Route 10 from its current terminal to Overbrook Station and provide sufficient layover space for current and future bus needs. The concept design presented in this report includes improvements to station accessibility for riders with disabilities and recommendations for increased bicycle and pedestrian facilities.……

This technical report presents aircraft operations estimates for EVY - Summit Airport in Middletown, Delaware. These aircraft operation estimates are a part of the cyclical regional aircraft counting program. This report is a part of the 2020 counting cycle. Acoustic counts of fixed-wing takeoffs were collected during the observation period from February 2020 through September 2020. The estimates based……

This project was funded by the City of Philadelphia as part of Vision Zero, an effort to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2050. Cecil B. Moore Avenue is a dangerous arterial roadway in North Philadelphia with a history of severe crashes. The study area for this project stretches from Willington Street to 10th Street along Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The study team for this project conducted extensive neighborhood……

This report presents the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (DVRPC’s) adopted 2050 county- and municipal-level population and employment forecasts and describes the method used to develop them. Population and employment forecasts are a critical component of long-range land use and transportation planning. As a part of DVRPC’s long-range planning activities, the Commission is required to……