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January 26, 2023
On behalf of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), we are pleased to
present the Fiscal Year 2024 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) as adopted by the DVRPC
Board on January 26, 2023. This document details the work to be completed by DVRPC and our
member governments during FY 2024, which runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
As the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Greater Philadelphia
Metropolitan Area, DVRPC has the responsibility to undertake a performance-based planning and
programming approach to making investments in our transportation system. DVRPC develops the
UPWP by following the direction and guidance provided by the federal Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA); identifying the region’s priority
planning initiatives as provided by the DVRPC Board; and engaging with area residents, businesses,
and partners.
The planning activities identified in the FY2024 UPWP allow DVRPC to address a variety of issues in
our diverse region and bring us closer to realizing our vision for an equitable, resilient, and
sustainable Greater Philadelphia. Key issue areas for the Commission in FY 2024 include the safety
and resiliency of the region’s transportation infrastructure; the efficiency and operations of our
roads and transit systems; the performance of our transportation assets; the growth and
revitalization in our older communities; the protection of our air, land, and water resources; and
the centering of equity into transportation, land use, and infrastructure investment decisions.
Enhanced engagement with our stakeholders and general public on the implementation of our
long-range plan, the Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia, continues to be a top priority
and is vital to the design and planning of the resulting UPWP initiatives.
The Commission believes that the FY 2024 work program responds to the changing planning and
implementation context and addresses the critical issues identified by the leadership and citizens of
the region. Your comments and suggestions are invited.
Christine Reuther
Board Chair
Ariella Maron
Executive Director

No. B-FY23-003
RESOLUTION
by the Board of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
ADOPTION OF THE
DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
FISCAL YEAR 2024 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning
Commission (DVRPC):
1. Approves and adopts the Fiscal Year 2024 Unified Planning Work Program
(UPWP), consisting of the Regular DVRPC Planning Work Program, the
Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program and the Transit Support
Program, as recommended by the Board Work Program Committee; and
2. Approves the actions to amend or modify the FFY 2022 TIP for New Jersey
and the FFY 2023 TIP for Pennsylvania as required.
3. Authorizes and directs Ariella Maron, Executive Director, to negotiate the
final details of the Board approved and adopted Fiscal Year 2024 UPWP with
appropriate funding agencies; to prepare and file the required applications; to
negotiate, execute, and/or delegate the negotiation and execution of the
necessary contracts, grant agreements, and/or modifications thereto, on
behalf of the DVRPC with and in the form required by a local government,
operating agency, state agency, or Federal agency to aid in financing the
work described in the approved and adopted Fiscal Year 2024 UPWP; and
4. Authorizes and directs Ariella Maron, Executive Director, to execute and file
with such applications, contracts and agreements, such assurances as may
be required or any other document concerning compliance with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all other pertinent directives and requirements
thereunder; and
5. Authorizes and directs Ariella Maron, Executive Director, to set forth and
execute Disadvantaged Business Enterprise policies and establish and
administer procedures as may be required to ensure utilization of
disadvantaged businesses to the maximum extent feasible in connection with
the procurement needs of the projects described in the adopted Fiscal Year
2024 UPWP; and

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6. Designates Ariella Maron, Executive Director, as the authorized
representative of the Commission, to provide such additional information,
documents and certifications as may be required in connection with all
matters pertaining to any application, grant agreement or project contained in
the Fiscal Year 2024 UPWP; and
7. Authorizes and directs Renee Wise, Recording Secretary, and/or her
delegate to impress the official seal of the Commission and attest same on
all documents as may be required.
Adopted this 26th day of January, 2023
by the Board of the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission.
I certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. B-FY23-003.
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Renee Wise, Recording Secretary

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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Master Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2A: DVRPC Program Area Descriptions

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41

Chapter 2B: DVRPC Project Descriptions

135

Chapter 3A: PA Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program (SRHPP)

225

Chapter 3B: NJ Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program (SRHPP)

245

Chapter 4A: PA Transit Support Program (TSP)

273

Chapter 4B: NJ Transit Support Program (TSP)

297

Chapter 5: Other Member Government Projects

315

Chapter 6: Continuing Projects

333

Tables
Table 1: Funding Summary

19

Table 2: Project Funding by Source

20

Table 3: Federal Planning Factors

38

Table 4: Long Range Plan Key Principles

39

Table 5: MPO Regional Planning Process Requirement Milestones

40

Table 6: PA Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

228

Table 7: NJ Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

248

Table 8: PA Transit Support Program

276

Table 9: NJ Transit Support Program

300

Table 10A: NJDOT Initial No Cost Time Extension List

337

Table 10B: NJDOT Multi-Year Projects

338

Appendices
Appendix A: NJDOT Funding

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Appendix B: Acronyms

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Appendix C: Approved Work Program Amendments

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Introduction

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Introduction

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Planning Priorities Facing the Region

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UPWP Development Process

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UPWP Document Organization

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Planning Emphasis Areas

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Federal Legislation Requirements

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Coordination with Member Governments and Other Planning Partners

15

Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program (SRHPP), Transit Support Program (TSP),
and Geographic Information System (GIS) Pass-Through Funding

16

UPWP Budget and Funding

17

Agency Roles and Responsibilities

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DVRPC’s Working Committees

27

UPWP Program Areas

29

UPWP Linkages

37

Tables
Table 1: Funding Summary

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Table 2: Project Funding by Source

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Table 3: Federal Planning Factors

38

Table 4: Long Range Plan Key Principles

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Table 5: MPO Regional Planning Process Requirement Milestones

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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program
Introduction
The FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Delaware Valley Regional Planning
Commission (DVRPC) incorporates the planning programs and support activities of DVRPC and its
member governments for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. A Unified Planning Work
Program (UPWP) is developed annually by the DVRPC Board with its planning partners to reflect
the region's short-range planning needs.
Federal laws and regulations require the formation
of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for
each urbanized area with a population of more
than 50,000. The MPO designated for each
urbanized area is obliged to carry out a continuing,
cooperative and comprehensive, performancebased, multi-modal transportation planning
process. For MPOs such as DVRPC with a
population greater than 200,000, a designation of
Transportation Management Area (TMA) is
assigned. This designation brings with it additional
planning requirements. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is the
federally-designated TMA MPO for the nine-county metropolitan region that includes Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties and the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer counties in New Jersey.
The federal laws and regulations that require the formation of MPOs also provide for the formula
allocation of federal funds to support the required planning activities of the MPOs. These federal
regulations require an MPO to document the metropolitan transportation planning activities
performed with funds provided under title 23 U.S.C. in a unified planning work program (UPWP).
Each MPO, in cooperation with the State(s) and public transportation operator(s), shall develop a
UPWP that includes a discussion of the planning priorities facing the MPO.
In addition to its formula funds, DVRPC is fortunate to receive other federal, state, local,
foundation, and private funds to conduct a robust and comprehensive slate of regional planning
activities. It is this full complement of financial resources that provides the support for the priority
planning activities proposed by our member governments and stakeholders and spelled out in this
FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program.

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Planning Priorities Facing the Region
The metropolitan planning regulations promulgated through the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation) Act and continued through the IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act)
stipulate that each MPO shall develop a UPWP that includes a discussion of the planning priorities
facing the metropolitan area. The planning priorities facing the DVRPC region are easily identified
by looking at the annual requests for new planning projects as submitted by the DVRPC Board and
other stakeholders during the UPWP development process. Many of the requests for planning
studies to be included in the FY 2024 Work Program focused on the following topics: improving the
effectiveness of and access to public transit, Transportation Systems Management and Operations,
bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure improvements, transportation/land use connections, freight
planning, collection of data to enable data-driven analyses, as well as housing, climate change,
resiliency, air quality, equity, and healthy communities. These planning priorities track closely with
the FAST Act Planning Factors as well as the State Departments of Transportation (DOT’s) emphasis
areas.
Within the framework of available financial and human resources, this work program effectively
addresses the key regional transportation and land use issues facing the Delaware Valley. The
program, however, is dynamic in nature and may be modified to respond to any emerging priority
issue or special need vital to the orderly growth and development of the Delaware Valley.
Throughout the fiscal year, new projects and funding may be added to this Unified Planning Work
Program through an amendment process which would require an approval by the DVRPC Board.

UPWP Development Process
DVRPC staff initiates the development process in the July-September time period as initial
individual coordination meetings are scheduled with the member governments, state DOT’s and
transit operators. These coordination meetings are a helpful way for the partners to begin thinking
about their potential project ideas and how those ideas relate to current projects or other
emerging planning issues. Partners are encouraged to consider ideas of a regional nature in
addition to ideas for planning studies that address localized issues. Throughout September and
mid-October, staff works with our partners to refine and submit brief write-ups of their project
ideas considering emerging local and regional priorities as well as continuation of ongoing priority
projects. At a Board Work Program Committee meeting in October, project ideas are presented by
the partners and priority projects are short-listed for initial selection. During November, staff works
with the partners to refine the scopes of the selected projects as they consider potential sources
and amounts of funding. In early December, the Draft UPWP document will be presented at the
DVRPC Board Meeting. The Board is requested to approve the release of the document for public
comment. The public comment period remains open for 30 days; during which time, DVRPC staff
prepare a response to all comments submitted by our partners, advocacy organizations, or the
general public. Staff presents the comments, responses and final document to the Board for
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adoption at the January Board meeting. Following Board adoption, staff incorporates responses to
comments, editorial corrections, and final funding tables into a final document that is submitted to
our funding agencies in March. Work on the adopted UPWP begins on July first.

UPWP Document Organization
The FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program is divided into six chapters with two Appendices:
•

Chapter One serves as an introduction to DVRPC’s operations and relationships to other
transportation and planning organizations in the Delaware Valley region.

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Chapter Two provides details of the Program Areas and Projects which DVRPC will be
undertaking during FY 2024.

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Chapters Three and Four contain the Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program
(SRHPP) and the Transit Support Program (TSP), respectively. These programs provide
funding from DVRPC for our member governments to support their participation in the
regional planning process.

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Chapter Five includes other projects funded through the UPWP to be carried out by
member governments.

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Chapter Six provides a summary of New Jersey Transportation Improvement Program (NJ
TIP) -funded projects that span over multiple fiscal years due to the scope of work,
consultant selection process, and extent of involvement required from various NJ member
governments and municipalities.

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Appendix A contains Schedule 1 which provides a detailed breakdown of funding sources
from New Jersey.

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Appendix B contains a list of acronyms commonly used in DVRPC’s regional planning
process.

Planning Emphasis Areas
The products produced through this UPWP include technical analyses, policy recommendations,
and planning services for member state and local governments. The Program Areas and Projects
outlined in this document are informed by priority Planning Emphasis Areas (PEAs) as identified by
our federal and state partners. Emphasis areas have evolved over time, and much of the ongoing
work in this document reflects that history, and prior emphasis areas on topics like equity, data
collection, cross-region collaboration, and many other topics that remain relevant today. New
Planning Emphasis Areas were announced by FHWA and FTA in January of 2022, and these are
summarized below, along with examples of responsive work in this UPWP.

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New 2022 Planning Emphasis Areas
Tackling the Climate Crisis – Transition to a Clean Energy, Resilient Future
Transportation plans and infrastructure investments should help achieve the national greenhouse
gas reduction goals of 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2050,
and increase resilience to extreme weather events and other disasters resulting from the increasing
effects of climate change. The transportation planning process should be used to accelerate the
transition toward electric and other alternative fueled vehicles, plan for a sustainable infrastructure
system that works for all users, and undertake actions to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of
climate change. Appropriate Unified Planning Work Program work tasks could include identifying
the barriers to and opportunities for deployment of fueling and charging infrastructure; evaluating
opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips and
increasing access to public transportation, shift to lower emission modes of transportation; and
identifying transportation system vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and evaluating potential
solutions.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Regional Energy Transition Plan (24-33-160)
• Carbon Reduction Program (24-33-170)
• Regional Electric Vehicle Planning Program (24-34-190)
Equity and Justice40 in Transportation Planning
Federal, state, and regional partners and providers of public transportation should advance racial
equity and support for underserved and disadvantaged communities. Ensuring public involvement
in the planning process will help plans and strategies reflect various perspectives, concerns, and
priorities from impacted areas. The following strategies are encouraged: (1) improve infrastructure
for non-motorized travel, public transportation access, and increased public transportation service
in underserved communities; (2) plan for the safety of all road users, particularly those on arterials,
through infrastructure improvements and advanced speed management; (3) reduce singleoccupancy vehicle travel and associated air pollution in communities near high-volume corridors;
(4) offer reduced public transportation fares as appropriate; (5) target demand-response service
towards communities with higher concentrations of older adults and those with poor access to
essential services; and (6) consider equitable and sustainable practices while developing transitoriented development including affordable housing strategies and consideration of environmental
justice populations.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Title VI and Environmental Justice (24-23-040)
• Regional Transit Planning Program (24-52-010)

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Complete Streets
Federal, state, and regional partners and providers of public transportation should review current
policies, rules, and procedures to determine their impact on safety for all road users. This effort
should work to include provisions for safety in future transportation infrastructure, particularly
those outside automobiles. A complete street is safe, and feels safe, for everyone using the street.
Partners should plan, develop, and operate streets and networks that prioritize safety, comfort,
and access to destinations for people who use the street network, including pedestrians, bicyclists,
transit riders, micro-mobility users, freight delivery services, and motorists. The goal is to provide
an equitable and safe transportation network for travelers of all ages and abilities, including those
from marginalized communities facing historic disinvestment. This vision is not achieved through a
one-size-fits-all solution – each complete street is unique and developed to best serve its
community context and its primary role in the network.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Program (24-52-020)
• Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation Options (24-52-130)
• PennDOT Connects Bike-Friendly Resurfacing Program (24-52-150)
Public Involvement
Early, effective, and continuous public involvement brings diverse viewpoints into the decision
making process. Partners should increase meaningful public involvement in transportation planning
by integrating Virtual Public Involvement (VPI) tools into the overall public involvement approach
while ensuring continued public participation by individuals without access to computers and
mobile devices. The use of VPI broadens the reach of information to the public and makes
participation more convenient and affordable to greater numbers of people. Virtual tools provide
increased transparency and access to transportation planning activities and decision making
processes. Many virtual tools also provide information in visual and interactive formats that
enhance public and stakeholder understanding of proposed plans, programs, and projects.
Increasing participation earlier in the process can reduce project delays and lower staff time and
costs.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Public Participation, Involvement and Outreach (24-23-030)
• Transportation Planning Support for Disadvantaged Communities (24-52-160)
Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)/U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Coordination
Partners should coordinate with representatives from DOD in the transportation planning and
project programming process on infrastructure and connectivity needs for STRAHNET routes and
other public roads that connect to DOD facilities. According to the Declaration of Policy in 23 U.S.C.
101(b)(1), it is in the national interest to accelerate construction of the Federal-aid highway system,
including the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, because
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many of the highways (or portions of the highways) are inadequate to meet the needs of national
and civil defense. The DOD’s facilities include military bases, ports, and depots. The road networks
that provide access and connections to these facilities are essential to national security. The
64,200-mile STRAHNET system consists of public highways that provide access, continuity, and
emergency transportation of personnel and equipment in times of peace and war. It includes the
entire 48,482 miles of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways and 14,000 miles of other non-Interstate public highways on the National Highway
System. The STRAHNET also contains approximately 1,800 miles of connector routes linking more
than 200 military installations and ports to the primary highway system. The DOD’s facilities are
also often major employers in a region, generating substantial volumes of commuter and freight
traffic on the transportation network and around entry points to the military facilities. Stakeholders
are encouraged to review the STRAHNET maps and recent Power Project Platform (PPP) studies.
These can be a useful resource in the State and MPO areas covered by these route analyses.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Regional Congestion Management Program (24-34-040)
Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA) Coordination
Partners should coordinate with FLMAs in the transportation planning and project programming
process on infrastructure and connectivity needs related to access routes and other public roads
and transportation services that connect to Federal lands. Through joint coordination, the State
DOTs, MPOs, Tribal Governments, FLMAs, and local agencies should focus on integration of their
transportation planning activities and develop cross-cutting State and MPO long range
transportation plans, programs, and corridor studies, as well as the Office of Federal Lands
Highway’s developed transportation plans and programs. Agencies should explore opportunities to
leverage transportation funding to support access and transportation needs of FLMAs before
transportation projects are programmed in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Environmental Planning (24-33-040)
• PA Coastal Zone Management Implementation Program (24-33-120)
Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL)
Partners should implement PEL as part of the transportation planning and environmental review
processes. The use of PEL is a collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision
making that considers environmental, community, and economic goals early in the transportation
planning process, and uses the information, analysis, and products developed during planning to
inform the environmental review process. PEL leads to interagency relationship building among
planning, resource, and regulatory agencies in the early stages of planning to inform and improve
project delivery timeframes, including minimizing duplication and creating one cohesive flow of
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information. This results in transportation programs and projects that serve the community’s
transportation needs more effectively while avoiding and minimizing the impacts on human and
natural resources.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (24-34-080)
• Environmental Planning (24-33-040)
Data in Transportation Planning
Partners should incorporate data sharing and consideration into the transportation planning
process, because data assets have value across multiple programs. Data sharing principles and data
management can be used for a variety of issues, such as freight, bike and pedestrian planning,
equity analyses, managing curb space, performance management, travel time reliability, connected
and autonomous vehicles, mobility services, and safety. Developing and advancing data sharing
principles allows for efficient use of resources and improved policy and decision making at the
State, MPO, regional, and local levels for all parties.
Examples of projects and programs in this UPWP which reflect this emphasis area:
• Data Coordination and Analysis (24-23-070)

Federal Legislation Requirements
As the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the region, DVRPC must
respond to the planning requirements of two federal laws: the current transportation authorizing
legislation–the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act–as promulgated under Title 23 CFR Parts
420 and 450, and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA). The Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act was passed by the Senate in summer of 2021, and by the House and signed into law
by the President in November 2021, and includes a complete transportation reauthorization. The
IIJA is a $1.2 trillion bill that reauthorizes the nation’s surface transportation, drinking water, and
wastewater legislation and dedicates billions more to programs in transportation, energy
transmission, resilience, broadband, and other areas. Many of the Program Areas and Projects set
forth in this UPWP work directly to continue the implementation of past reauthorizations, including
MAP 21 and the FAST Act, as well as the new IIJA.
Under current authorizing legislation, the MPO is a partner in the planning for the use of all federal
transportation funds allocated within their region. The IIJA also requires the MPO to produce and
oversee a Transportation Improvement Program, the region's short-range capital investment plan,
which must be consistent with and serve to implement the region’s Long-Range Plan. The TIP
prioritizes the Delaware Valley's transportation-related projects within the constraints of federal
funding that our Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties can reasonably expect to receive within
four years.

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The Metropolitan Planning Regulations included in the IIJA and previously outlined in the FAST Act
identify ten planning factors that must be considered in the metropolitan planning process. The ten
planning factors listed below are integrated within the tasks of the Program Areas and Projects
detailed in Chapter Two of this Unified Planning Work Program.
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Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global
competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency.

•

Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non­motorized users.

•

Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non­motorized users.

•

Increase accessibility and mobility of people and freight.

•

Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality
of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local
planned growth and economic development patterns.

•

Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between
modes, for people and freight.

•

Promote efficient system management and operation.

•

Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system.

•

Improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate
stormwater impacts of surface transportation.

•

Enhance travel and tourism.

The Metropolitan Planning Regulations also require that MPO’s with a population over 200,000
must undergo a certification review conducted jointly by the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) at least every four years to determine if their
metropolitan transportation planning process meets the federal planning requirements. Federal
certification of the planning process is a prerequisite to the approval of federal funding for
transportation projects in their area. DVRPC’s current certification review was recently completed.
The site-visit portion of the review occurred in October 2022 and DVRPC received the Final
Certification Review Report in February 2023. With the preparation and distribution of the Final
Report, the FHWA and FTA certified DVRPC’s metropolitan transportation planning process.
The requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) establish a program and set a timetable
for improving the nation's air quality. The Philadelphia area has been classified as a non-attainment
area for ground-level ozone and portions of the region are in maintenance of the fine particulate
matter standards. The region must attain or continue to maintain the mandated air quality
standards for these factors. Although the responsibility for attaining the standards falls directly on
the states, DVRPC is responsible for a key role in developing many of the programs relating to air
quality attainment or maintenance. The projects in the region’s TIP and the Long-Range Plan must
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conform to the states’ air quality implementation plans. These projects must not lead to any
further violation of the federal clean air standards or impede the region’s progress toward meeting
those standards.

