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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……

In an effort to improve intermodal trips that include biking to Regional Rail in Delaware County, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) examined bicycle usage and openness to biking through in-person surveying and existing conditions analysis at three Regional Rail stations. These efforts were to better understand the habits and preferences of existing and potential bike-to-transit……

This document contains all of the projects and related funding for FY 2021 as passed by the DVRPC Board in January 2020.

Este documento contiene todos los proyectos y la financiación correspondiente para el año fiscal 2021 a medida que pasaba por la Junta de la DVRPC en enero de 2020.

A Congestion Management Process (CMP) is a systematic process for managing congestion. It identifies specific multimodal strategies for all locations in the region to minimize congestion and enhance the ability of people and goods to reach their destinations. The CMP advances the goals of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Long-Range Plan and strengthens the connection between the Plan……

This technical report presents aircraft operations estimates for four non-towered airports in the Delaware Valley aviation planning area. Acoustic counts were taken at each airport, starting in January 2018 and ending in December 2018; each sample covered seven continuous days. The samples were extrapolated over the entire year, and the results are presented in this report. Results are used by multiple……

This study analyzes vehicle trip and parking generation rates at mid-level apartment buildings throughout the Philadelphia urban area. Data was collected at 13 sites. Ten of the sites are within a short walk of a rail station. The remaining three sites have no rail access and are auto oriented. The vehicle trip reduction benefit of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) was estimated by comparing the……