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The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) demonstrates transportation conformity of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 New Jersey Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), FY 2013 Pennsylvania TIP, and Connections Long-Range Plan. This conformity finding of the DVRPC TIPs and the Long-Range Plan shows that they meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) requirements governing ozone,……

Greater Philadelphia's population is becoming more diverse. Immigration has helped many communities in the region replenish population losses. Greater Philadelphia's foreign-born population has grown and changed rapidly since 1990. This Data Snapshot examines the foreign-born population in Greater Philadelphia using 2010 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Public/private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private sector entities that provide public infrastructure, community facilities and other related services. PPPs shared the investment, risk, responsibility, and reward between all partners, often making the endeavor a bit more complicated. PPPs should be created when both the public and private sectors have a unique set……

The CMP newsletter series focuses on congested subcorridors in the Delaware Valley, alternating between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This edition highlights the US 130/US 206 area in Bordentown, New Jersey. For more information about any of these programs, please visit www.dvrpc.org.

What happens after a solution is agreed upon to address a transportation safety problem? This publication is a brief guide to how to fund solutions. It outlines key processes, useful publications, and potential funding sources. It is primarily oriented to municipal and county staff, but provides helpful information for anyone involved in reducing traffic crashes and fatalities.

This memorandum is the fifth annual review of the status of supplemental projects for major single occupancy vehicle capacity-adding projects in the region's Transportation Improvement Programs. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission worked with project sponsors to identify or update Congestion Management Process (CMP) commitments. All projects reviewed were found to be making reasonable……

This report defines three different types of Freight Centers and inventories 44 clusters of freight related activity in the DVRPC region. A total of 42,658 acres of land are designated into six freight related land use types. The report provides methodologies for others looking to replicate the study, and next steps for DVRPC and for Freight Center Stakeholders. The goal of this report is to enhance……

The purpose of Accessing the Tidal Delaware: Pennsylvania is to further the revitalization of Pennsylvania’s tidal Delaware River waterfront communities by identifying multimodal transportation projects to improve access to the waterfront. Its intent is not to duplicate the endeavors of the numerous high quality waterfront plans that have come before. Rather, it seeks to raise awareness about the existing……

Understanding crashes on the roads in the Delaware Valley is an important step in increasing safety. This publication analyzes information about crashes and the seven key safety emphasis areas for the region developed in conjunction with the 2011 update of the Safety Action Plan (Publication 12005). Analysis includes numbers and rates of crashes, as well as information about who was involved, where,……

This report describes the 2035 Regional Airport System for the 12 county, four state Delaware Valley Region. The plan includes three commercial airports, 12 reliever/business airports, 9 general aviation airports, four existing heliports and two proposed heliport sites. Cost of recommended improvements to all plan facilities by 2025 is estimated at $6.2 billion. Specific policy, capital project, and programmatic……