Coordination with Member Governments and Other Planning Partners
The priority planning activities listed in DVRPC’s annual Unified Planning Work Program are also
defined in part by the planning needs of the city and county member governments. The member
governments’ financial contribution to a Comprehensive Planning fund enables DVRPC to provide a
local match to other federal, state, or private funds to undertake projects of regional significance
that require a local contribution. Comprehensive Planning funds also support initiatives such as
open space and environmental planning projects, economic development planning, and local or
regional land use planning.
Many programs, while broad in scope, affect transportation conditions in the region. For example,
DVRPC’s Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) Program is an important
effort whereby DVRPC provides planning grants, based on the competitive review of proposals, to
counties, municipalities, and others, to support projects that link revitalization, economic
development and transportation needs.
DVRPC also responds to the needs of other partners, including state and federal agencies,
operating authorities, as well as nonprofit foundations and organizations. Consequently, DVRPC
annually undertakes a number of special projects funded under a variety of programs to address
pressing regional issues. DVRPC continues to implement programs like coordination with the
region’s environmental protection and open space organizations and reporting on the region’s
locally funded open space programs; and promoting linkages between active transportation and
healthy communities. DVRPC continues its involvement in the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) Connects Program and continues energy, climate change and resiliency
initiatives in both states that include coordination, analyses, management, tool development,
facilitation of joint procurement purchases for energy conservation, and technical assistance to
local governments.
Complementary and supportive initiatives also continue, including the development of the region’s
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, planning for transit system improvements,
advancing transportation operations and safety projects, using DVRPC’s Travel Demand Model to
forecast travel movements on the region’s transportation network, and responding to many other
needs of DVRPC’s member governments and agencies.

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Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program (SRHPP), Transit Support Program
(TSP), and Geographic Information System (GIS) Pass-Through Funding
In order to support its member governments’ participation in the regional planning process, DVRPC
passes federal funds to those partners to develop and maintain their planning programs and data
as well as to participate in the region’s key planning efforts such as development of the
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), Long-Range Plan, Congestion Management Program,
Transportation Performance Management activities as well as other regional planning efforts.
During FY24, the SRHPP programs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be funded by their
respective TIPs. The funding source for the PA SRHPP will be the urban allocation of the Surface
Transportation Program (STP/STU), while the NJ SRHPP will be funded with funds from the Surface
Transportation Block Grant Program (STBGP). Both the PA TSP and the NJ TSP will be funded from
DVRPC’s allocation of formula based federal Metropolitan Planning (PL) funds. In addition to their
core planning functions, the SRHPP and the TSP programs offer a limited amount of funding for
special planning studies to address current areas of need for member governments. DVRPC also
passes federal funds to member governments which enables them to expand their GIS capability as
necessary to maintain a level of technical sophistication that guarantees interoperability and
compatibility among the partners across the region. Both the PA and NJ GIS Programs are funded
from their respective TIPs.
SRHPP eligible activities include tasks related to regional planning coordination, and meetings for
programs such as the TIP, Long-Range Plan, Congestion Management Program, Transportation
Operations Master Plan, and Regional Transportation Safety Analysis and Plan. Detailed scopes of
work for each sub-recipient in the SRHPP are found in Chapter Three of this Unified Planning Work
Program. Scopes of work may vary but must adhere to the comprehensive planning, programming,
monitoring, and coordination of roadway and bicycle/pedestrian networks within a jurisdiction.
TSP eligible activities include tasks related to promoting transit planning and coordination for
programs such as TIP, Long-Range Plan, and Congestion Management Program. The detailed scopes
for each sub-recipient that receives TSP funds are found in Chapter Four of this Unified Planning
Work Program. Scopes vary but must adhere to the comprehensive planning, programming,
monitoring, and coordination of transit services within a jurisdiction.
GIS eligible activities include tasks related to the use of GIS in transportation planning including
upgrading capabilities and developing and sharing transportation data. A detailed scope is
developed for each organization but it must adhere to the project description found in Chapter Five
of this Unified Planning Work Program. Scopes may vary to some degree but tasks must relate to
the comprehensive planning, programming, and monitoring to promote information sharing and
maintenance of regional transportation GIS data.

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UPWP Budget and Funding
The total operating budget for the FY2024 Unified Planning Work Program is $23,026,133 which is
a $935,184 or 4% increase compared with the operating budget of $22,090,950 in the FY 2023
Unified Planning Work Program. The increase is driven by increases in personnel, building lease,
healthcare costs, consultant costs, material and supplies. Total pass-through funding for member
governments in FY 2024 is $4,860,250, which includes $1,297,000 PA/NJ Supportive Highway
Planning Program, $1,608,250 PA/NJ Transit Support Program, $300,000 Regional GIS
Implementation, $600,000 NJ Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) and
$1,055,000 in other NJ initiatives such as NJ Signal Retiming and NJ Local Concept Development.
Additionally, DVRPC continues to manage the various on-going programs that are multi-year in
duration such as PA Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) program, PA
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Base Program, Travel Options Program (TOP) and
Camden County Guiderails.
In addition to the annual formula planning funds allocated by the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and New Jersey Department of Transportation, the Commission strives to seek
additional competitive funds from many other sources to support the planning activities and
programs. The funds come from varied sources including federal agencies, state agencies, member
governments, foundations and private sector organizations. Below is a sample of federal and nonfederal sources:
•

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Metropolitan Planning Funds- Formula funds that
are allocated to DVRPC as a regional MPO. These are shown in project funding tables as
“Highway PL Program” funds. Allocation of funds are determined by distribution formulas in
the authorizing legislation and regulations.

•

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Metropolitan Planning Funds- Formula funds that are
allocated to DVRPC as a regional MPO. These are shown in project funding tables as “Transit
PL Program” funds. Allocation of funds are determined by distribution formulas in the
authorizing legislation and regulations.

•

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Funding- Federal Aviation Administration grant.

The following funding sources are listed under “OTHER PROGRAMS” in Table 1 and Table 2 and
these funds mainly consist of non-Metropolitan Planning (PL) funds:
•

PA/NJ Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Funds- Regional TIP funds for
transportation improvement initiatives approved by counties and member governments.

•

PennDOT Supplemental Funding- Competitive grants from PennDOT based on funding
availability and budget constraints. A 20% match is required.

•

PennDOT Connects (State Planning and Research) Funding- Competitive grants from
PennDOT for transportation system and community collaboration planning.
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PennDOT State Funds- State Motor License (SML) fund distributed by PennDOT.

•

PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Funding- PADEP grants for various
eligible projects such as Coastal Zone Management planning and programming.

•

Economic Development Administration (U.S. EDA)- Grant from EDA to DVRPC as a
designated Economic Development District (EDD).

•

DVRPC Local Initiatives- Local revenues from PA or NJ for various initiatives and projects.

•

William Penn Foundation Grants- Private foundation grants for trail and environmental
planning related projects.

Member Government Contributions- County and City contributions. The Member Government
Contributions are being utilized to support the following funding categories:
•

General Fund – The General Fund is paid by the city and county member governments, and
is used to cover a variety of expenses not eligible for the use of federal funding, including
certain legal services, match, equipment or consultant costs. The General Fund contribution
is determined based on the relative share of regional population and was last updated
utilizing 2020 Census data.

•

Comprehensive Planning – The city and county member governments also contribute
Comprehensive Planning funds, which are used either alone or in combination with
available federal funds, to support Work Program projects beyond the MPO transportation
planning mandate. The Comprehensive Planning contribution is also determined based on
the relative share of regional population according to the 2020 Census data.

•

Airport System Planning – There is a minor contribution from each county to meet the
required local match for our work on Airport System Planning, reflecting approximately
$555 each for the fiscal year.

•

Highway and Transit Match – In Pennsylvania only, the city and county member
governments provide part of the required local match to the federal Highway and Transit
funds DVRPC receives as the region’s MPO. In addition, PennDOT contributes State funds
toward that local match. In New Jersey, NJDOT covers that local match in full via their
available toll credit funds.

Table 1, Funding Summary, shows DVRPC's overall revenue by source to be applied to personnel
and operating costs associated with UPWP activities and to the pass-through projects associated
with member governments.
Table 2, Project Funding by Source, shows the budget and funding sources for each individual
Program Area and Project.

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program
Table 1: Funding Summary

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Table 2: Project Funding by Source

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission | Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

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Agency Roles and Responsibilities
DVRPC, as the federally-designated MPO, has a requirement to carry out a continuing, cooperative,
and comprehensive, performance-based, multimodal transportation planning process. The
member agencies that comprise the DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee (RTC) also
play key roles in this process, as described below.
The coordination of this planning process with the many involved partners and stakeholders is
critical to the successful completion and implementation of the region’s plans and programs. The
member organizations that make up the DVRPC Board were identified in the legislation that
originally created DVRPC in 1965.
The DVRPC Board is comprised of eighteen voting members representing the following
organizations: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, New Jersey Department of
Transportation, Pennsylvania Governor’s Policy and Planning Office, New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs, Pennsylvania Governor’s Appointee, New Jersey Governor’s Appointee, Bucks
County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Burlington County, Camden
County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, City of Chester, City of Philadelphia, City of Camden,
and City of Trenton.
The Commission receives input and guidance from fifteen additional non-voting Board member
organizations. They are: Federal Highway Administration - PA Division, Federal Highway
Administration - NJ Division, Federal Transit Administration - Region II, Federal Transit
Administration - Region III, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Environmental
Protection Agency - Region II, US Environmental Protection Agency - Region III, PA Department of
Environmental Protection, NJ Department of Environmental Protection, NJ Office for Planning
Advocacy, PA Department of Community and Economic Development, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit Corporation, Delaware River Port Authority, and Port
Authority Transit Corporation.
The Board gives direction and oversight to the work of DVRPC, and is responsible for approving and
adopting the Transportation Improvement Program, the Long Range Plan, the Unified Planning
Work Program, the Public Participation Plan, performance measures and targets, amendments to
any of the above, and sometimes approves, adopts, accepts or acknowledges other plans or
documents as well.
State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) – DVRPC works cooperatively with the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Departments of Transportation (PennDOT and NJDOT) in carrying out all of its
transportation planning and programming activities. PennDOT and NJDOT representatives serve on
all transportation related committees, as well as the DVRPC Board. Although outside our MPO
boundary, staff from the Delaware and Maryland Departments of Transportation serve on DVRPC
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committees responsible for planning activities around freight, aviation, and transportation-related
air quality issues.
The state DOTs are responsible for a number of activities that affect the metropolitan planning
process. They are charged with development of statewide long-range plans, which include
coordination with the long-range transportation plan developed by DVRPC. Each state DOT also
develops a Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which must embody the
appropriate sections of DVRPC’s regional TIP. Accordingly, both state DOTs participate actively in
the process by which projects are prioritized and included in DVRPC’s TIP. DVRPC will coordinate
with the respective state DOTs on any actions related to FHWA STIP-review findings through the
UPWP program areas of Performance-based Planning and Programming and Transportation Safety.
For the FY 24 UPWP, this will respond specifically to the findings pertaining to the FY23
Pennsylvania STIP on Safety Planning, Programming, and Project Delivery, and Integration of
Transportation Performance Management.
Initially designated in MAP-21 and carried over into the FAST Act, the state DOTs have the lead
responsibility for developing a State Freight Plan, statewide asset management systems, and a
Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Development of these plans and systems involves extensive
consultation with DVRPC and other MPOs and helps DVRPC to identify transportation needs and
recommendations for addressing them.
The state DOTs also serve as the primary intermediaries between DVRPC and federal transportation
agencies, including the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
City and County Planners – The nine counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery,
Philadelphia, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer) and three cities (Chester, Camden, and
Trenton) that comprise the DVRPC region and whose representatives sit on the DVRPC Board are
key partners in the regional planning process. Using some of the federal planning funds made
available to DVRPC, resources are passed through to the member governments to support their
transportation planning work and the extensive coordination needed to prepare and maintain a
regional planning process. Member governments also have seats on DVRPC’s working committees,
identify and prioritize projects for the TIP, contribute needed input into the development of the
Long-Range Plan, and provide the local knowledge and perspective needed to integrate with the
regional planning process.
NJ Department of Community Affairs – DCA is a State agency created to provide administrative
guidance, financial support and technical assistance to local governments, community
development organizations, businesses and individuals to improve the quality of life in New Jersey.
DCA offers a wide range of programs and services that respond to issues of public concern
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including community planning and development, housing production, fire and building safety, and
local government management and finance.
DVRPC’s Board voting membership also includes a representative from the PA Governor’s Policy
and Planning Office and a PA Governor’s appointee as well as an NJ Governor’s appointee. These
voting members provide input into the regional planning process from a guidance and policy
development perspective. In addition to the organizations that formally make up the voting
members of the DVRPC Board, coordination with several other federal and state partners and
operating agencies is essential for the development of plans and programs which identify and
implement the priority transportation investments in the region. Those agencies are identified
below.
Transit Operators – The largest provider of public transportation in the Delaware Valley region is
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Substantial service is also
provided by New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT), Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), and
Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART). Each is responsible for both the capital and operating needs
in their respective service areas. They are the principal source for identifying transit projects for
inclusion in the transit portion of DVRPC’s TIP. They also carry out many of the transit planning
activities in the region, funded in part through DVRPC’s Planning Work Program. PATCO, a
subsidiary of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), is responsible for operations management
of the transit agency, while DRPA is responsible for planning. Transit operating agencies are
participatory non-voting members of the DVRPC Board but voting members of DVRPC’s Regional
Technical Committee and other working committees.
Federal Highway Administration – As a bi-state MPO, DVRPC is served by FHWA Division Offices in
both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The FHWA Division Offices are local field offices that provide
leadership, guidance, and direction to State Departments of Transportation and MPOs in the
planning, construction and maintenance of transportation projects. Working collaboratively with
State partners, FHWA Division Offices ensure that the nation's roads, bridges and tunnels are safe
and continue to support economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Federal Transit Administration – The FTA field offices, organized by Region, help transit operators,
MPOs and state DOTs plan, apply, execute, and complete transit projects in their region. Their
primary role is to oversee federal funding, provide grant support and program management as well
as guidance on environmental, planning and other critical elements of transit projects. The DVRPC
region straddles parts of Region II (New York and New Jersey) and Region III (Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia).
US Department of Housing and Urban Development – HUD's mission is to create strong,
sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to
strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for
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quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build
inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does
business. The Department is also organized with DVRPC being served by both Region II (New York
and New Jersey) and Region III (Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the
District of Columbia).
State Departments of Environmental Protection (DEPs) – The Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Departments of Environmental Protection have overall responsibility for compliance with the Clean
Air Act, including development and adoption of air quality plans known as State Implementation
Plans (SIPs). Both agencies rely on DVRPC as the lead planning agency for highway-related control
measures for air quality in the metropolitan area. As a result, DVRPC provides transportation data
used in emissions inventories and identifies and analyzes potential air quality strategies. State air
quality agencies from all four states in the Philadelphia Ozone Nonattainment Area serve on
DVRPC's Regional Air Quality Committee.
PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) – The mission of DCED is to
foster opportunities for businesses to grow and for communities to succeed and thrive in a global
economy. The Department seeks to improve the quality of life for Pennsylvania citizens while
ensuring transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds.
NJ Office of Planning Advocacy – The office staffs the New Jersey State Planning Commission and
the New Jersey Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force. Through the State Development and
Redevelopment Plan, the office works to improve the efficiency and reduce the costs of land
development and infrastructure in New Jersey by expanding areas of coordination and cooperation
among State and local agencies.
Delaware River Port Authority – DRPA is a regional transportation agency that serves as steward of
four bridges that cross the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Through its Port
Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), the DRPA also operates a transit line between Camden
County, New Jersey and Center City Philadelphia. DRPA operates, maintains, improves and protects
key transportation infrastructure for the benefit of the region’s citizens.
Lastly, there are several other agencies and authorities that have jurisdiction over facilities that
make up important components of the region’s transportation system. It is important that DVRPC
coordinates and shares information on our plans and programs with these organizations so that all
stakeholders may make informed transportation investment decisions. Key regional agencies and
authorities are also identified below.
PA Turnpike Commission – The PA Turnpike consists of a 552-mile system of highways and bridges
that are an integral component of the regional, state-wide, and national ground transportation
network that must be maintained, protected and constantly improved. The Turnpike Commission
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strives to operate a safe, reliable, customer-valued toll road system that supports national mobility
and commerce.
New Jersey Turnpike Authority – The Turnpike Authority is dedicated to the safe and efficient
movement of people and goods over two of the busiest toll roads in the United States -- the New
Jersey Turnpike (148 miles) and the Garden State Parkway (173 miles). The Authority’s highways
are a critical link in the transportation network of the Northeast I-95 Corridor. Every day, they
provide the safest, quickest, and most convenient routes for hundreds of thousands of commuters,
truckers, and recreational travelers.
South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) – The SJTA was established by the New Jersey
Legislature in June 1991 to assume operational responsibilities for the 44-mile long Atlantic City
Expressway, Atlantic City International Airport terminal, and parking facilities in Atlantic City. SJTA
also operates several shuttles in their region providing access to employment and shopping sites,
rail stations, and educational institutions. The SJTA serves six counties – Atlantic, Camden, Cape
May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission – DRJTBC’s 140-mile jurisdiction extends from the
Philadelphia-Bucks County line to the New Jersey/New York state border. In addition to its 20
Delaware River crossings (7 tolled, 13 non-tolled), the Commission owns and operates an additional
34 approach structures (smaller overpass/underpass type bridges) throughout its region. The
Commission is committed to moving job commuters, commercial freight carriers, pedestrians and
recreationists, it strives to deliver quality customer service, sound fiscal management, and
dependable ground-transportation facilities.
PhilaPort – Referred to as The Port of Philadelphia, is an independent agency of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged with the management, maintenance, marketing, and
promotion of port facilities along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, as well as strategic planning
throughout the port district. PhilaPort works with its terminal operators to improve its facilities and
to market those facilities to prospective port users around the world. Port cargoes and the
activities they generate are responsible for thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the Philadelphia
area and throughout Pennsylvania.
South Jersey Port Corporation – The South Jersey Port Corporation was created in 1968 to operate
marine shipping terminals in the South Jersey Port District which consists of seven counties:
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Mercer and Cape May. The SJPC is a quasistate agency, which reports through the Department of Treasury to the Governor of New Jersey.
The SJPC owns and operates the Joseph A. Balzano and Broadway Marine Terminals in the Port of
Camden, the Salem Marine Terminal at the Port of Salem, and is constructing the Paulsboro Marine
Terminal at the Port of Paulsboro.
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It is the ongoing coordination and history of cooperation among all these organizations that has led
to an efficient transportation planning process in this region which continues to result in priority
investments aimed at preserving, maintaining, operating, and growing where necessary, a seamless
multimodal regional transportation network.

