Tracking Progress is an interactive dashboard for exploring regularly updated data to gauge our progress toward achieve the Connections 2050 vision of an equitable, resilient, and sustainable Greater Philadelphia region.
Regional indicators are used to communicate how the region is performing at a given time, identify successful programs, align DVRPC's planning and implementation activities,……
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……