DVRPC's Working Committees
One of the primary roles of DVRPC is to coordinate its planning programs, and those of its member
governments, with other organizations and citizens residing in the region. To accomplish this
objective, DVRPC facilitates several committees to address the regional issues of transportation,
land use, air quality, housing, goods movement, long range planning, and citizens’ concerns. These
committees enhance the regional forum provided by the Board and extend it so that all interested
and involved parties can discuss and provide direction for policy on regional planning in the
Delaware Valley. These working committees include:
The Regional Technical Committee (RTC) serves as an advisory unit, reporting directly to the
DVRPC Board, in reference to: (1) Transportation Planning initiatives, (2) the development and
maintenance of the Transportation Improvement Program, (3) the development of the Long-Range
Plan, (4) the development of the Unified Planning Work Program, and (5) all other transportation
planning as directed by the Board.
The Public Participation Task Force (PPTF) provides ongoing access to the regional planning and
decision-making process, reviews timely issues, serves as a conduit for DVRPC information to
organizations and communities across the region, assists the Commission in implementing public
outreach strategies, and empowers residents to get involved in regional planning. Members are
chosen through an application process with the membership aiming to represent all the member
cities and counties of the DVRPC region. In addition to geographic diversity, the PPTF strives to
represent the racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, age, education, and economic diversity of the region,
with members from throughout Greater Philadelphia bringing their own individual experiences to
the planning table.
The Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force (DVGMTF) was established to maximize the
Delaware Valley's goods movement capability by sharing information and technology between
public and private freight interests, promoting the region's intermodal capabilities and capacity,
and developing and implementing a regional goods movement strategy. It advises the DVRPC Board
on all goods movement issues, studies and projects.
The Information Resources Exchange Group (IREG) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas,
practices and experiences among regional data managers.
The Regional Community and Economic Development Forum (RCEDF) facilitates the various
economic development, land use and housing agencies in the region to work together on issues of
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regional importance, fosters greater cooperation between agencies, strives to coordinate regional
transportation and land use planning activities with the needs of the economic development
community and advises on the development of the Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy.
The Regional Safety Task Force (RSTF) is an interdisciplinary team of safety
stakeholders/professionals that offers guidance and direction to the Commission's transportation
safety planning program. The focus of the task force is diverse and addresses all users and
operators of the transportation network, as well as all modes. The Task Force provides valuable
input in the development of the Regional Transportation Safety Analysis & Plan.
The Transportation Operations Task Force (TOTF) is the focal point of regional ITS and operations
coordination. The Task Force is a forum for agencies to share information on ITS deployments,
develop a consensus on regional operations issues, and respond to federal and state initiatives. It
has the ability to establish subcommittees to tackle specific issues as they arise. As a technical-level
group, it informs DVRPC's ITS and Transportation Systems Management and Operations planning
activities that in turn support the Task Force.
The Central Jersey Transportation Forum (CJTF) has been meeting since 1999 to address concerns
of municipalities in Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties focused on the US 1 corridor. Highlevel representatives from twenty-five municipalities, three counties, and numerous state agencies
and other organizations meet to coordinate and to discuss transportation and land use issues and
implement solutions.
The Urban Waterfront Action Group (UWAG) was created in 1980 through the PA Coastal Zone
Management (CZM) Program to provide "one-stop" shopping for information about waterfront
development permits in the Delaware Estuary in Pennsylvania.
The Healthy Communities Task Force was first convened in 2014 to bring together public health,
planning, and related professionals in the Greater Philadelphia area. The Task Force provides a
venue for people interested in fostering healthy communities to learn about other communities,
both near and far, that are successfully integrating planning and public health including active
transportation. It serves as a way for professionals in these fields and stakeholders in our
communities to deepen their understanding of healthy communities and build the relationships to
achieve them.
The Futures Group provides subject matter experts a forum to use exploratory scenario planning to
understand how various forces (social, technological, environmental, economic, or political) are
shaping the region; and to identify ways to better respond to, or benefit from, those forces.

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The Regional TDM Advisory Committee includes representatives from DVRPC’s member cities and
counties, transit agencies, NJTPA, state DOTs, and FHWA divisions and oversees strategy and
project prioritization for DVRPC’s regional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs,
including the PA TDM Base Program and the competitive Travel Options Program (TOP).

UPWP Program Areas
This Planning Work Program continues a basic structure begun in FY 2008 which organizes many of
our related planning tasks and ongoing programs into larger Program Areas, which are
supplemented with certain standalone projects that change from year to year at the direction of
the Board. Each Program Area’s concept allows various tasks and initiatives to be emphasized from
year to year at the DVRPC Board’s direction. Tasks and activities identified within the Program
Areas seek to address the planning priorities facing the region. Samples of the key products to be
undertaken within the Program Areas, during FY 2024, are highlighted in the Program Area
descriptions below. Individual Projects are described within the document. Successful completion
of these planning activities within these Program Areas and Projects may require the purchase of
equipment or services.
Regional Forum
This project ensures continued intergovernmental and policy coordination, as well as
administrative oversight by the DVRPC Board and its Committees, through the provision of
administrative and management services. Through the Board Policy Committee, identification,
monitoring and formulation of policy analyses for issues of regional significance is undertaken. Staff
activities include researching and monitoring key issues, review of pertinent federal and state
legislation or policy guidance, technical assistance and drafting proposed position statements or
comment letters for consideration by the Policy Committee and the Board.
Key Products: agendas and minutes of Board and Executive Committee meetings.
Work Program Administration
Preparation of the Unified Planning Work Program includes undertaking significant outreach to
member governments and other stakeholders to gather input on the region’s planning priorities,
refining existing and developing new scopes of work for the selected planning projects that will be
conducted in the next fiscal year, and identifying/securing the required funding to support DVRPC
and member government staff to undertake the regional planning process.
Key Products: FY 2025 Unified Planning Work Program.
Public Participation, Involvement, and Outreach
DVRPC is committed to reaching audiences both familiar and unfamiliar with the regional planning
process. This program supports DVRPC’s responsibilities related to legal and public noticing, public
information requests, and maintaining the Commission’s website and social media platforms. This
program also supports project-specific public outreach and meeting facilitation, and agency-wide
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earned media, government relations, and public affairs. DVRPC's current ongoing forum for public
involvement is the Public Participation Task Force (PPTF). The mission of the PPTF is to provide
ongoing access to the regional planning and decision-making process, to review timely issues, to
serve as a conduit for DVRPC information to organizations and communities across the region, and
to assist the Commission in implementing public outreach strategies.
Key Products: DVRPC FY 2023 Annual Report, Monthly e-Newsletter, and agendas and meeting
documentation for the Public Participation Task Force.
Title VI and Environmental Justice
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have had
a longstanding policy of actively ensuring nondiscrimination in federally funded activities under
Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1994 President’s Executive Order on Environmental
Justice. Civil Rights and environmental justice issues are an integral focus of the transportation
planning and programming process. This commitment is reflected in DVRPC’s Work Program,
products, communications, public involvement efforts, and general operations.
Key Products: Refined and Updated Indicators of Potential Disadvantage Compliance Tool, ongoing
evaluation of Commission's efforts, and updated Title VI Compliance Plan and associated policies.
Data Visualization and Communication
This effort will provide information and data to the public and decision-makers that is clearly
understood and used, by applying graphic design and visualization techniques that explain and
enhance the technical analyses and that presents materials in an attractive and accessible format.
Key Products: campaigns, publication design, graphic resources for staff, ads, web application
design, and graphic review for all DVRPC products.
Web Development and Database Management
This program will ensure the DVRPC’s website is constantly up-to-date and accessible. Accessing
current, reliable, and relevant data is critical to planners and decision-makers. Web applications
developed by DVRPC staff provide data visualizations and analyses not possible with traditional
print products. As the region's MPO, DVRPC, through our website, provides an immense amount of
information and offers a wide variety of products and services.
Key Products: interactive data and GIS mapping applications, and online content for the DVRPC
website.
Data Coordination and Analysis
This program supports new and ongoing internal and external data coordination activities. DVRPC
will continue to strengthen relationships with its planning partners such as the state DOTs and
transit agencies in an effort to streamline data sharing workflows as well as improve general
information and knowledge sharing about agency datasets. Along with Census products like the
American Community Survey (ACS) and the Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), this
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program also includes reviewing and assessing other public and private data sources. Internal
coordination efforts aim to: improve communication among staff; identify and support staff
stewards of planning data to improve data development, maintenance, and sharing activities; and
improve data discovery and dissemination. Additional program tasks include maintaining DVRPC’s
regional online information data tools; coordinating with the Census Bureau; and administering the
Commission’s Information Resources Exchange Group (IREG).
Key Products: Updated data portal and search tools.
Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics
The Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics program area includes new and ongoing data analysis in
support of the long-range plan and other commission efforts by collecting and assessing data,
identifying its importance and relevance, and disseminating the results of that research through
reports, web applications, presentations, and other means. This program area supports the Office
of Long-Range Planning’s forecasting and scenario planning efforts, and the use of indicators to
track progress on the vision and goals set in the region’s long-range plan.
Key Products: Updated Tracking Progress indicators, 2020 Land Use Analytical Data Report,
Updated UrbanSim platform.
Geographic Information Systems
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is an important planning tool that provides benefits to
DVRPC, its member agencies, and others by supporting state, regional, county, and local planning
and technical projects. GIS is the integration of hardware, software, and data used to collect, store,
analyze and display spatially referenced information. GIS allows planners to view and query spatial
data and perform advanced analysis to discover relationships, patterns, and trends that support
their planning activities. Visualizing information is an integral part of nearly every project, and GIS is
highly utilized to create maps necessary for meetings and reports. Improving the accessibility of
spatial data is critical to the continued success of GIS and tasks under this program will be
coordinated with the Data Coordination and Analysis, Data Visualization and Communication, as
well as Web Development and Database Management programs.
Key Products: Updated and new web mapping applications.
Smart Growth
The Smart Growth work program is designed to support communities across the region as they
coordinate land use and transportation planning. Through this program, DVRPC strives to advocate
and promote support for smart growth principles that can enhance sustainability, housing and
transportation choice, community resiliency, urban revitalization, economic development, and
public health.
Key Products: TOD market analysis and outreach resources, continued collaboration on enhancing
access to tourist destinations, and ongoing technical assistance on Smart Growth planning.

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Community and Economic Development
This program develops local and regional economic and community development strategies for the
region through the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) planning process by
convening meetings with economic development and municipal stakeholders, facilitating a
municipal grant program (TCDI), developing revitalization strategies through retail and land use
analysis, and advancing equity and opportunity for all across the region.
Key Products: Award NJ TCDI Program; Manage the PA and NJ TCDI awards; Maintain and update
the Consultant Qualification System, Municipal Funding Resource, and TCDI Direct databases; Retail
District Inventory analysis.
Energy and Climate Change Initiatives
This program focuses the attention of local governments on developing policies and actions for
reducing energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions by promoting greater energy
efficiency, energy conservation, the electrification of buildings and vehicles, and the use of
renewable energy sources. The program also assists municipal, county, regional, and state agencies
and officials in planning for and responding to the ongoing and projected impacts of climate change
by providing leadership, coordination, and technical assistance on these issues.
Key Products: Updated web pages highlighting the results of the Regional Energy Use and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Updated GHG “slider tool” to highlight the implications of
policies on future emissions, Climate Change Forums, Solar Power Guide for Southeast PA, Regional
Power Purchase Agreement Partnership, Regional Streetlight Procurement Program Round 4.
Environmental Planning
This program focuses on the development and implementation of strategies that maintain healthy
ecological systems, improve water quality, protect open space and natural areas, mitigate risks
posed by natural hazards, reduce pollution, promote environmental justice, and provide access to
parks and outdoor recreation opportunities for all.
Key Products: Municipal Natural Resource Protection Plans (as contracted), Updated Web Pages
with open space-related and natural resource protection data.
Long-Range Planning
The Long-Range Plan Program Area works with the public and stakeholders to identify a vision to
guide growth and development as well as regional transportation investments in the region and
identifies strategies to implement the vision. The program ensures that the region’s transportation
investments are linked to long-range land use, environmental protection, economic development,
and transportation goals, while providing guidance and a policy framework for numerous other
DVRPC programs. The current Long-Range Plan, Connections 2050, was adopted in September 2021.
Key Products: Updated web presence for the Connections 2050 v 2.0 including a Vision statement,
technical memo on automated taxi and subsidized ride-hailing programs, financial plan
documentation.
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Freight Planning
This program is intended to maximize the Delaware Valley’s position in the global economy by
promoting cooperation within the local freight and aviation communities and implementing
regional strategies in accordance with State DOT and FAST Act guidance. This program will allow
staff to continue to maintain and update Philly Freight Finder, enhance aviation planning products,
and pursue local technical studies that improve considerations of the economic and transportation
impacts of freight and aviation.
Key Products: Truck network analysis and identification including updated DVRPC designated
Freight Planning Centers, various technical and analytical support for partners on freight planning
efforts and initiatives.
Transportation Safety
This program supports the goals of DVRPC’s Long-Range Plan, Regional Safety Analysis and Plan,
and the DOTs’ Strategic Highway Safety Plans. It incorporates the transportation safety Planning
Factor, as required by federal metropolitan planning regulations, into the transportation planning
process, and seeks to improve the safety of the region's transportation system, while maintaining
acceptable levels of accessibility and efficiency. The program addresses transportation safety from
a multipronged approach in which coordination and outreach are important factors.
Key Products: Final report for Hunting Park Corridor Study and Concept Development, potential HSIP
application, updated crash databases and tools, method documents and GIS layer for Regional Road
Diet Prioritization.
Regional Congestion Management Program
The CMP is a systematic process for managing congestion in the DVRPC region. It analyzes the
multimodal transportation system, identifies and prioritizes congested corridors, and results in
agreed-upon strategies for each congested sub- corridor at a regional planning level. The CMP
strengthens the connection between the Long-Range Plan, TIP, and other projects. It includes work
with DOT, transit agencies, and county project managers and others to help make transportation
investments more effective. Staff completed the most recent update of the CMP in January 2020.
Key Products: Regional CMP final report, reports on biennial PM3 reliability and traffic congestion
measures and targets, reporting on latest travel time, speed and other delay measures by CMP
corridor.
Air Quality Planning
The Air Quality Planning Program Area improves air quality in the region through coordination of
intra- and interregional policies, public education and demonstration of transportation conformity
of the region’s Long-Range Plan and transportation improvement programs.
Key Products: Ten ALERT newsletters on air quality issues and activities, Transportation Air Quality
Conformity Demonstration Report, technical reports to PA DEP on the year’s air quality action
activities.
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Technical Assistance to Member Governments
This Program Area ensures intergovernmental coordination, technical evaluation, and regional policy
formulation on transportation issues, projects, and plans through monthly meetings of the Regional
Technical Committee (including meeting minutes and pertinent presentations, research and technical
assistance activities). Special short-term studies and quick data collection activities are also included.
Key Products: Agendas and minutes from monthly meetings of the Regional Technical Committee.
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
This program area provides for transportation financial planning, project development, and capital
programming for the DVRPC region. Staff works with state, regional, and federal planning partners
to identify financial resources available from public and private sources to implement the
Transportation Improvement Program as well as the Long-Range Plan. Serving as the facilitator for
the region’s stakeholders, DVRPC both develops and maintains a regional Transportation
Improvement Program for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as mandated by federal regulations;
identifies, evaluates, and selects transportation projects that address the needs of the region and
advance the goals of the Long-Range Plan; documents modifications to the program; and provides
information and documents related to those processes, funding, and capital programming issues.
This information will be provided to stakeholders and the public via meeting materials and postings
on the DVRPC website. DVRPC will undertake an extensive public participation program that
responds to any new requirements of IIJA as they become available and environmental justice
concerns, as it relates to this program. Coordination with DOT program development and project
development and delivery including PennDOT Connects in Pennsylvania and Local Concept
Development in New Jersey will also occur. DVRPC staff along with significant input from our
stakeholders will have worked on a TIP for NJ to be adopted in Fall of 2023. A similar process will
also be underway for a new PA TIP targeted for adoption in July of 2024.
Key Products: development of a new TIP for NJ and an updated and maintained TIP for PA.
Transportation Operations
Transportation Operations is one of the transportation planning factors mandated by federal
metropolitan planning regulations. It represents a broad array of short-term improvement
strategies employing training, technology, and interagency coordination that will address recurring
and non-recurring congestion via a variety of approaches including traffic incident management
and upgraded signal re-timing.
Key Products: continued best-practice trainings via eight traffic Incident Management Task Forces
and updated traffic signal retiming implemented along selected corridors.
Performance Based Planning and Programming
The IIJA continues the requirements established in MAP-21 and FAST Act for state DOTs and MPOs
to establish and use a performance-based approach in transportation decision making. This
includes tracking performance measures, setting data-driven targets for each measure, and
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selecting projects to help meet those targets. The IIJA requires that the TIP and the Long-Range
Plan include a description of anticipated effects of transportation investments and how they will
achieve the established performance targets and linking investment priorities to those
performance targets. Within this Program Area, DVRPC will work closely with our state DOTs, and
transit operators to address the transportation performance management requirements by
coordinating on and setting performance measure targets, and making capital programming
investment decisions that support achieving targets.
Key Products: continued coordination with planning partners to address US DOT Transportation
Performance Management requirements including monitoring and reporting of targets, and
updates to the TPM webpage that reports current targets and transportation system and
infrastructure performance relative to them.
Competitive Program and Project Management
This Program Area enables DVRPC staff to assist the state DOTs with the implementation of traditional
and nontraditional projects by serving as adjunct project managers as well as running competitive
grant programs with the state DOTs. The FAST Act includes (and the IIJA greatly increases) funding for
nontraditional transportation projects such as multi use trails, streetscapes, historic restorations,
alternative fueled vehicles, transportation demand management, local highway and bridge projects, as
well as projects that contribute to the attainment of the Clean Air Act by reducing emissions from
highway sources. Three categories of federal funding that provide broad eligibility for these
nontraditional and local transportation projects are: Transportation Alternatives, Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality and the Surface Transportation Program. Capital Program funds are also
provided to the counties through the Local Concept Development Program in New Jersey.
Key Products: successful completion of competitive project selection program and management of
selected projects.
Travel and Land Use Modeling
The Travel and Land Use Modeling work program element is intended to develop, enhance,
maintain, and apply DVRPC’s Land Use, Travel Demand, and Air Quality Models in support of a wide
variety of planning activities. Short and long-range regional, corridor, and facility planning studies
require accurate socioeconomic, land use, and travel forecasts. Certification of the regional plan
and planning process require up to date models that address federal regulations. The models that
produce these projections and perform these analyses need to be validated and calibrated with
current data. Furthermore, refinement and revalidation of DVRPC’s land use, travel simulation, and
mobile source emissions models are needed on a continuing basis to maintain the accuracy and
credibility of forecasts and to respond to new mandates and guidance from the federal
government, state agencies, and member governments. In addition to the studies performed by
DVRPC, staff will also provide support and assistance under this program to DVRPC’s consultants.
Key Products: Summaries of screenline traffic volumes, VMT, transit ridership, and corridor travel
times; Base and future-year highway and transit networks; Average annual growth factors.
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Regional Transit Planning Program
This program supports the conduct of and participation in transit planning studies, with project
selections guided by our planning partners. Work includes evaluations of proposed services or
facilities, corridor level transit analysis, evaluations of enhancements to transit access, studies to
improve bicycle and pedestrian connectivity with transit, and examinations of the relationship
between land use and transit for specific sites or corridors.
Key Products: Equity Through Access (ETA) plan update, program development support for Upper
Bucks microtransit.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Program
This program promotes transportation facilities and land use decisions that support active modes
of transportation to make walking and biking more safe, convenient, affordable, and attractive
transportation options throughout the region. Projects emphasize stakeholder outreach, the
development and sharing of new data resources using bicycle and pedestrian counters, and the
conduct of analysis to develop appropriate, safe, and context-sensitive bicycle and pedestrian
facilities and "complete streets" in communities throughout the DVRPC region. This work includes
an emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian policy, design and infrastructure that increases personal
health, as well as the health of the environment and economic characteristics in the region.
Key Products: Local technical assistance for sidewalk project development, pedestrian and bicyclist
counts for cyclical counting programs, before/after bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects,
and planning project analysis.
Mobility Analysis and Design Program
This program seeks to balance the accessibility, efficiency, and safety of the existing transportation
network for all modes. Work under this program draws on current best practices in transportation
analysis and design, as well as stakeholder and public engagement, to identify context appropriate
strategies to address transportation challenges. The process is designed to better inform regional
transportation and land use decision making.
Key Products: Delaware County hazardous trail crossings study.
PA TDM Base Program Administration and Commuter Services
This program supports administration of the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) base
program for Southeastern PA, including oversight of TDM work conducted by TMAs and other TDM
grantees. This includes traditional TDM activities with demonstrated single-occupant vehicle (SOV)
trip reduction benefits as well as pilots or experiments for new TDM projects and tools to manage
demand and create and cultivate new mobility options for residents and workers. This program
also supports DVRPC’s direct TDM services for our PA counties, including the regional share-a-ride
program, emergency ride home program, and regional TDM marketing.
Key Products: Oversight of TDM base program in Southeastern PA.

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Travel Monitoring
Under this Program Area, travel data is collected and processed. The primary form being traffic
counts, including hourly and 48-hour traffic volumes, for selected locations on the regional highway
network. Data collected will provide input to vehicle miles traveled (VMT) forecasting, the Traffic
Monitoring System (TMS), the Congestion Management Program (CMP), travel simulation models,
individual project level analysis and traffic monitoring and trend analysis. This information is vital to
all project studies that address highway deficiencies and proposed solutions. The types of data
collected have recently been enhanced to include the monitoring of selected bicycle and
pedestrian movements. In addition, DVRPC facilitates the periodic review and revision of the
region’s highway functional classification system.
Key Products: Collection of approximately 3,000 new vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian counts and
upload of those counts into DVRPC’s web-based traffic count viewers.

UPWP Linkages
The FY 2024 Unified Planning Work Program serves as an important implementation tool to achieve
the directives of the FAST Act and the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In an effort to
highlight the connection between the individual Program Areas in the Unified Planning Work
Program and the ten Planning Factors stipulated in the FAST and IIJA acts, a matrix was developed
that shows that linkage (Table 3). Both primary and peripheral associations between the Program
Areas and the Planning Factors are shown. As DVRPC develops future work programs, we will
continue to strive to meet the key principles of the surface transportation act, present at that time.
In addition to addressing the federal legislative requirements, the UPWP serves as an important
implementation tool to achieve the future land use and transportation development vision that is
set forth in the region’s Long-Range Plan. The three key principles (equity, resiliency and
sustainability) of the Long-Range Plan and the four focus areas (Preserve and Restore the Natural
Environment; Develop Inclusive, Healthy, and Walkable Communities; Maintain a Safe, Multimodal
Transportation Network that Serves Everyone; and Grow an Innovative and Connected Economy
with Broadly Shared Prosperity) serve as a framework for many of the projects and programs
undertaken by DVRPC. In an effort to highlight the connection between the individual Program
Areas of the UPWP and the Long-Range Plan, a matrix was developed that shows the linkage
between these two core documents (Table 4). Both primary and peripheral associations between
the Program Areas and the key principles and focus areas of the Long-Range Plan are shown.
Another key function of the UPWP is its ability to identify and prioritize the tasks that DVRPC will be
working on and designate the appropriate resources to undertake and complete those required
tasks within the assigned timelines. Table 5 identifies the required Plans/Programs or Activities that
DVRPC will undertake as part of the regional planning process and their assigned completion and
update cycles.

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Table 3: Federal Planning Factors

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Table 4: Long Range Plan Key Principles

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Table 5: MPO Regional Planning Process Requirement Milestones
Current
Adoption/Completion

Next Adoption/Completion

January 2022

January 2023

July 2022 (PA)
September 2021 (NJ)

July 2024 (PA)
September 2023 (NJ)

July 2022

July 2023

September 2021

September 2025

Title VI Compliance Plan

March 2014

Spring 2023

Public Participation Plan

July 2018

As needed – evaluated annually

Limited English Proficiency
Plan

April 2019

April 2024 – evaluated annually

January 2020

January 2024

May 2022

Spring 2025

October 2020

October 2024

January 2022

February 2023

January 2021

March 2023

January 2021

March 2023

Transit Assets TPM Targets

February 2022

July 2023

Transit Safety TPM Targets

July 2022

July 2023

September 2022

September 2024 (interim)

October 2022 (site visit)
Winter 2023 (final report)

October 2026 (site visit)
Winter 2027 (final report)

Plan/Program/Activity
Unified Planning Work
Program
Transportation
Improvement Program
Air Quality Transportation
Conformity Determination
Long-Range Plan

Congestion Management
Program
Transportation Safety
Analysis and Plan
Coordinated Human
Services Transportation Plan
Roadway Safety (PM1)
TPM Targets
Roadway Assets (PM2)
TPM Targets
System Performance (PM3)
TPM Targets

CMAQ Performance Plan
US DOT MPO Planning
Process Certification Review
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Descriptions

DVRPC Program
Area Descriptions

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 2A: DVRPC Program Area Descriptions
24-23-010

Regional Forum

45

24-23-020

Work Program Administration

47

24-23-030

Public Participation, Involvement and Outreach

49

24-23-040

Title VI and Environmental Justice

52

24-23-050

Data Visualization and Communication

55

24-23-060

Web Development and Database Management

58

24-23-070

Data Coordination and Analysis

60

24-23-080

Technical Assistance to Member Governments

63

24-33-010

Smart Growth

66

24-33-020

Community & Economic Development

69

24-33-030

Energy and Climate Change Initiatives

72

24-33-040

Environmental Planning

76

24-33-050

Geographic Information Systems

79

24-34-010

Long-Range Planning

81

24-34-020

Freight Planning

84

24-34-030

Travel and Land Use Modeling

87

24-34-040

Regional Congestion Management Program

90

24-34-050

Air Quality Planning

94

24-34-060

Performance-Based Planning and Programming

98

24-34-070

Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics (SLUA)

102

24-34-080

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

105

24-52-010

Regional Transit Planning Program

108

24-52-020

Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Program

111

24-52-030

Mobility Analysis and Design Program

114

24-52-040

Transportation Safety

117

24-52-050

Transportation Operations

122

24-52-060

Competitive Program and Project Management

128

24-52-070

PA TDM Base Program Administration and Commuter Services

130

24-53-010

Travel Monitoring

132

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PROJECT: 24-23-010

Regional Forum

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Renee Wise
Project Manager: Ariella Maron
Goals:
To ensure intergovernmental coordination and technical assistance to the region’s
member governments and operating agencies.
Description:
This project ensures continued intergovernmental and policy coordination, as well
as administrative oversight by the DVRPC Board and its Committees, through the
provision of secretarial and management services. Through the Board Policy
Committee, identification, monitoring, and formulation of policy analyses for issues
of regional significance are undertaken. Staff activities include researching and
monitoring key issues, review of pertinent federal and state legislation or policy
guidance, technical assistance and drafting proposed position statements or
comment letters for consideration by the Policy Committee and the Board. This
project also includes coordination with the Office of Communications and
Engagement on public information requests.
Tasks:
1. Plan, develop, coordinate and schedule all business to be transacted by the
Board, Executive Committee and its subcommittees with follow-through to ensure
that actions are implemented.
2. Record proceedings and maintain official records of all meetings.
3. Review and coordinate all DVRPC committee agendas.
4. Identify regional issues of significance through involvement with the DVRPC
Board, staff, national and regional publications, journals, the media, the internet and
other sources.
5. Conduct short-term research, including review of research by other agencies, as
well as literature reviews, interviews, and analysis of regional impacts or implications
and report the findings to the DVRPC Board and pertinent technical committees.
6. Review pending and proposed federal and state legislation, determine the effects
on the region and draft proposed Board or staff position statements.
7. Attend conferences or meetings to coordinate with other agencies and
organizations or to gather information for regional action.
8. Schedule meetings of the DVRPC Board and Executive Committee and provide
agenda, minutes and meeting materials as needed.
9. Schedule meetings of the Board Policy Analysis Committee and provide agenda,
minutes and meeting materials as needed.

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Products:
1. Agenda, minutes and supporting materials as required.
2. Special policy reports, memoranda and correspondence as required.
3. Interim reports as appropriate.
4. Agendas and minutes of Board and Executive Committee meetings.
5. Agendas and minutes of Board Policy Analysis Committee meetings.
Beneficiaries:
Member Governments, operating agencies, state and federal agencies and planning
partners.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$302,500

$226,687

$73,313

$2,500

2024

$317,500

$235,196

$79,804

$2,500

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-23-020

Work Program Administration

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Patricia Elkis
Project Manager: Alison Hastings, Ariella Maron, Gregory Krykewycz, Karin Morris,
Michael Boyer, Najah Jackson
Goals:
To ensure intergovernmental coordination by preparing the annual Unified Planning
Work Program, and monthly progress reports
Description:
Federal regulations, as stipulated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA), require MPOs to document metropolitan transportation planning activities
performed with federal transportation funds in a unified planning work program
(UPWP). The UPWP must be developed at least on a biennial basis. DVRPC
chooses to prepare an annual UPWP. Each MPO, in cooperation with the State(s),
public transportation operator(s), and member government partners shall develop a
UPWP that includes a discussion of the planning priorities facing the Metropolitan
Planning Area. The UPWP shall identify work proposed by major activity and task
(including activities that address the ten planning factors in sufficient detail to
indicate who (e.g., MPO, State, public transportation operator, local government, or
consultant) will perform the work, the schedule for completing the work, the resulting
products, and a summary of the total amounts and sources of Federal and matching
funds.
Preparation of the Unified Planning Work Program includes DVRPC staff
undertaking significant outreach to member governments, public transit operators,
and other stakeholders to gather input on the region’s planning priorities. DVRPC
staff then works with our stakeholders to refine existing and develop new scopes of
work for the selected planning projects that will be conducted in the next fiscal year.
Subsequently, staff works to identify and secure the required funding to support
DVRPC and member government staff to undertake the regional planning process.
Tasks:
1. Schedule and conduct outreach to member governments, public transit operators,
and other stakeholders
2. Solicit project ideas and requests from member governments, public transit
operators and other stakeholders.
3. Meet with the Board Work Program Committee to prioritize and select projects to
include in the FY2025 UPWP
4. Coordinate the development of the Transit Support Program and Supportive
Regional Highway Planning Program (Pass-Through projects) for inclusion into the
UPWP
5. Prepare the draft Unified Planning Work Program and project budgets based on
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guidance provided by the Board's Work Program Committee.
6. Release the Draft document for public and agency review and comment
7. Incorporate all appropriate comments into the final FY2025 UPWP document and
present to the DVRPC Board for adoption.
8. Negotiate with federal, state and local governments to secure funding to carry out
the planning programs.
9. Conduct project review and spending meetings for the FY2025 Work Program.
Monitor on a regular basis the implementation of the planning programs.
10. Prepare monthly and semi-annual progress reports and year-end closing report.
Products:
1. FY25 Unified Planning Work Program
2. Monthly and semi-annual progress reports
3. Year-end closing report
Beneficiaries:
Member Governments, operating agencies, state and federal agencies and planning
partners.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$365,000

$264,468

$85,532

$5,000

$10,000

2024

$380,867

$273,175

$92,692

$5,000

$10,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FHWA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-23-030

Public Participation, Involvement and Outreach

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Alison Hastings
Project Manager: Elise Turner, Shoshana Akins
Goals:
To ensure intergovernmental coordination and community support by expanding
public information, engagement, and participation activities, particularly by targeting
audiences that will influence the implementation of DVRPC goals and programs.
Maintain and expand outreach to all stakeholders in the Delaware Valley as per
federal mandates.
Description:
The Office of Communications and Engagement will maintain and deepen its
communications program, emphasizing DVRPC's mission to audiences both familiar
and unfamiliar with the planning process; promote the Commission's Long-Range
Plan and the implementation of the Plan through public involvement; and foster
outreach and collaboration between DVRPC and the region's policymakers,
municipal officials, organizations, and citizens. The Office of Communications and
Engagement seeks opportunities at which staff can highlight the Commission's
work, engage existing stakeholders, and reach new audiences.
DVRPC is a regional convener, and in-person and online meetings are effective
venues for public participation, shared learning, and consensus-building. This office
regularly explores new ideas for both in-person and virtual meeting facilitation,
community engagement, and stakeholder outreach. This office also administers
public comment periods, and handles public comments, media requests, and
records requests, and coordinates responses with DVRPC staff, Executive Office,
legal counsel (if necessary), Board members, and project sponsors.
This office also ensures that Title VI, Environmental Justice (EJ), and other
nondiscrimination mandates in public participation are met by conducting outreach
to traditionally underserved populations in the region, and by enhancing Limited
English Proficiency (LEP) options by providing translations, and making
interpretation services available by request. To that end, this office is responsible for
maintaining several guidance documents, including: the Public Participation Plan,
Title VI Compliance Plan, and the Limited-English Proficiency Plan.
DVRPC is committed to Virtual Public Involvement (VPI) to encourage more public
engagement in all of its work and activities. DVRPC employs VPI strategies to
increase the dissemination of public information and collect feedback from a variety
of audiences. The Office of Communications & Engagement leads, advises, and
reviews most of the Commission’s VPI initiatives, from the Commission’s robust
website to social media channels, and from crowd-sourced web maps to surveys
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available in multiple languages.
As local, county, state, and federal public health guidance allows, DVRPC plans to
hold public meetings in-person, completely online, or in hybrid formats of online and
in-person. The hybrid format, while requiring more coordination between
professional staff ahead of time, and more audio-visual hardware and software, may
overall help the Commission to better utilize its resources and reach more people at
a time and location that is convenient for them, such as in their homes, while
accommodating people who prefer in-person or do not have access to virtual tools.
Tasks:
1. Prepare media releases and promote feature articles and op-ed pieces in
traditional (i.e., newspapers) and non-traditional (i.e., blogs) media.
2. Use social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube,
etc.) to promote DVRPC news and public comment periods, engage partner
organizations, and increase awareness of the Commission to the general public.
3. Prepare and publish Annual Report.
4. Monitor and report on DVRPC's earned media and social media.
5. Organize and convene Public Participation Task Force: update member
handbook; set agendas; plan and facilitate meetings; manage membership; and
provide highlights of meetings.
6. Administer public comment periods, issue legal notices, and advertise public
meetings.
7. Coordinate special events and conferences that promote DVRPC's mission.
8. Participate in regional events and conferences in order to reach new stakeholders
and members of the public.
9. Lead communications, stakeholder engagement, and public participation activities
for DVRPC's federally mandated programs and projects, including the Long-Range
Plan and the TIP; and support and advise staff with communications and outreach
for other studies, plans, programs, and events.
10. Prepare newsletters and special communication pieces on timely issues.
11. Update and enhance DVRPC's website to optimize use and enable translations,
promote specific events and publications, and make public information readily
available; utilize and enhance Newsroom.
12. Coordinate IIJA communications, announcements about funding opportunities,
and website updates for member governments and stakeholders.
13. Assist Executive Office in managing relationships with stakeholders and
coordinating strategic communications.
14. Assist staff with work product creation and distribution, and in particular HTML
emails.
15. Respond to Public Comments, general inquiries from the public, and records
requests as needed.
16. Review and evaluate public participation strategies, as necessary, to ensure
effectiveness and outreach to a broad audience. Update public participation
documents, such as the Public Participation Plan, as needed, to reflect federal
mandates and ongoing work at DVRPC.
17. Explore digital communications and engagement tools, as necessary.
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18. Engage and maintain relationships with community organizations that directly
serve hard-to-reach populations.
19. Respond to presentation and media requests.
20. Respond to requests for translations, interpretation, and auxiliary services.
21. Plan and execute the annual Board Retreat.
22. Document and evaluate DVRPC's use of public participation strategies on an
ongoing basis.
23. Maintain several guidance documents, such as the Public Participation Plan, that
inform DVRPC's practices.
Products:
1. Media releases.
2. DVRPC website, including redesigned Newsroom.
3. DVRPC monthly newsletters.
4. Annual Report.
5. Public Participation Task Force: handbook, orientation program, presentations,
notices, agendas, and highlights.
6. Public Comment Periods, including Legal Notices.
7. Public Comments on Board Action Items packet.
8. Communications (email blasts, social media, notices, brochures, select reports) to
promote initiatives, completed projects, and public participation opportunities.
9. Translated materials, as needed.
10. Materials to be used and distributed at high profile events, including annual Board
Retreat and conferences.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, planning partners, the general public, and the private sector.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$414,500

$311,316

$100,684

$2,500

2024

$429,500

$318,821

$108,179

$2,500

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-23-040

Title VI and Environmental Justice

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Alison Hastings
Project Manager: Elise Turner, Shoshana Akins
Goals:
Implement Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by ensuring that all residents of the
Delaware Valley have opportunities to participate in the regional transportation
planning process and are not discriminated against in the capital investment
programming process. Ensure that Environmental Justice (EJ), as outlined by the
1994 President's Executive Order, and other nondiscrimination mandates, are
considered in DVRPC's planning and outreach practices.
Description:
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that no person or group shall be
excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any program or activity using
federal funds. Environmental Justice (EJ) refines this concept by specifying the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and
enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. Fair treatment means
that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or a socioeconomic group, should
bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting
from industrial, municipal or commercial operations or the execution of federal,
state, local, and tribal programs and policies.
DVRPC's Office of Communications and Engagement (OCE) maintains, documents,
and carries out the Commission's Title VI Compliance Program. This office routinely
evaluates the Commission's: a) Public Participation Plan, b) Limited EnglishProficiency Plan, c) Title VI Compliance Plan, and d) Indicators for Potential
Disadvantage (IPD) analysis tool, and regularly explores the potential for other
publications, brochures, and outreach tools. This office also advises commission
staff in evaluating potential impacts of transportation projects on low-income and
minority populations, evaluating accessibility and mobility for disadvantaged
populations, and outreach techniques to reach diverse audiences. This program
area also supports expanded outreach for DVRPC's mandated documents and
processes in order to create opportunities for meaningful engagement in low-income
and minority communities. This program fulfills translation and interpretation
requests and proactively translates specific materials per the Commission's LEP
Plan. This program area may analyze how specific demographic groups used in the
IPD compliance tool have changed over time.

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Tasks:
1. Maintain and update the DVRPC Public Participation Plan, Limited-English
Proficiency Plan, and Title VI Compliance Plan and other publications related to
DVRPC's efforts to create meaningful participation in the regional planning process.
a.) Language Access Plan will be revised, updated and readopted in Spring 2024.
b.) Title VI Plan will need to be reviewed annually to determine if any changes are
needed.
2. Advise DVRPC staff on outreach to low-income and minority communities and
using the IPD analysis in projects, plans, and programs.
3. Explore potential for other analytical reports, data snapshots, and/or outreach
brochures that advance DVRPC's Title VI and EJ program.
4. Work with DVRPC staff to monitor progress toward Title VI, EJ, public
participation, and language access goals, and integrate equity throughout the
commission's projects.
5. Undertake assessment of the benefits and burdens of programmed and proposed
transportation system improvements, working within the LRP and TIP time-frames.
6. Train staff on an ongoing basis regarding Title VI/EJ strategies.
7. Complete responsibilities of the Title VI Compliance Manager, including carrying
out investigations (if needed) and working with the Administration/Operations
Division to review Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals.
8. Explore opportunities for EJ events for DVRPC stakeholders and the general
public.
9. Participate in equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and DBE training and
committees offered by PennDOT, NJDOT, FHWA, FTA, or other planning partners.
10. Participate in any reviews conducted by state transportation agencies or other
planning partners.
11. Regularly update the Indicators of Potential Disadvantage (IPD) compliance tool
when new American Community Survey (ACS) data is released. Explore IPD and
other mapping/technology strategies to enhance data gathering, public information,
and analysis.
12. Continue to expand DVRPC's language access measures by responding to
requests made through online request forms (among other ways), and managing the
translation of the Commission's vital documents as identified in the LEP Plan.
13. Act as a resource for member governments, planning partners, subrecipients,
etc. in meeting Title VI, EJ, and public participation mandates.
14. Equity Through Access plan update (also written into 24-52-010)
15. Assist with IIJA and Justice40 guidance and planning partner support related to
Title VI, EJ, underserved populations, and equity.
Products:
1. If needed, updated versions of: (a) DVRPC Publication Participation Plan; (b)
Limited English Proficiency Plan; and (c) Title VI Compliance Plan.
2. Contact lists for community organizations and individuals who have expressed
interest in Commission's public involvement and outreach activities, and community
organizations that work with traditionally under-served communities and/or limited
English proficiency individuals or groups.
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3. Additional analyses and reports as needed.
4. Title VI/EJ Analyses assessing the benefits and burdens of TIP, Long-Range Plan
(LRP) and other mandated documents.
5. Refined and updated Indicators of Potential Disadvantage (IPD) compliance tool.
6. Training materials, presentations, and documentation that on DVRPC's Title VI
Compliance Program and EJ considerations.
7. Translated documents including the Commission's Public Participation Plan, Title
VI Complaint Form, and other vital documents.
8. Supporting materials for any of the other tasks above.
9. Publishing the updated Equity Through Access report and tools.
Beneficiaries:
Greater Philadelphia residents, low-income and minority population groups, member
governments, transportation agencies and operators, planning partners and
community organizations.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$211,500

$157,925

$51,075

$2,500

2024

$221,500

$163,517

$55,483

$2,500

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-23-050

Data Visualization and Communication

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Kimberly Dean
Project Manager: Angela Rio, Rebecca Maule, Stephanie Cavacini
Goals:
To provide information and data to the public and decision-makers that is clearly
understood and used, by applying graphic design and visualization techniques that
explain and enhance the technical analyses and that presents materials in an
attractive and accessible format.
Description:
Each year, DVRPC produces a wide array of products for a wide variety of
audiences. There may be highly technical reports for a small expert audience;
broader planning studies that are distributed to community groups and local officials;
presentations made at conferences, meetings, and seminars; or information
presented via our website, through social media, or in printed format that needs to
be accessible and understandable to the widest possible audience.
By preparing information, data, reports and presentations that are clear, attractive,
understandable and visually engaging, DVRPC is better able to reach our target
audience and ensure that our findings and planning recommendations are both
received and used. In particular, for planning studies that may address roadways,
transit or bicycle and pedestrian facilities, the use of visualization techniques can
illustrate a recommendation or proposal in a way far more effectively than just a
written description. By providing specialized project graphics as part of our reports
or presentations, decision-makers, community organizations, and citizens are able
to fully understand the concepts and imagine the changes on the ground. In this
way, all participants in the planning process are working from the same
understanding, and are able to move forward toward a decision and implementation.
Some high profile projects that require specialized design include the DVRPC LongRange Plan (LRP) summary document, the DVRPC annual report; both in print and
interactive formats, board retreat materials, Transportation Improvement Projects
(TIP) materials, and Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) materials. Other
programs that require specialized project graphics include, but are not limited to: Air
Quality Partnership (AQP), Transportation Community Development Initiative
(TCDI), Community and Economic Development (CEDS), Regional Transit Planning
Program (RTPP), Public Participation Task Force (PPTF), Central Jersey
Transportation Forum (CJTF), Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force
(DVGMTF), Healthy Communities Task Force (HCTF), Regional Safety Task Force
(RSTF), Futures Group (FG) and Futures Working Group (FWG), and
Transportation Operations Task Force (TOTF).

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Tasks:
1. Create materials for DVRPC programs, events, workshops, public outreach, and
project studies.
2. Work with project managers, web developers, and GIS on providing graphic
design materials.
3. Collaborate with partners, other MPOs, design and planning consultants, vendors,
board members, as needed.
4. Provide ongoing design and technical assistance to DVRPC staff members.
5. Design report and PowerPoint templates for staff, and provide technical
troubleshooting assistance, as needed.
6. Provide graphic resources for staff.
7. Perform graphic reviews of DVRPC publications, web products, board
presentations, graphics and attachments displayed on DVRPC’s webpages.
Products:
1. Supporting Graphics, including project graphic and design guidelines, headers,
HTML emails, postcards, activity sheets / handouts, Word agenda templates,
workshop materials, infographics, charts, Gmail-formatted emails, PowerPoint
presentations, promotional materials, event signage, flyers, and posters.
2. Publication Design, including reports, newsletters, annual reports, brochures,
handbooks, report cover and page layout design, high profile summary documents,
and graphic review for DVRPC publication products.
3. Resources for Staff, including DVRPC logo files and guidelines, photo library,
Word and InDesign report templates, DVRPC-branded memo and letterhead,
PowerPoint Presentation templates, PowerPoint recommendations, and Word
formatting tips & tricks.
4. Advertisements, including DVRPC ads, public transit advertisements, and
animated web banners.
5. User Interface/User Experience Design, including design layouts of web pages,
interactive web applications, interactive story maps, and monthly e-Newsletter. Also
includes Emma emails and graphic review of DVRPC web products.
Beneficiaries:
DVRPC, the region, member governments, planning partners, and the general public.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$595,000

$449,595

$145,405

$0

2024

$620,000

$462,924

$157,076

$0

Other

DVRPC Program Area Descriptions | 57

PROJECT: 24-23-060

Web Development and Database Management

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: James Strangfeld
Project Manager: Elizabeth He, Kris Warner, Tyler Hachadorian, Will Tsay
Goals:
To ensure the DVRPC’s website is up-to-date and accessible. As the region's MPO,
DVRPC, through our website, provides an immense amount of information and offers
a wide variety of products and services.
Description:
DVRPC provides access to data, some original to the Commission, such as traffic
counts, aerial photography and demographic forecasts. Some data is provided by
our partners, including the US Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
Accessing current, reliable, and relevant data is critical to planners and decisionmakers. Web applications provide data visualizations and analysis not possible with
traditional print products.
For more information, see the following website: http://www.dvrpc.org
Tasks:
1. Develop new designs and improvements for all content on DVRPC’s websites
using accessible web design practices.
2. Update website for Long Range Plan; TIP; transportation, land use and
environment programs; commuter services; and the planning assistance center.
3. Create databases for Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), all progress
reporting, and other DVRPC datasets.
4. Create databases for project managers including programs such as TCDI and
other direct projects.
5. Ensure that all content available on DVRPC’s website is available to all end users
via an accessible, mobile-friendly version. Accommodate all popular end user screen
sizes, hardware, and scripting technologies. Review all public offerings to ensure
federal accessibility guidelines are met.
6. Assist in data management, processing, and storage, such as efficient processing
of large datasets, database design, and configuration for production environments.
7. Staff training in website development and responsive web design software,
including Content Management Systems.
8. Coordinate with GIS and other departments to create custom mapping solutions
with functionality beyond the scope of ArcGIS online and other off-the-shelf solutions.
9. Continuous innovation by modernizing the technology infrastructure, fostering an
integrated, efficient environment based on cross-training and teamwork, and
developing high-quality custom engineered solutions.
10. Administer and develop procedures for web product planning, development,
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quality and branded resources for all publically-accessible products and deliverables.
11. Enable and assist other partners and MPOs with similar web products by hosting
code, programming, documentation, procedures, and data schemas in an open
source fashion.
12. Develop automated systems to periodically run administrative tasks, process
updated datasets, and/or supercede manual procedures.
13. Assist in the development of the TIM 3 Activity Based Model maintained by the
Office of Travel Trends providing programming and debugging support
Products:
1. Web applications, interactive GIS mapping applications, and online content for the
DVRPC website.
2. Database of Progress Reports for program areas and project areas.
3. Project Management Database for TIP, Crash Database, Traffic Count, CMAQ,
TCDI, TMA Quarterly Report, License Plate Data and various projects.
4. Development, management, administration, and training for enterprise Content
Management System for website updates.
5. Custom solutions for staff and program areas to eliminate inefficiencies, automate
processes, and increase workplace productivity.
6. Intranet resources for internal staff, management, and administrative functions,
including internal portal, online forms, document libraries, and reference and training
materials.
7. Tracking, review, and administration of web product development pipeline
including project management, development process, launch release coordination,
and promotion and outreach scheduling.
8. License plate recognition program to track and identify license plates and vehicles
from a video feed. In addition to optical character recognition capabilities for reading
license plates, the program will need to be able to identify the issuing state.
9. Tablet based surveying system for commodity cellular connected tablets. The
survey software on the tablets will need to work both offline and online and
opportunistically sync with a master server.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments, transit operators, municipalities.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$875,000

$661,169

$213,831

$0

2024

$900,000

$671,987

$228,013

$0

Other

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PROJECT: 24-23-070

Data Coordination and Analysis

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Kimberly Korejko
Project Manager: Christopher Pollard, Jared Dobkin
Goals:
To further DVRPC’s mission of “convening the widest array of partners to inform and
facilitate data-driven decision-making.” This will be achieved by creating and
maintaining critical and innovative data resources in collaboration with our planning
partners that will allow for providing key insights into the data through analysis, tool
development, and visualizations.
Description:
This program includes new and ongoing data coordination activities. Within DVRPC,
staff will provide oversight and guidance to enterprise-level data management
efforts including DVRPC’s Data Catalog; coordinating with and improving
communication between departments about enterprise datasets and related data
sharing activities; and creating a shared platform to develop and nurture new ideas,
and pursuing new efforts around data analyses in a strategic way. This program will
support the development of an enhanced data navigator to streamline access to
data outputs and information for communities and planning partners across the
region. DVRPC staff will continue to strengthen relationships with its planning
partners such as the state DOTs, transit agencies, member counties in an effort to
streamline data sharing workflows as well as improve general information and
knowledge sharing about agency datasets.
DVRPC also serves as an affiliate member of Pennsylvania and New Jersey State
Data Centers, which aim to promote Census Bureau datasets and activities. Along
with Census products like the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Census
Transportation Planning Package (CTPP), this program also includes reviewing and
assessing other public and private data sources.
This program also supports the activities of DVRPC’s Information Resources
Exchange Group (IREG). IREG provides a forum to discuss the creation, use, and
exchange of planning-related information in the region, and promotes knowledge
sharing in the methods and technology for data analysis, synthesis, and
presentation. For more information on DVRPC’s IREG Committee, see:
http://www.dvrpc.org/Committees/IREG/.
Completion of this work may require the purchase of equipment or services.

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Tasks:
1. Oversee and administer the DVRPC Data Catalog and identify opportunities to
leverage the platform for other data sharing tools and resources.
2. Lead the development of an enhanced regional data navigator, engaging a
diverse group of external partners to identify specific features and functionalities that
best serve regional users’ needs.
3. Coordinate and communicate with member governments, transit agencies, state
and federal agencies, and other traditional partners, while seeking new partnerships
where appropriate to maintain and improve communication and information sharing
about agency data.
4. Foster data sharing strategies through the development of memoranda of
understanding with appropriate agencies and exploring shared data/tool purchases.
5. Oversee and administer the existing IREG and participate in other ad-hoc
committees of DVRPC member governments, as appropriate, to facilitate the
coordination of data acquisition, processing, and distribution.
6. Participate as affiliates of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Data Centers.
7. Disseminate Census-related data and information through DVRPC internal and
external resources.
8. Develop and oversee agencywide data coordination activities and adherence
towards a formal data management framework and data life cycle practices.
9. Create and enforce metadata standards that support the data management
framework.
10. Identify data gaps and needs on an ongoing basis.
11. Research, evaluate, and acquire new data resources as needed to support
agency planning activities.
12. Identify opportunities to improve data quality and standardize how data quality is
measured.
13. Coordinate special data improvement, data sharing, or data tool development
efforts that require interdepartmental collaboration.
14. Develop, improve, and update datasets that support critical planning efforts at
DVRPC such as National Establishment Time Series (NETS), CoStar, and other
regional data resources.
15. Develop strategies for and manage internal Data Round Table meetings.
16. Improve methods and systems that enhance how data is shared by DVRPC
through its online resources.
Products:
1. DVRPC Data Catalog updates and improvements.
2. Regional data navigator web application.
3. Regional data products and analyses of available information.
4. Documents related to inventory and lifecycle of datasets for internal use.
5. Meeting materials and records for Data Round Table meetings.
6. Meeting materials and records for the IREG committee.
7. Additional materials as appropriate.

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Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments and operating agencies, the public, and DVRPC.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$341,250

$256,911

$83,089

$1,250

2024

$356,250

$265,062

$89,938

$1,250

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-23-080

Technical Assistance to Member Governments

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Patricia Elkis
Project Manager: Renee Wise
Goals:
To ensure intergovernmental coordination on transportation and other planning
issues; provide technical assistance and training to increase implementation
opportunities; and encourage local and agency actions that help to implement the
regional long-range transportation plan’s policies and concepts, as well as federal
and state policy and program initiatives.
Description:
Ensure intergovernmental coordination, technical evaluation, and regional policy
formulation on transportation and other related planning issues, projects, and plans
through monthly meetings of the Regional Technical Committee (including meeting
minutes and pertinent presentations, research, and technical assistance activities).
In addition, flexible, short-term responses to the day-to-day needs of DVRPC’s
member governments and operating agencies will be prepared. DVRPC will also
respond to specific requests from PennDOT to assist with special smaller scale
studies. Assessment and analysis of transportation systems financing options may
also be undertaken. Responses to legal inquiries and estimates of the air quality,
land use, and transportation effects of proposed transportation improvements may
also be prepared. Coordination with PennDOT Connects activities, meetings, and
program tasks will also occur, including application of the new approaches to
pertinent projects.
PennDOT guidance has required DVRPC to contribute to a statewide effort to
develop an inventory of locally owned transportation assets, such as roads and
bridges. This specific effort was completed in FY19, however DVRPC is poised to
work with PennDOT and the State's Planning Partners to coordinate on the
development of other transportation asset data collection efforts as deemed
appropriate.
This program area will also allow DVRPC staff to participate in PennDOT planning
and programming efforts such as the Annual Planning Partners meetings, PennDOT
Connects initiative, and the annual Unified Planning Priorities Work Group. It will
also allow staff to prepare for and participate in the NJDOT/MPO Quarterly
Collaboration Meetings, NJDOT Statewide Transportation Innovation Council
meetings, NJDOT Complete Team meetings, and NJ Statewide Traffic Incident
Management Steering Committee.
With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), DVRPC staff
have been deeply engaged in efforts to leverage competitive funding programs for
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improvements to our region through consistent internal coordination and
coordination with the RTC on IIJA opportunities, maintaining an up-to-date IIJA
webpage and communications with partners, and offering consultations on funding
opportunities with individual municipalities (with an emphasis on outreach to
disadvantaged communities).
Tasks:
1. Staff ten Regional Technical Committee meetings, including scheduling Action
Items and presentations for monthly agendas, minutes, and similar materials related
to the Long-Range Plan, Transportation Improvement Program, the annual Unified
Planning Work Program and other transportation and land use issues or projects.
2. Participate on transportation committees at the regional, state, or national levels.
3. Consult with city/county planning directors, engineers, and staff regarding ongoing
projects and short-term needs.
4. Participate on regional or statewide working groups and task forces, as
appropriate, to represent DVRPC’s and regional interests.
5. Conduct short-term research or prepare policy papers and memoranda in
response to member government requests or as a follow-up to on-going or proposed
DVRPC initiatives.
6. If required, respond to legal inquiries on previously completed studies.
7. Continue to undertake activities that respond to the new PennDOT Connects
initiatives, including development and implementation activities, such as PennDOT
Connects Collaboration meetings, completion of and research for Screening Forms
and Environmental Screening Tools, and centralized asset management. Other
activities will include coordination with PennDOT and communication of the outcome
to local, city, and county planners.
8. Coordinate with PennDOT, and the PA Planning Partners on the potential
development of new data collection efforts for transportation assets, as needed.
9. Coordinate with the Federal Transit Administration with regard to New Start and
Small Start applications proposed by member governments and transit operators.
10. Continue to monitor US DOT Metropolitan Planning Organization requirements
as well as other policy and program initiatives.
11. Monitor any new requirements arising from the IIJA
12. Maintain up-to-date information on IIJA opportunities on the webpage, and
communicate such opportunities to partners
13. Offer technical assistance to municipalities, especially disadvantaged
communities, on accessing new funding
14. Continue to provide project development, technical assistance, or project
administration support, as appropriate, to the City of Trenton and Mercer County, for
advancement of the NJ29/"Reconnecting Trenton to the River" project, for which
there is a currently-pending Reconnecting Communities planning grant application.
Products:
1. Policy papers, memoranda, and brief research reports as required.
2. Meeting agendas, minutes and related materials as required.
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3. Data and other research materials related to the investigation of legal issues
involving specific transportation improvement proposals or projects.
4. Summary of coordination and outreach activities related to PennDOT Connects as
required.
5. Program development for potential PennDOT's asset inventory (if requested).
6. Potentially, new grant applications afforded by the IIJA
Beneficiaries:
Municipalities, state DOTs, operating agencies, county planning agencies,
businesses, and citizens.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$331,274

$220,412

$71,287

$19,575

$20,000

2024

$423,077

$313,930

$78,397

$10,750

$20,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FHWA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-33-010

Smart Growth

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Andrew Svekla
Project Manager: Derek Lombardi, Karin Morris
Goals:
To undertake smart growth studies, provide technical assistance, and facilitate
collaboration among agencies in the region involved in creating and maintaining
livable communities to encourage transit-oriented development, age-friendly
communities, zoning reform, urban revitalization, and multimodal transportation . This
mega program supports the goals of Connections 2050.
This program supports PennDOT's Planning Priorities of “Land Use / Transportation
Linkages/Economic Development/Modernization,” specifically to “identify livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities such as; access to
employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality schools, safe streets,
economic development, social equity, and environment conservation,” and to
“provide input on any training and planning activities targeted to county and local
governments, conservation districts and community stakeholders,” on topics such as
smart growth, complete streets, implementation tools, transit-oriented development,
and healthy communities.
This program supports NJDOT's planning priorities of promoting interagency
cooperation, supporting community livability through integrated transportation and
land use planning, maximizing the efficiency of the transportation system, and
assisting NJDOT’s Transit Village Initiative and other smart growth strategies.
Description:
Staff will conduct planning activities, outreach, and advocacy focused on
development and conservation strategies that are designed to make communities
more attractive, economically stronger, and more socially diverse while protecting
the natural environment. Staff will help our planning partners coordinate land use
and transportation planning and better understand the potential implications of
various zoning development types and travel patterns.
Increasing Multimodal Access to Tourist Destinations: Staff will conduct research
and analysis designed to improve access to tourist destinations for residents,
visitors, and employees. Tasks may include working with local communities to
identify and resolve accessibility challenges and convening tourism stakeholders to
address critical transportation issues.
Supportive Housing Policy: Staff will conduct research and provide technical
assistance to local governments seeking to diversify their housing options and
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increase the range of housing types available in their communities. This work will
support recommendations and analysis from recent Smart Growth projects including
Community Impacts of Multifamily Housing and the Regional Housing Initiative.
TOD Technical Assistance: Staff will provide technical assistance to local
government and transit providers seeking to promote transit-supportive
development. This work builds on recent projects such as Building on our Strengths:
Evaluating TOD Opportunities in Greater Philadelphia and SEPTA TOD Policy
Research, and may include sharing information on real estate market conditions,
transit-supportive design guidelines, and development case studies.
Completion of tasks in this program area may require the purchase of equipment or
services.
Tasks:
1. Identify infrastructure and service improvements that expand alternative
transportation access to tourist destinations and/or districts.
2. Provide leading research and analysis to local governments and organizations as
they evaluate housing needs and zoning reforms in their community.
3. Conduct research and share resources to support TOD implementation.
4. Provide technical assistance on smart growth topics and livable community
initiatives.
5. Share and inform partners about recent smart growth studies and products
through workshops, webinars, and conferences.
.
Products:
1. Summary documents and presentations describing tourism-related accessibility
improvements and programs.
2. Updated data, analysis, and presentations in response to stakeholder needs.
3. Presentations at local, regional, and/or national meetings and conferences, or as
requested.

Beneficiaries:
Member governments, DOTs, transit agencies, private sector, and nonprofits.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$673,500

$454,312

$146,930

$32,258

$40,000

2024

$488,500

$305,008

$103,492

$40,000

$40,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FHWA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-33-020

Community & Economic Development

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Spencer Gober
Project Manager: Brian Carney, Karen Cilurso, Karin Morris
Goals:
To support the key policies of Connections 2050 by ensuring a diverse and
competitive regional and local economy by encouraging reinvestment in the region by
land use, redevelopment, and economic development planning and implementation..
The Community and Economic Development program area supports PennDOT's
Planning Priority (IV) Land Use/Transportation Linkages/Economic
Development/Modernization, specifically to identify livability, sustainability, and
resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of transportation facilities
and services to broader opportunities, such as access to good jobs, affordable
housing, quality schools, safe streets, economic development, social equity, and
environmental conservation.
This program supports NJDOT's MPO Planning Priorities by promoting partnerships
and continuing to engage with the public to strengthen public confidence and
participation in the planning process through the use of web/technology, social
media, outreach, education, and public forum meetings and working with county and
municipal partners for integration of transportation and land use to promote
community livability.
Description:
Building Municipal Capacity (BMC): Previously known as Municipal Outreach, staff
will engage and inform the region’s stakeholders and community leaders of current
planning-related issues and trends. Staff will host a minimum of two information
sharing events in support of Connections 2050. The Building Municipal Capacity
project will continue to be an APA AICP CM Credit Provider and work with regional
partners to promote educational events. Staff will maintain the Municipal Funding
Resource (MFR), a comprehensive list of grant programs for stakeholders through a
shared online database.
Community Revitalization: Staff will continue to monitor issues related to community
economic resilience, specifically for the region’s identified retail districts and
downtowns, to address post-pandemic revitalization and recovery needs. This may
include research into identified, relevant, and emerging trends, as well as policy
recommendations, and/or convening stakeholders. The retail district typology work
will continue to be evaluated and enhanced, as appropriate. Completion of this work
may require the purchase of equipment and data services.
Economic Analysis: Staff will gather and analyze new and updated datasets to
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better understand how our region’s economy compares to other regions across the
country.
TCDI Administration: Program administration of the Transportation and Community
Development Initiative (TCDI) grant program will continue. FY 2024 will include
administering the FY24 New Jersey round of projects and development of the FY25
Pennsylvania guidelines. This will include all tasks related to procurement, invoicing,
progress reports, and outreach meetings, as necessary. Staff will continue to
maintain the TCDIdirect (project management) database to provide project
management for previously awarded projects. Additionally, staff will continue to
manage the Consultant Qualification System (CQS). This effort involves ongoing
review of proposals received in response to an open-ended request for
qualifications. Staff may also work to improve cross-database functionality between
the CQS and TCDIdirect to further enhance and facilitate the TCDI procurement
process.
Tasks:
1. Identify and engage local stakeholders and community leaders, as well as provide
local technical assistance to communities on revitalization strategies through
educational events and workshops.
2. Host a minimum of two events to highlight, advance, and implement the goals of
Connections 2050.
3. Maintain the Municipal Funding Resource Database.
4. Serve as an APA AICP CM Provider.
5. Monitor retail district recovery and apply updated data, as available.
6. Maintain the community revitalization webpage and subpages.
7. Administer the FY24 NJ TCDI grants and procurement process.
8. Develop the FY25 PA TCDI Program Guidelines and update webpage.
9. Maintain the TCDI Direct project management and Consultant Qualifications
Database (CQS) databases.
Products:
1. Webinars and other similar engagement events, format(s) to be determined based
on need and audience.
2. Municipal Funding Resource Database.
3. APA AICP CM credit event surveys.
4. Presentations as requested.
5. Retail district webmap.
6. Economic Data bulletins, snapshots, and/or other publications as deemed
appropriate.
7. FY25 PA TCDI Program Guidelines and updated webpage.
8. TCDI Direct project management database.
9. Consultant Qualification System database.

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Beneficiaries:
Member governments, nonprofits, developers, the private sector, economic
development professionals, and planning professionals
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$606,000
$658,500

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$216,108
$469,271

$69,892
$159,229

$45,000
$30,000

Other
$275,000

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PROJECT: 24-33-030

Energy and Climate Change Initiatives

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Linn
Project Manager: Elizabeth Compitello, Emily Goldstein, Karin Morris
Goals:
Provide leadership to the region on energy and climate change issues that reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through energy conservation, energy efficiency,
electrification of buildings and vehicles, and the switch to low or no-carbon energy
sources to increase the resilience of the region. This program supports the goals of
Connections 2050 and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL).
This program supports PennDOT's MPO Planning Priorities by evaluating
greenhouse gas emissions in the MPO region and assisting in implementing
Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Action Plan; by working with PennDOT, FHWA, and
FTA to implement performance measures and targets; by identifying livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities; and by utilizing
PennDOT’s Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment to incorporate flooding
resiliency into TIP projects, enhance hazard mitigation, and improve emergency
preparedness.
This program supports NJDOT's MPO Planning Priorities of promoting interagency
cooperation by developing and integrating performance measures and targets
necessary to meet federal performance requirements for the NHS in accordance with
FHWA TPM requirements; by working with NJDOT and other partners on improving
the resilience of transportation infrastructure against the impacts of extreme weather;
by working with partners to recommend projects that can utilize new funding
opportunities in the recently enacted federal transportation legislation to minimize
climate risks; and by participating in the development of a carbon reduction program
strategy to reduce transportation emissions.
This program also supports the goals of the State of New Jersey’s Global Warming
Response Act (2007) of reducing GHG emissions by 80 percent of 2006 levels by
2050, Pennsylvania’s 2018 Climate Change Action Plan, Governor Wolf’s Executive
Order 201-01 “Commonwealth Leadership in Addressing Climate Change and
Promoting Energy Conservation and Sustainable Governance", as well as the energy
use, GHG emissions, and regional resilience goals in Connections 2050.
Description:
Staff will analyze data and develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by promoting greater energy efficiency, energy conservation, the electrification of
buildings and vehicles, and the use of cleaner energy. Presently, the energy system
in the region and the country as a whole is undergoing a profound transformation,
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with increased private and public investment in energy efficiency and conservation,
the electrification of buildings and vehicles, and in zero-carbon, renewable, and
lower-carbon energy sources. Staff will build on these changes to accelerate decarbonization at the regional and local scale.
Staff will prepare the region for the ongoing and anticipated impacts of climate
change on the built and natural environment by providing technical assistance and
education to municipal, county, regional, and state agencies and officials to develop
policies and practices that respond to the ongoing and projected impacts of climate
change. This includes disseminating information on the projected impacts of climate
change within the region, as well as how to prepare for those impacts. This
information will be provided at the local and sectoral level where feasible.
Staff will support municipal, county, regional, state agencies and officials in
developing policies and practices to reduce energy use and GHG emissions in their
activities and operations. Staff will provide support for the implementation of
USDOT’s new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Transportation Performance Measure.
Staff will represent DVRPC at appropriate policy venues, including PA and NJ state
committees/meetings, the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the NJ Climate
Change Alliance, the NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative, DRBC’s Advisory
Committee on Climate Change, the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation (MACH)
Hub Collaborative Stakeholder Advisory Panel (CSAP), the U.S. DOE SolSmart
Technical Advisory Panel, the Delaware County Sustainability Plan subcommittees,
the NEEP Communities Working Group, and the Sustainable Jersey Energy and
Climate Adaptation Task Forces. Regional coordination that strengthens
relationships among state, regional, county, and municipal officials, as well as with
other key stakeholders, including transit authorities, utilities, businesses, institutions,
and non-profit organizations will be ongoing.
Staff will facilitate and host up to two Climate Change Forums. These forums focus
on topics relevant to both mitigation and adaptation and are geared to a diverse
audience of governmental staff, academics, practitioners, policy-makers,
consultants and advocates. Potential topics include updated guidance on municipal
resilience planning, the impacts of climate change on water and wastewater
systems, and policies and programs to accelerate building electrification.
Staff will manage the Regional Streetlight Procurement Program (RSLPP), including
management of Round 3 municipalities (27 towns) through construction and postconstruction operation and maintenance services, as well as the management of
Round 4 municipalities (6 towns).
Staff will manage the Regional Power Purchase Agreement Partnership, a
partnership of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties to explore
opportunities for aggregate procurement of electricity and renewable energy for
county operations. The Partnership may expand to include additional parties, such
as municipalities and schools.
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Staff will investigate additional aggregate regional procurement opportunities
around energy and climate change. Examples may include the development of a
Regional Electric Vehicle Program or a Regional Benchmarking/Energy Manager
Program. This work may require technical consultant(s) services.
Completion of tasks outlined in the mega program may require the purchase of
equipment and services.
Tasks:
1. Coordinate, facilitate and participate in discussions among partner organizations..
2. Provide technical assistance to municipalities on their efforts to support renewable
energy, electrification of vehicles and buildings, and energy efficient development.
3. Host up to two Climate Change Forums (CCF) focusing on topics relevant to
climate change adaptation or mitigation.
4. Develop and disseminate information on regional energy use and GHG emissions,
as well as opportunities for reducing energy use and GHG emissions..
5. Assist local government stakeholders and planning partners in understanding and
preparing for the expected impacts of climate change.
6. Assist member governments and others in assessing policies and actions most
appropriate at the regional, county and municipal level to reduce energy use and
GHG emissions.
7. Continue to support PA DEP’s Local Climate Action Planning program for
municipal partners.
8. Participate in various climate change and energy related committees and task
forces.
9. Manage the Regional Streetlight Procurement Program (RSLPP).
10. Manage the Regional Power Purchase Agreement Partnership.
11. Develop additional aggregate procurement opportunities around energy and
climate change, if resources allow.
Products:
1. Presentations, summaries and other materials from the Climate Change Forums.
2. Updated Regional Energy Use and GHG Emissions Inventory and associated web
page updates.
3. Tools for municipalities and others to support climate change adaptation and
mitigation.
4. Meeting highlights, presentations, guidebooks, or other technical assistance from
RSLPP.
5. Resources related to regional procurement opportunities and practices, energy
management, and renewable energy development.
6. Model ordinances and permitting guides for renewable energy and electrification.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments; state and federal agencies; transit authorities; municipal
officials; nonprofits; and citizens.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$376,508

$282,609

$91,399

$2,500

2024

$379,008

$281,121

$95,387

$2,500

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-33-040

Environmental Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Linn
Project Manager: Amy Verbofsky, Emily Goldstein, Karin Morris, Melat Musie,
Shawn Megill Legendre
Goals:
This program provides leadership to the region on the development and
implementation of strategies that maintain healthy ecological systems, improve water
quality, manage risks posed by natural hazards, build healthy communities, reduce
pollution, promote environmental justice in marginalized communities, protect open
space, and provide access to parks and outdoor recreation opportunities for all. This
program supports the goals of Connections 2050 and the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law (BIL).
This program supports NJDOT MPO Planning Priorities by promoting accessibility,
sustainable mobility and transportation choices; by working to achieve consistency
with the principles of the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan;
by working with willing county and municipal partners to integrate transportation and
land use to promote community livability and maximize the efficiency of the
transportation system; and by incorporating environmental stewardship principles into
transportation investments.
The program supports PennDOT’s MPO Planning Priorities by identifying livability
and sustainability strategies to tie the quality and location of transportation facilities to
broader opportunities; and by supporting the environmental review process and
PennDOT Connects.
Description:
Staff will lead planning efforts to equitably maintain and improve environmental
quality, promote environmental justice, mitigate natural hazards, and preserve open
space and natural areas by analyzing and sharing data and providing technical
assistance to support county-led open space preservation efforts, including the
implementation of greenway corridors. The locally-funding open space programs
inventory will continue to be maintained.
Staff will work with partners and build upon efforts to support land conservation,
water quality improvements, green infrastructure and hazard mitigation through
projects, programs and plans. Staff will focus on helping the region minimize and
mitigate the impacts of transportation infrastructure on environmental resources,
and promote improved stormwater management practices through approaches such
as multi-municipal BMP (Best Management Practices) implementation and related
strategies. Data gathered and tools developed may be used to strengthen the
linkages between environmental stewardship and transportation investments, and
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streamline the environmental review process. Relevant data for long-range planning
and tracking progress will be updated.
Staff will particpate on grant review committees and evaluate PENNVEST candidate
projects and PECO Green Region applications, as requested.
Staff will continue to provide fee-based environmental planning services to local
governments for the preparation of local planning documents. Services offered will
include Climate Change-related Hazard Vulnerability Assessments, environmental
resource inventories, open space plans, municipal public access plans, master plan
conservation elements, farmland preservation plans, and sustainability plans. The
program is fee-based, but a subsidy to communities in Mercer, Burlington, Camden
and Gloucester counties is available to encourage more municipalities to undertake
the work.
Staff will facilitate conversations with Camden County around the update of their
countywide Sustainability Plan. The Office of Climate and Environment may take on
the plan update as part of our fee-based environmental planning services program.
Information about work completed in this program area will be updated on the
website, as needed. Completion of tasks in this mega program may require the
purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Review and evaluate applications for related federal and state funding programs
as necessary.
2. Update the inventory of locally-funded open space programs and regional open
space inventory, as needed.
3. Facilitate coordination of open space preservation and greenway development
activities, as needed.
4. Develop data and metrics for Tracking Progress.
5. Review and provide recommendations for PENNVEST Candidate projects, as
requested.
6. Evaluate and rank PECO Green Region applications, as requested.
7. Promote and conduct municipal environmental planning services for local
governments, if requested and as capacity allows.
8. Provide technical assistance to municipalities, counties, state agencies, and nonprofits for greenway, open space, and environmental planning. Coordinate efforts
among regional partners and provide technical assistance as necessary.
9. Assist with scope of work for the Camden County Sustainability Plan, if needed.
10.Update OCE web pages as needed.
Products:
1. Updated map, tables, and webpage for locally-funded open space programs.
2. Data and tables on open space preservation and water quality.
3. Scopes of work, budgets, and contracts for fee-based municipal environmental
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planning projects.
4. Municipal environmental planning documents for local NJ governments, if
requested.
5. Meeting materials including notes, maps, and presentations.
6. Updated OCE webpages.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments; state and federal agencies; municipal officials; nonprofits;
and citizens.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$314,500

$259,500

$0

$55,000

2024

$334,500

$334,500

$0

$0

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-33-050

Geographic Information Systems

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Pollard
Project Manager: Glenn McNichol, Mark Gatti, Michael Ruane
Goals:
Improve planning efficiency and provide support for better-informed planning and
engineering project decisions in the region by developing, maintaining, and improving
access to accurate and current geospatial data.
Description:
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is an important planning tool that provides
benefits to DVRPC, its member agencies, and others by supporting state, regional,
county, and local planning and technical projects. Nearly all projects incorporate GIS
technology, whether it is for data collection and storage, or analysis and
presentation.
This ongoing program enables DVRPC to provide GIS services and technical
assistance to its planning staff, our member agencies, and other outside parties. It
also includes expanding and improving the geospatial database by creating features
and attributes from compiled source documents and obtaining data from member
governments and operating agencies and publicly available sources (US Census,
NJDEP, PA Spatial Data Access (PASDA), etc.). Enhancements to existing
geospatial data will include the expansion and refinements of attributes and the
improvement of the positional accuracy of features. DVRPC shares its GIS data with
member governments and operating agencies, DOTs, and the public in both static
and interactive formats. Through our GIS Data Portal, users can view, download, or
link to selected data in various GIS or non-GIS formats. We also convey GIS
information as interactive maps and applications that allow users to further explore
these datasets. Technical advances and methodologies to provide geospatial
information in an efficient manner will continuously be reviewed.
This program will be coordinated with other data development efforts ongoing at
DVRPC as well as efforts at member governments and agencies in the region and
with other federal and state efforts whenever possible.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Create new geospatial data from source documents.
2. Compile and evaluate existing geospatial data from all available sources.
3. Geo-reference existing features to current aerial imagery.
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4. Develop and maintain metadata that meets current industry standards for all
geospatial datasets.
5. Provide access to geospatial data from DVRPC programs and from external
sources, including, but not limited to, the state DOT transportation management
systems, U.S. Census, state agencies, operating agencies, and member
governments.
6. Ensure compatibility of geospatial data with related databases.
7. Provide data files and technical support to planning efforts of DVRPC, state
agencies, county planning organizations, operators, and the private sector, as
requested.
8. Coordinate data development with other DVRPC programs and federal, state, and
local efforts, whenever possible.
9. Attend training, seminars, and conferences to keep current on the latest industry
trends.
10. Expand geospatial data sharing and distribution using current web technologies.
11. Provide support for web mapping and data visualization applications for planning
project deliverables and DVRPC's outreach goals.
12. Provide support for the regional land use update.
13. Produce high quality cartographic products for DVRPC programs and planning
efforts.
Products:
1. Current, accurate, and comprehensive geospatial database.
2. Metadata that meets industry standards for all geospatial data.
3. Geospatial features consistent with current imagery, when applicable.
4. Enhanced enterprise database that includes geospatial data from DVRPC,
member governments and operating agencies, DOTs, and other sources.
5. GIS data shared amongst member governments and operating agencies, DOTs,
and the public through web technologies.
6. Web mapping and data visualization application development and support.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments and operating agencies, the public, and DVRPC.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$339,400

$233,789

$75,611

$30,000

2024

$354,400

$264,614

$89,786

$0

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-34-010

Long-Range Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Jaclyn Davis
Project Manager: Amani Bey, Brett Fusco
Goals:
Develop a long-range vision and plan for Greater Philadelphia that provides guidance
for future growth and development in the nine-county region, and allocates regional
funds to transportation investments that are aligned with—and support
meeting—long-term community, economic, environmental, transportation, and equity
goals.
Description:
DVRPC employs a collaborative planning approach to its long-range planning
process which involves 1) analyzing external trends and forces shaping the region;
2) convening the Futures Group to identify alternate scenarios of extreme but
plausible futures for the region; 3) working with the public and stakeholders to
develop a broadly shared vision and goals for regional development; 4)
recommending strategies to achieve the vision; and 5) facilitating planning partners
to determine how limited funds will be invested in transportation infrastructure.
DVRPC works with member governments, regional stakeholders, standing
committees, and the public to develop a comprehensive Long-Range Plan that
addresses the future of transportation and considers the interactions between
transportation with land development and revitalization, environmental resources,
community dynamics, and economic growth. The current Plan, Connections 2050,
was adopted by the DVRPC Board on September 23, 2021. It serves as a high-level
policy directive for all of DVRPC's work and is incorporated into every DVRPC
project and program area.
The Plan responds to federal planning requirements including consideration of key
planning factors, use of transportation performance management (TPM) for
decision-making, project benefit evaluation criteria for analyzing and selecting
transportation projects, and measuring progress toward Long-Range Plan goals
through the Tracking Progress indicator dashboard. The Plan is also compliant and
coordinated with state initiatives—both DOTs’ long-range plans, statewide freight
plans, strategic highway safety plans, and transportation asset management plans,
along with PennDOT Connects—and member government comprehensive planning
efforts.
In air-quality nonattainment areas, such as DVRPC, Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs) are required to prepare and maintain a long-range
transportation plan with a minimum 20-year horizon, and update the plan every four
years. Work on Connections 2050 v2.0 is underway, with Board adoption
anticipated in the summer of 2025. This fiscal year will kick off a two-year effort to
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develop the financial plan and public outreach focused on verification of the
Connections 2050 vision and goals. Completion of this project may require the
purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Continue a comprehensive public and stakeholder outreach program to confirm
and update the vision established in Connections 2050.
2. Develop branding and web presence for Connections 2050 v2.0 in coordination
with other DVRPC offices.
3. Work with state DOTs, regional transit operators, and other DVRPC staff to collect
and update asset management data to inform a region-wide vision plan for
transportation infrastructure. This includes achieving and maintaining a state-of-good
repair for existing transportation infrastructure, making safety and operational
improvements to enhance the functionality of existing infrastructure, and expanding
transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and roadway networks consistent with the Plan's vision
and goals.
4. Produce the first half of financial plan elements in coordination with the financial
planning subcommittee of the RTC including revenue forecasts & associated
scenarios, TPM measures & targets, call for projects and development of a Capital
Vision. A minimum of five meetings will be held with the full subcommittee.
5. Develop a technical memo—through in-person research and interviews with local
officials from around the country—that reports on potential impacts of automated taxi
and subsidized ride-hailing programs on transportation.
6. Host 2-3 Futures Group meetings covering key topical issues related to
transformative technologies, forces, events, and other issues that may shape the
future of Greater Philadelphia.
7. Further explore and conduct outreach on the convening of an Advanced Mobility
Partnership to coordinate with regional stakeholders on emerging technologies, such
as connected and automated vehicles.
8. Work with stakeholder agencies, such as PennDOT, NJDOT, transit operating
agencies, transportation authorities, and county planning departments to develop,
update, and implement their respective strategic and Long-Range Plan documents
and ensure consistency across federal, state, regional, county, and local planning
processes.
9. Continue to incorporate US DOT Transportation Performance Management
performance measures and targets into the long-range planning process.
10. Maintain collaboration with surrounding MPOs as a means to discuss and
coordinate on multi-regional issues and best practices on an as-needed
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basis.
11. Assist other DVRPC offices and program areas on annual work program tasks,
as needed.
Products:
1. An updated web presence for the Connections 2050 v2.0 Plan including a Vision
statement.
2. A technical memo on automated taxi and subsidized ride-hailing programs
3. Financial plan documentation.
Beneficiaries:
State, county, and municipal levels of government; transportation agencies and
transit operators; and businesses and residents of the region.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$597,000

$417,103

$134,897

$45,000

2024

$627,000

$449,485

$152,515

$25,000

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-34-020

Freight Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Kristen Scudder
Project Manager: Sean Greene
Goals:
Promote freight considerations in the planning process to encourage the
development and preservation of safe, efficient, multimodal transportation systems
that maximize Greater Philadelphia’s position in the global economy
Description:
Freight movement is a critical planning factor for the Greater Philadelphia region
and the region’s economic competitiveness is closely tied to the freight network.
Freight shipments and supply chains are highly dynamic, impacting nearly every
transportation mode as well as land development patterns and employment.
Planning for freight capitalizes on trends and opportunities while promoting and
preserving quality of life, economic, safety, environmental, sustainability, and land
use goals.
The Freight Planning Program seeks to improve the visibility and availability of data;
educate planners and the public on key freight information; encourage a smart,
multimodal transportation system; and inform transportation infrastructure
investment. Evidence of the broad integration of freight considerations can be found
in the DVRPC Long-Range Plan, the DVRPC TIPs, transportation modeling and
travel monitoring, corridor studies, Congestion Management Process, Smart
Growth, air quality planning, and in many other aspects of DVRPC’s work. The
program achieves these objectives through three primary areas of work:
engagement and advocacy, regional trends and performance tracking, and local
technical studies and education.
The Freight Planning Program will undertake a region-wide study that analyzes key
freight trends and development patterns to designate a primary, regional truck
network. This is a continuation of FY22 Impacts of E-Commerce and FY 23 Future
Freight Flows Scenarios work, and these previous efforts to identify warehousing
and distribution centers as well as e-commerce trends will inform the designation of
the truck network. This project will confirm and update the existing Greater
Philadelphia Freight Centers, originally defined in 2017. Using these updated
centers in a regional scale analysis that leverages the freight model and trajectory
data, a truck network will be identified that connects freight centers to our regional
transportation infrastructure including rail, ports, highways, airports and transit
systems.
The Freight Planning Program will undertake additional freight planning work in
support of key initiatives that reflect the growing interest of DVRPC member
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governments in freight transportation. These include support on regional urban
freight initiatives and supporting supply chain research and resiliency planning
efforts.
Finally, a major objective of the Freight Program is to initiate and sustain meaningful
outreach to the local freight community and to build awareness and interest among
planners and the general public. The Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task
Force, the region's freight advisory committee, is the focal point of these efforts.
Educational pieces on freight operations and issues are prepared each year, and
many helpful resources are made available on the freight page of the DVRPC
website, primarily through the PhillyFreightFinder web mapping application and data
platform.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of data or services.
Tasks:
1. Engagement and advocacy for freight
A. Plan for, conduct, and document quarterly meetings of the Delaware Valley
Goods Movement Task Force and the Task Force’s Executive Committee and
membership development efforts.
B. Facilitate committee input on the DVRPC Transportation Improvement Programs
(TIPs) (e.g., PennDOT Connects requests), Long-Range Plan, Work Program,
Congestion Management Process, Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy, transportation funding programs, and other DVRPC policies, programs,
and technical studies.
C. Support public sector initiatives, freight advisory committees, freight plans,
funding programs, multi-state efforts such as The Eastern Transportation Coalition
(TETC), and DVRPC member governments, neighboring MPOs, the New Jersey and
Pennsylvania DOTs, and FHWA.
D. Work with private sector partners, New Jersey and Pennsylvania DOTs, and
DVRPC member governments to continue to seek solutions and advance strategies
that address truck routing and parking issues.
E. Participate in industry associations, special events, and conferences that promote
interest and awareness regarding DVRPC (including the PA and NJ Motor Truck
Associations, and the Traffic Club of Philadelphia).
F. Monitor pertinent federal legislation, support the Transportation Research Board's
Urban Freight Transportation Committee, and promote careers in the field of freight
planning.
2. Truck Network Analysis and Identification
A. Verify and update DVRPC-designated Freight Planning Centers.
B. Assess current regional truck movement, truck routes, and freight generators
using freight data and travel demand model outputs to designate a preliminary
primary truck network.
C. Coordinate with the Office of Travel Modeling's freight model update to
incorporate results into the network designation.
D. Convene county stakeholders to identify gaps in the preliminary truck network.
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3.Other local technical studies and coordination
A. Support partners on Regional Freight Initiatives: Provide technical and analytical
support to partners for various freight planning efforts and initiatives. This may
include technical analysis of truck network components, support of supply chain
resiliency work, and ongoing support on urban freight initiatives as requested.
B. Support other DVRPC offices in freight-related planning efforts including studies
incorporating supply chain evaluation and planning.
C. Support regional planning partners through responses to inquiries, surveys, and
requests regarding the region’s freight network and provide advisory support on key
planning efforts regionally.
4. Regional data and visualization
A. Update and maintain an ongoing freight data, visualization, and mapping program
highlighting facility capacity, freight infrastructure, and activity measures (i.e., vehicle
counts by class) through the PhillyFreightFinder tool, leading to assessments of
deficiencies and improvement opportunities.
Products:
1. Quarterly meetings of the Delaware Valley Goods Movement Task Force, meeting
highlights, facilitated communication among the Task Force Executive Committee,
and quarterly progress reports.
2. Technical reports and memos to include:
A. Process memo and analysis products for Regional Freight Initiatives.
B. Truck Network Analysis and Identification report.
C. Memos and data reports as necessary in response to planning partner data
requests.
3. Updated tools and information via the PhillyFreightFinder web mapping application
and data platform.
Beneficiaries:
Freight business communities, member governments, local municipalities, general
public, adjacent regions, and states.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$389,500

$282,036

$91,214

$16,250

2024

$404,500

$301,088

$102,162

$1,250

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-34-030

Travel and Land Use Modeling

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gates
Project Manager: Brad Lane
Goals:
Support the economic vitality of the region, increase safety for all users, improve
accessibility for people and freight, protect the environment, enhance connectivity
between modes, and promote the efficient management and operation of the existing
transportation system through the development and use of transportation, air quality,
economic development and land use models.
Description:
The Travel Model work program area maintains and applies DVRPC’s Land Use,
Travel Demand, Economic Development, and Air Quality Models in support of
regional planning activities. Short and long-range regional, corridor, and facility
planning studies require accurate socioeconomic, land use, and travel data. The
models that produce these forecasts need to be calibrated and validated with
current data. Validation and refinement of DVRPC’s land use, travel simulation, and
mobile source emissions models are needed on a continuing basis to maintain the
accuracy and credibility of forecasts and to respond to new mandates and guidance
from the federal government, state agencies, and member governments.
Major activities include collecting travel data and statistics, preparing highway and
transit networks, validating travel simulation models, implementing new forecasting
procedures and methods, applying the models to produce forecasts for various
planning projects, and serving as a repository for socio-economic, travel, and air
quality related data. Major model outputs include highway and transit facility
volumes, regional and corridor travel patterns, estimates of vehicle-miles of travel by
vehicle type and functional class, and transit ridership statistics. Current and
projected land use patterns and highway and transit network model inputs are
updated as required and the models are applied on an ongoing basis in support of
regional and corridor planning studies, facility design data requests, transportation
air quality conformity demonstrations, land use impact studies, highway and transit
traffic studies, bicycle and pedestrian facility planning, and other planning activities.
DVRPC undertakes a continuous program of travel model maintenance,
development, and enhancement. Socio-economic, land use, travel, and
transportation-related data are collected, analyzed, and incorporated into DVRPC’s
models on a regular basis. These data include travel trends, traffic volumes, transit
ridership, travel times, fares, operating costs, tolls, parking charges, freight
movements, changes in transit service patterns and schedules and changes to
highway facilities or operations due to construction or reconstruction. New modeling
procedures and methods due to changes in the state-of-the practice, software
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updates, or new guidance from FHWA, FTA, EPA, or others are evaluated and
implemented.
This program area will support DVRPC's role in the development of new FHWA
Adjusted Urbanized Area boundaries and Federal Functional Classification and
National Highway System updates.
Some of these activities may require DVRPC to purchase equipment or services,
including software maintenance for PTV VISUM & VISSIM, and DaySim software
and NETS employment and CoStar real estate databases.
Tasks:
1. Collect data on traffic volumes including autos, trucks, bikes, pedestrians, and
transit riders by direction and time of day.
2. Collect, tabulate, and analyze travel time data for selected corridors from
Traffic.com, INRIX, HERE, and other sources.
3. Collect other transportation data, including vehicle-miles of travel, journey-to-work,
parking shed, external travel, tolls and fares, and trip length frequency.
4. Update highway, transit, and bike/ped networks for base and future years, to
reflect federal functional class changes, and TIP and Plan project changes; updated
tolls, fares, and parking charges.
5. Collect data on employment and land use changes.
6. Revise zonal demographic and employment data and forecasts, including
extended model area, as needed.
7. Update vehicle registration, age distributions, fuel, I/M programs, and other inputs
for air quality post-processor and MOVES model, as needed.
8. Prepare air quality conformity demonstrations and SIP revisions as needed using
the MOVES2014b or MOVES3 air quality model.
9. Analyze on-road emissions for the Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
10. Analyze bike, pedestrian, transit, and highway projects, as required.
11. Prepare estimates of truck and bus travel, as needed.
12. Prepare growth factors as required to support regional planning and engineering
efforts.
13. Prepare trip tables, select-link analysis, and other travel model tabulations, as
required.
14. Respond to other member governments and planning partners requests for socioeconomic, travel, and transportation system data and statistics.
15. Update transportation-related data and parameters for UrbanSIM and other land
use and economic impact tools, as needed.
16. Support member governments and state DOTs in the development of FHWA
Adjusted Urbanized Area boundaries based on 2020 Census.
17. Support member governments and state DOTs in the update of the Federal
Functional Classification system.

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Products:
1. Summaries of screenline traffic volumes, VMT, and transit ridership.
2. Summaries of corridor travel times.
3. Base and future-year highway and transit networks.
4. Summaries of the results of air quality conformity demonstrations.
5. Travel patterns, volumes, statistics, etc. for data request and to support member
governments and other DVRPC planning efforts.
6. Average annual growth factors by County and Functional class.
7. Growth rates and other model data to support planning efforts as required.
8. FHWA Adjusted Urbanized Area boundaries.
9. Updated Federal Functional Classifications for the region's roadways.
10. Up-to-data travel model documentation.

Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, transit operators, member counties and cities, and local governments.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$462,250

$348,342

$112,658

$1,250

2024

$487,250

$362,873

$123,127

$1,250

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-34-040

Regional Congestion Management Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Thomas Edinger
Goals:
Minimize congestion in the DVRPC region and enhance the ability of people and
goods to get where they need to go by means of a well maintained, safe, and
integrated, multimodal transportation network that serves everyone. The Congestion
Management Process (CMP) is a medium-term planning process and advances the
goals of the DVRPC Long-Range Plan, strengthens the connection between the Plan
and the TIPs, and helps implements the federal Transportation Performance
Management requirements.
Description:
A CMP uses data and performance measures to identify and prioritize congested
corridors, intersection bottlenecks, and other facilities on the regional transportation
network. It helps determine the causes of congestion and develops multimodal
transportation strategies to reduce congestion to allow for better mobility and
accessibility across the region. The CMP assists with considering alternative
strategies to mitigate congestion rather than building additional roadway capacity,
and with developing the required supplemental strategies where additional capacity
is needed.
The CMP is a data driven, performance-based approach that addresses all
elements of federal CMP regulations. It incorporates archived operations data for
planning, Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), Travel
Demand Management (TDM), coordination of transportation and land use planning,
goods movement, Complete Streets, safety, transportation resiliency planning, and
Environmental Justice and Equity. The CMP incorporates the new federal
Transportation Performance Management (TPM) requirements, known as PM3
measures, specifically measuring system performance on the National Highway
System. This includes PM3 reliability and traffic congestion measures and targets.
The CMP continues to evolve as more refined data and software tools are available
to identify and analyze congestion.
DVRPC’s CMP is nationally known as a leading practice, and has been cited in both
of FHWA’s CMP guidebooks. We endeavor to stay in the lead of the state of the
practice in order to do effective work in the region, and to excel within our resources.
The FAST Act reinforced the existing CMP, including the TPM requirements and
that continues under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The use of
archived operations data for planning has been essential to the CMP and preparing
for TPM requirements. This has been facilitated in part through participation in the
Eastern Transportation Coalition.

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The focus areas for FY 2024 include, finalizing the update of the regional CMP,
implementing the Transportation Performance Management (TPM) requirements,
performing ongoing CMP data collection and analysis to inform the process of
project development, and identifying intersection bottlenecks and bottleneck
mitigation strategies.
Tasks:
Transportation Performance Management (TPM).
1. Stay informed of changes to TPM regulations and guidance and continue working
with other DVRPC staff, and with planning partners within and outside the region,
such as DOTs and adjoining MPOs, to set, monitor, and achieve performance
measures targets.
2. Conduct necessary technical efforts with NJDOT, PennDOT, MPOs, and other
planning partners on updating, maintaining and using PM3 performance measures
and setting 2- and 4-year targets. The reliability measures include Level of Travel
Time Reliability (LOTTR) and Truck Travel Time Reliability (TTTR), and the traffic
congestion measures include Peak Hour of Excessive Delay (PHED) per Capita and
Percent Non-SOV Travel.
3. Coordinate with planning partners in monitoring progress toward attaining the
targets and preparing data to report on the road performance for the second 4-year
performance period. Review and discuss them with the PM3 Urbanized Area
coordination groups, CMP Advisory Committee, and other planning partners.
CMP Plan Update
4. Prioritize CMP Focus Roadway Facilities and Subcorridor Areas
5. Define and Evaluate CMP Corridor Area Strategies
6. Finalize CMP Report Update
7. Complete CMP web mapping databases, including performance measures,
corridor/subcorridor areas and strategies by area.
Intersection Bottlenecks and Improvement Strategies
8. Implement an intersection bottleneck screening process to identify and prioritize a
select number of locations for improvement strategies (performed as part of the
CMP Plan Update).
9. Develop appropriate strategies for bottleneck mitigation.
10. Work with planning partners, staff, and others to get consensus on prioritized
bottleneck locations and improvement strategies.
CMP Data Collection and Analysis
11. Perform ongoing CMP data collection and analysis using INRIX travel time,
traffic volumes, and other data to identify trends in system performance across the
network. Refine and update strategies to mitigate congestion based on performance
measures with guidance from the CMP Advisory Committee.
12. Collect, prepare, and analyze non-recurring congestion events from Regional
Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) and TRANSCOM databases,
such as traffic incidents, adverse weather, and construction to better understand
where these events are occurring on the transportation network, and the causes of
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congestion. Coordinate with PennDOT, NJDOT, planning partners, and other
DVRPC staff.
13. Perform before and after traffic evaluation studies of projects intended to
mitigate congestion to help understand the effectiveness of the strategies.
Incorporate archived operations data, and consult with project stakeholders and the
CMP Advisory Committee. Analyze pre- and post-pandemic travel data to monitor
shifts in travel.
14. Use existing CMP analysis and other studies to refine CMP strategies to manage
congestion by subcorridor, especially TDM and transit strategies.
15. Maintain CMP website.
Use the CMP in Project Development
16. Help develop and advance problem statements consistent with the CMP.
A. Participate in internal DVRPC processes to implement high priority
recommendations from NJDOT problem statement reports. Participate in NJDOT
Complete Team, Congested Places, and CMS-21 programs, and conduct field work
or prepare draft problem statements, as necessary, for submission to NJDOT staff
as requested and track results.
B. Participate in the PennDOT problem statement development process as
applicable for major SOV capacity-adding projects, which is now partially facilitated
through the PennDOT Connects process, and work with PennDOT and DVRPC
Subject Matter Experts.
17. Review TIP and LRP projects with respect to consistency with the CMP objective
measures and perform any other multimodal alternative analyses. Coordinate results
using TIP and Long-Range Plan benefit evaluation criteria for prioritizing projects.
18. Facilitate development of supplemental strategies for projects that will add road
capacity to get the most long-term value from the investment.
19. Support progress of supplemental CMP projects through coordinating with
multimodal partners, and tracking the progress being made in keeping with
regulations. Update the CMP Supplemental Projects Status Memorandum report
that provides the current status on supplemental project commitments for major SOV
capacity-adding projects. Maintain an online database that provides access to
Supplemental Strategies report information.
Stay Current with CMP Practices
20. Stay engaged with the fast-evolving use of archived operations and
origin/destination data for planning. Important areas include: calculating travel times
and traffic delay from INRIX and other sources; facilitating how estimated traffic
counts can be derived from travel time data; creating corridor performance reports;
and integrating origin/destination trips data into the CMP to understand better where
shorter and longer trip patterns are occurring to help in identifying mitigation
strategies for different corridor areas. This can be done in part through engagement
with The Eastern Transportation Coalition, and with DOT partners.
21. Continue to improve understanding of the effectiveness of individual CMP
strategies through sketch-level models, cost/benefit studies, and before-and-after
analysis.
22. Participate in CMP-related efforts by regional and national partners based on
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invitations and time available.
Products:
1. Publication of regional CMP final report, including presentation to DVRPC RTC
and Board. This will include information on top intersection bottlenecks, along with
specific implementation strategies. It will also include CMP web content with
mapping.
2. Reporting of biennial PM3 reliability and traffic congestion measures and targets.
Coordinate work with DOTs and other planning partners for presentation to the RTC
and DVRPC Board, as applicable.
3. Reporting on the latest travel time, speed, and other delay measures by CMP
corridor to identify trends in performance by roadway facility. Create corridor
performance reports to indicate how performance measures are used to identify and
prioritize improvements. Publish this and other travel trend information on the
DVRPC planning assistance center webpage.
4. Documentation of the status of supplemental projects.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments and agencies, organizations involved in managing congestion,
businesses and citizens served by a more efficient and reliable multimodal
transportation network.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$232,250

$174,549

$56,451

$1,250

2024

$242,250

$179,943

$61,057

$1,250

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-34-050

Air Quality Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sean Greene
Project Manager: Stacy Bartels
Goals:
Improve air quality in the region through coordination of intra- and inter-regional
policies, identifying funding opportunities to reduce emissions from transportation
sources, public education and outreach, and demonstration of transportation
conformity of the region’s Long-Range Plan and Transportation Improvement
Programs.
Description:
DVPRC’s air quality program has three main components:
1. Technical Analysis, which includes Transportation Conformity and Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) Performance Measures,
2. Public Education and Outreach including through the Air Quality Action program,
and
3. Air Quality Planning Coordination with regional stakeholders.
Technical Analysis
Federal requirements mandate that DVRPC must demonstrate the conformity of the
region’s Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRP) and the Transportation
Improvement Programs (TIPs) with state-designated air quality goals. A
demonstration of conformity is also required when the Plan or TIPs amends a
regionally significant project. This work will be consistent with the guidance released
by the US EPA and US DOT. Federal acceptance of the conformity findings is
necessary for transportation projects to be funded.
DVRPC will assist the state DOTs implement the Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality (CMAQ) program. Staff will assist with project eligibility determinations,
emissions analysis of proposed projects, and CMAQ project selection. DVRPC will
develop CMAQ performance measure reports for the region and coordinate the
CMAQ Transportation Performance Management (TPM) process with the state
DOTs and other regional stakeholders.
DVRPC will work with state and local governments to assist with identifying local
sources of transportation emissions and assist in developing strategies to mitigate
those emissions, especially in Environmental Justice communities and communities
that show evidence of high incidence of respiratory illness.
Public Education and Outreach
DVRPC administers the Air Quality Action (AQA) program through the Air Quality
Partnership. The AQA is used to inform the public, employers, and the media of
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anticipated poor air quality days. On these days, residents, especially commuters,
are encouraged to voluntarily adopt emissions minimizing measures such as using
transit, carpooling, conserving energy in the home, postponing driving, or refueling
after the air quality episode has passed. The program will reinforce elements of
several other programs already in place, such as the Pennsylvania Transportation
Demand Management (TDM) base program. The AQA program functions to reduce
emissions on days when conditions are favorable for ozone and/or fine particulate
matter formation. It also serves as an educational effort to make residents aware of
the air quality problem and the behavioral changes that can limit exposure and
reduce emissions.
Air Quality Planning Coordination
DVRPC serves as a regional coordinator and participant in various air quality
initiatives. The focus is on discussion, coordination, and progress on air quality
issues with regional and federal air quality stakeholders. In addition, policies to
improve transportation-related air quality outcomes will be considered. DVRPC will
also coordinate with neighboring state ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5)
nonattainment and maintenance areas. The Air Quality Planning project permits
proactive participation in the air quality planning activities for the departments of
transportation and environmental protection in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as
well as the US EPA and US DOT; with contacts maintained with Delaware and
Maryland agencies as well.
Communication and educational activities will be undertaken with the region's
leadership to broaden the understanding of issues and policy recommendations.
Staff will also participate in additional air quality related activities that promote the
reduction of emissions in the nonattainment and maintenance areas. DVRPC will
work towards reducing regional emissions by assisting planning partners to apply for
and access funding sources and other competitively distributed funds. DVRPC staff
will coordinate partner strategies, assist with competitive funding applications, and
emission reduction calculations. Where practical, DVRPC will serve as the applicant
for clean air grants from state and federal sources to facilitate regional projects that
reduce mobile source emissions.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
Tasks:
Technical Analysis
1. Identify regionally significant projects in the TIP and Plan that are not exempt from
inclusion in the regional air quality analysis to demonstrate transportation conformity.
2. Review and update procedures for conducting conformity tests, incorporating
model enhancements and revisions to the applicable State Implementation Plans,
including testing and preparation for the anticipated update to the MOVES 3
emission model.
3. Prepare input parameters for the regional travel simulation model and for the
latest version of the MOVES 3 model approved by US EPA.
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4. Run the travel demand model to determine emissions associated with proposed
TIP, Plan, or TIP/Plan amendments.
5. Ensure that the Conformity Determination meets requirements and deadlines for
emerging regulations and updated standards.
6. Coordinate all activities with the Transportation Conformity Interagency
Consultation Group (ICG) and conduct public outreach.
7. Coordinate CMAQ TPM reports with state DOTs. Submit reports and maintain
compliance with CMAQ TPM requirements, including updating the CMAQ
Performance Plan.
8. Review proposed CMAQ projects for cost effectiveness and eligibility and
demonstrate the air quality benefits of CMAQ-funded projects using various air
quality analysis tools.
Public Education and Outreach
9. Convene regular meetings of the Air Quality Partnership Board and any
committees it may create. Include representation throughout the nonattainment area.
10. Work with state DEPs to promote the Enviroflash air quality alert system to the
public and the media in order to extend the reach and maximize its effectiveness of
the air quality forecast alert system.
11. Develop and produce various products required to promote the program and
strategies for air pollution avoidance and emissions reduction.
12. Create and implement effective outreach strategies to educate susceptible
populations (Environmental Justice communities, students, and minorities) about
protecting public health from air pollution and emissions reductions.
Air Quality Planning Coordination
13. Provide staff support for the Regional Technical Committee, including the
maintenance of records, agendas, meeting summaries, and staff presentations.
Participate in meetings and workshops, at the request of US EPA, the state
environmental departments, and others, on air quality planning. This will include
quarterly meetings of the PA Air Quality Working Group and periodic meetings of the
NJ Air Quality Working Group.
14. Provide literature, data, information and presentations to planning partners and
health professionals regarding the relationship between transportation sources and
regional air quality.
15. Publish 10 issues of the ALERT newsletter on air quality activities.
16. Review conformity demonstrations with transportation and air quality committees
and present the results of meetings on the Plan and/or TIPs.
17. Work with planning partners to identify sources of emissions, particularly where
they impact Environmental Justice communities and communities with high
incidence of respiratory illness with the goal of recommending mitigation strategies
to reduce congestion and emissions in those areas.
18. Serve on state ICG for project-level conformity hot-spot analysis.
19. Assist planning partners to apply for state and federal funding to reduce
emissions from transportation sources.

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Products:
Technical Analysis
1. Summary report documenting conformity procedures, including MOVES 3 inputs,
program modules, and emissions factors that demonstrate that the TIPs and LongRange Plan are compatible with air quality goals.
2. Updates to the Conformity webpage.
3. CMAQ TPM reports and web updates as required.
Air Quality Action
4. A report on the year’s activity submitted to PA DEP.
5. Resources for news and editorial outlets for stories on air quality.
6. Paid advertisements and promotional literature.
7. Public outreach at community and environmental events.
8. Educational presentations and materials for use by project partners.
Air Quality Planning Coordination
9. Action items for the RTC and other committees.
10. Papers and presentations on transportation and air quality planning.
11. Ten issues of the Alert newsletter on transportation and air quality items of
interest.
12. Funding applications for projects to reduce transportation related emissions.
13. Technical reports for planning partners as requested.
Beneficiaries:
State, county, and municipal governments, DOTs, and residents of the region.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$254,250
$264,250

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$191,172
$196,370

$61,828
$66,630

Comprehensive
Planning
$1,250
$1,250

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-34-060

Performance-Based Planning and Programming

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Brett Fusco
Project Manager: Jaclyn Davis, Jesse Buerk, John Coscia, Thomas Edinger
Goals:
Performance-based planning fulfills and coordinates federal Transportation
Performance Management (TPM) requirements by applying performance
management principles that measure, evaluate, and report on the impacts of
resource allocation decisions on transportation performance of the multimodal
transportation network. Transportation Asset Management (TAM) procedures and
data can be used to maintain and improve the region’s transportation network by
identifying the region's transportation assets, monitoring conditions, and advancing
improvements in a systematic manner that will minimize life cycle costs and forward
regional and statewide goals. Assets include roads, bridges, rails, transit vehicles and
stations, transit administration and maintenance facilities, signals, and various
roadside features.
Description:
A number of factors are straining our transportation network: increased congestion,
more truck travel, growing population, aging infrastructure, higher customer
expectations, demands to apply new technologies, and limited funding. These
factors threaten the transportation network’s viability unless the region is able to
more effectively and efficiently deploy financial resources to maintain and upgrade
our existing assets.
Performance-based planning is a strategic approach that uses transportation
network information to guide investment and policy decisions to meet desired
performance objectives. A performance-based process includes coordination and
collaboration with external partners along with transportation network data collection
and analysis. Performance-based plans identify strategic objectives, set targets,
make programming recommendations, undertake monitoring and adjustment, and
report and communicate outcomes.
Performance-based planning was one of the most transformative elements of the
MAP-21 federal transportation legislation, which was continued and reinforced in the
FAST Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The IIJA includes additional
regulations related to TPM. Through these regulations, state DOTs, MPOs, and
transit operators are held to a higher-level of performance accountability.
Through the use of TAM systems and engineering and economic analysis tools, the
region, in concert with the infrastructure owners and operators, can more
comprehensively view the big picture and evaluate system data to guide
performance-based decision making on how limited financial resources can best be
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deployed in the Long-Range Plan (LRP) and the Transportation Improvement
Programs (TIPs). Asset management plans should guide a lowest lifecycle cost
(LLCC) for the maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement
actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state-of-good repair; and project
selection to help meet TPM performance goals. An LLCC approach will improve
decision-making on resource allocation and utilization.
A key reason to develop performance-based plans and TAMs is to better inform the
capital programming process, whether short-term (TIPs) or long-term (LRP).
DVRPC works closely with NJDOT, PennDOT, SEPTA, NJ TRANSIT, and
DRPA/PATCO to establish strategic objectives for managing and improving their
assets. DVRPC prioritizes system preservation in the Plan, the Congestion
Management Process (CMP), and project benefit evaluation criteria for the Plan and
TIPs. In New Jersey, the Capital Investment Strategy is the mechanism that NJDOT
uses to link asset management to the capital programming process. In
Pennsylvania, PennDOT Connects links asset management with the capital
programming process.
Staff will work with the DOTs, transit operators, and authorities as they use
performance-based planning and programming to advance their TAM plans, safety
plans, and develop and implement the TPM requirements. DVRPC will be involved
in the development of these processes, working cooperatively with stakeholders to
obtain agreement on data structures, performance measures, strategic funding
allocation methods, local system data collection, and data sharing and reporting
procedures. DVRPC will continue to provide input and guidance to our partners as
they develop and expand on performance-based planning and TAM processes and
utilize them to identify cost-effective improvements to maintain and enhance the
region's transportation network. Our partners hope to extend these systems to cover
all owners and operators in the region, including turnpikes and authorities, as well
as counties and municipalities. The commission has built a website,
https://www.dvrpc.org/TPM/, which tracks the various TPM metrics and performance
relative to associated targets. Staff will consider ways to integrate this website with
the Tracking Progress dashboard that compares how the region is doing relative to
Long-Range Plan goals. Staff will use DOT and transit agency asset management
data for system-level investment analysis, as needed.
It is essential that the asset owners and operators establish an internal asset
management agenda and a willingness to share with DVRPC their data on asset
age, design, condition, and improvement costs by treatment type. The parties
recognize that data does not currently exist for all asset categories or that it may
exist in formats that are not readily usable by an asset management system. For
TAM to be used as a decision-support tool, it is critical to know what assets are in
place, their current condition, their expected performance over time, and how the
data can be linked to engineering and economic performance measures.
The Pennsylvania Local Asset Data Collection initiative, whereby MPOs assisted
PennDOT in establishing an inventory of locally-owned (initially bridges and
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roadways) assets, also links planning goals and investments. This project contains
funds to assist in the development of local transportation asset inventories, if
requested.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
In a cooperative effort with the owners/operators of the various transportation assets,
in particular NJDOT, PennDOT, member counties, SEPTA, NJ TRANSIT, and
DRPA/PATCO (and possibly the turnpike authorities):
1. Engage and coordinate with planning partners to identify transportation asset
categories, strategic objectives, and measurable performance and/or service levels
to meet those objectives.
2. Participate in the development and use of the various partner performance-based
plans (including safety and system performance) and asset management systems to
track information on asset inventory, condition, needs, and performance for various
asset categories as required to comply with the Transportation Performance
Management requirements identified in MAP-21 and reinforced in the FAST Act and
IIJA. This will include working with state DOTs and transit agencies to develop and
maintain Transportation Asset Management Plans (TAMP).
3. Participate in NJDOT Problem Intake Process meetings and tasks.
4. DVRPC will also coordinate with PennDOT, and member counties and cities, on
the collection and validation of data on local transportation assets, if requested.
5. Assist asset owners to utilize their performance-based plans and asset
management systems to:
A. Identify typical costs for maintaining and preserving existing assets.
B. Identify stakeholder and public expectations and desires.
C. Define those asset condition values that would trigger when to make a particular
investment (such as preservation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement, or
capacity enhancement).
D. Analyze asset data to determine when to implement the most cost-effective action
for a specific asset using an LLCC approach.
E. Coordinate with the CMP, including sharing data and methods.
F. Utilize the asset system processes and data to develop draft TIP and Plan
updates.
6. Assist TAM owners in the development and production of system performance
reports.
7. Track how technology and process innovations are changing the nature of asset
management and transportation infrastructure design, project delivery, lifespans, and
maintenance needs.
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8. Work with planning partners to update USDOT TPM performance measures and
targets, analyze current conditions and project likely future conditions, monitor and
report on performance through DVRPCs TPM webpage.
A. Coordinate with the Office of Safe Streets on the development and adoption of
regional safety performance targets.
B. Coordinate with the Congestion Management Programs and Office of Freight and
Clean Transportation on the development and adoption of urbanized area CMAQ
Congestion and CMAQ Emissions targets.
9. Develop new long-range plan project intake form tied to the major regional project
database, including detailed information about each candidate with any relevant
sponsor supplied project evaluation criteria data.
10. Evaluate proposed transportation projects using the TIP-LRP Project Benefit
Evaluation Criteria, as well as using bridge, pavement, and transit asset
management system data as part of project selection.
Products:
1. New or updated memorandum(s) of agreement with planning partners.
2. Technical Memorandum(s) detailing USDOT TPM performance measures and
targets.
3. Update to Transportation Performance Management website, and possible
integration into the Tracking Progress dashboard.
4. Summaries of TIP-LRP Project Benefit Evaluation Criteria results for candidate
projects, as needed.
Beneficiaries:
Member counties, state DOTs, and transit operators.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$312,500
$327,500

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$217,241
$225,862

$70,259
$76,638

$25,000
$25,000

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-34-070

Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics (SLUA)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Benjamin Gruswitz
Goals:
Bolster agency research and analysis in demographics, economics, real estate
development, transportation, equity, and other areas, using observed data and
predictive models. Perform key analytical functions for the long-range plan and other
agency needs, including development and maintenance of indicators, socioeconomic
and land use forecasts, and scenario modeling. Reflect and advance industry best
practices in use of data resources while right-sizing efforts with agency capacity and
priorities in mind.
Description:
The Socioeconomic and Land Use Analytics (SLUA) program area includes new
and ongoing data analysis in support of the long-range plan and other commission
efforts. DVRPC strives to deliver value to the region's land use, environment,
economic development, equity, and transportation network by: collecting and
assessing data, identifying its importance and relevance, and disseminating the
results of that research through reports, web applications, presentations, and other
means. This program area supports the Office of Long-Range Planning’s
forecasting and scenario planning efforts, and the use of indicators to track progress
on the vision and goals set in the region’s long-range plan.
Research and analysis will be based on data available through multiple sources.
Publicly available sources from federal statistical agencies (including the U.S.
Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic
Analysis) will provide key information. The program area will monitor developments
of data policies at these agencies that may impact analysis for DVRPC and its
partners. Proprietary sources of data for program analysis may be acquired by
purchase or subscription such as the National Establishments Time Series (NETS)
employment database, the CoStar commercial real estate database, or
macroeconomic forecasts. Other data sources may be developed in-house or in
collaboration with partners, such as DVRPC’s five-year aerial photography-based
land use data, real estate development pipeline data, and other sources. The
program area enhances knowledge of available sources and their appropriate uses
at DVRPC.
The SLUA program area develops, enhances, and maintains DVRPC’s UrbanSim
land use model. UrbanSim is used to develop the population and employment
forecasts and allocates the forecast for use in the agency’s travel demand model.
SLUA staff coordinates with travel model staff to seek advancements in model
integration and support common analysis needs. UrbanSim can be used in corridor
and station area plans or to test policy impacts on regional development. This
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program area may also develop and utilize models such as Impacts 2060, Vision
Eval, ITHIM, and others. This research is intended to better understand
uncertainties in long-range planning and how to adapt to them; while highlighting
(both quantitatively and qualitatively) the benefits of implementing DVRPC
recommendations such as transit-oriented development, reinvestment in older
communities, and agricultural and natural resource protection. The program also
supports DVRPC staff use of UrbanSim for other commission projects.
The SLUA program assists with and complements related agency efforts of the Data
Coordination program, the Data Innovation Team, Information Technology, and
other agency staff in the areas of data development, management, and
dissemination, advising on DVRPC data efforts and policies as appropriate.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1) Maintain and update UrbanSim platform based on new data and ongoing
improvements to the model’s capabilities. Work with the Socioeconomic and Land
Use Analytics Committee (SLUAC) on model components such as a regional real
estate development pipeline, and demographic and employment statistics.
2) Develop 2050.2 population and employment forecasts, focusing on the years
2020-2050, in light of the 2020 Census and other future observed data from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
3) Publish new Land Use Inventory analytical data report, as data is made available.
4) Maintain and enhance Tracking Progress indicator website, which contains more
than 20 criteria related to the goals set in the long-range plan.
5) Manage and oversee the SLUAC made up of county planning partners.
6) Aid and advise on agency data needs and efforts in collaboration with the Data
Coordination program, the Data Innovation Team, Information Technology, and
other agency staff.
7) Work with DVRPC staff on studies and products involving UrbanSim modeling,
socioeconomic, and other data analysis, as needed.
8) Respond to socioeconomic and other data requests from planning partners,
media, and public.
9) Monitor developments and policy changes at statistical and planning partner
agencies; and participate in collaborative efforts of peer agencies and partners.
Products:
1) Ongoing Tracking Progress data updates.
2) UrbanSim land use model maintenance and enhancements.
3) Land Use 2020 Inventory Analytical Data Report (ADR).
4) 2050.2 Population and Employment Forecasts.
Beneficiaries:
State, county, and municipal levels of government; transportation agencies and
transit operators; and businesses and residents of the region.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$225,000

$154,903

$50,097

$20,000

2024

$235,000

$175,463

$59,537

$0

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Other
$0

PROJECT: 24-34-080

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Jesse Buerk
Project Manager: Richard Murphy
Goals:
To improve access to and efficiency of the region's transportation network by
developing a financially constrained, multi-modal, multi-year transportation capital
program and securing the financial resources to implement the program as reflected
in the TIP and the Long-Range Plan.
Description:
This project provides for transportation financial planning, project development, and
capital programming for the DVRPC region. Staff will work with state, regional, and
federal planning partners to identify financial resources available from public and
private sources to implement the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) as well
as the Long-Range Plan. DVRPC will also develop and maintain a regional DVRPC
TIP for both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as mandated by federal regulations,
and will post information related to both processes on the DVRPC website. This
project supports negotiations to ensure that the region receives adequate financial
resources, and to identify and select transportation projects that address the needs
of the region and advance the goals of the Long-Range Plan in accordance with
federal Transportation Performance Management requirements and targets.
The TIP selection process is ultimately based on consensus, but performancebased measures have been incorporated into benefit criteria which will proactively
position the region to address requirements of federal transportation authorizations
and further link to goals of the Long-Range Plan. Universal project benefit criteria
are used to evaluate new project proposals of various modes and project types
(roadway, transit, bike, pedestrian, freight), and are used in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey counties in the DVRPC region. The following factors are currently considered
in determining benefits of project proposals: Safety, Facility/Asset Condition and
Maintenance, Reliability and Congestion, Centers and the Economy, Multimodal
Use, Equity, and the Environment. Program development occurs through a TIP
subcommittee comprised of regional stakeholders who consider schedules and
costs of existing projects, as well as potential for new projects, all constrained by the
level of funding available. All project costs and schedules are updated by DOT
Project Managers or Project Sponsors, as appropriate. A series of subcommittee
meetings are held to further review costs and schedules, vet concerns, and
negotiate. A constrained draft program is released for a 30-day public comment
period prior to presenting to the DVRPC Board for adoption.
DVRPC will undertake an extensive public participation program that responds to
the requirements of federal transportation legislation and environmental justice
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concerns as it relates to this project. Coordination with DOTs' program and project
development, and delivery activities, including PennDOT Connects in PA, and
Concept Development in NJ, will also occur. Staff will continue to investigate
innovative financing techniques and emerging federal regulations and state policies,
particularly as they pertain to funding and capital programming. For more
information, see: http://www.dvrpc.org/tip
Tasks:
1. Participate in development of statewide financial guidance with NJDOT,
PennDOT, and the federal agencies (FTA and FHWA), as appropriate.
2. Conduct negotiations with the state DOTs and transit operators on behalf of the
region to arrange for funding of the projects in the TIP.
3. During the TIP update cycle, revise costs, schedules, and descriptions of
carryover projects from the previous TIP; coordinate program development and
project development and delivery activities, including PennDOT Connects, and NJ
Local Concept Development project development processes; work with DOTs to
analyze, maintain, and incorporate bridge and pavement asset management data in
project selection processes; evaluate new project proposals using the TIP-LRP
Benefit Evaluation Criteria and assist the RTC in prioritizing new projects; and
perform an equity analysis on the program.
4. Participate in PennDOT Connects project development activities and in NJDOT
Capital Program Committee project reviews, and coordinate as needed including
external partners and internal Subject Matter Experts.
5. Undertake an extensive public participation program to solicit comments and input
from the general public on the TIP and to provide public education opportunities in
various forums. The public participation component will respond to the requirements
of the current transportation legislation and Environmental Justice/Title VI concerns.
6. Provide opportunities for public comment on the capital program and prepare a
summary of public comments and agency responses for Board consideration prior to
adoption of the TIP.
7. According to constraints of financial guidance and in consultation with the
counties/cities, DOTs, transit operators, and the RTC, develop a draft TIP (in printed
and electronic form), prepare an administrative version of the TIP (following Board
adoption) with supporting documentation for submission to state DOTs to be
included in the STIP for transmittal to the federal agencies, and prepare a final
document for general use (in printed and electronic form).
8. Prepare financial summaries for each TIP (Pennsylvania and New Jersey);
monitor actual funding of these programs; maintain project data; monitor projects;
and provide periodic reports and summaries to DVRPC committees and Board.
9. Maintain the current TIP and assist states, counties, and transit operators with
funding changes for TIP actions to maintain fiscal constraint. Review, evaluate, and
process requests for TIP amendments and modifications according to procedures in
the Memorandum Of Understanding for Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Periodically
review and revise the MOU in conjunction with the state DOT’s and FHWA/FTA.
10. Update and maintain the TIP database and post information on the website.
11. Coordinate with DOT's in development and integration of Transportation
Performance Management (TPM) perfomance measures and Performance-Based
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Planning and Programming activities.
12. Assist in developing financial estimates for the transportation element of the
Long-Range Plan, when appropriate.
13. Participate in special project solicitations (e.g., CMAQ, HSIP, Local Bridges,
Local Concept Development), including consideration of federal performance
measure targets and equity considerations.
14. Investigate and explain to the Board, its committees and the public, the laws and
regulations related to federal funding programs and planning requirements, as well
as state funding programs.
15. Research and share information pertaining to new federal competitive and
formula funding programs.
16. Provide support letters and technical assistance to member governments
applying for federal competitive grant programs.
17. Assist with planning/implementation efforts for new federal programs including
Carbon, PROTECT, and NEVI funding.
18. Research innovative funding techniques and assess for local applicability.
19. Make presentations to committees and public groups and respond to public
questions.
Products:
1. Financial plans for the TIP.
2. Financial Summary Reports.
3. Project Development Screening Forms.
4. Evaluations regarding Performance-Based Planning and Programming and Equity
Analyses.
5. Regional Transportation Improvement Program.
6. Periodic amendments and modifications to the TIP.
7. Periodic status reports.
8. News Releases and Public Information documents.
9. Support letters.
10. Research on new funding sources.
Beneficiaries:
State and federal agencies, operator agencies, member governments, and the
public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$661,250

$498,711

$161,289

$1,250

2024

$761,250

$567,456

$192,544

$1,250

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-52-010

Regional Transit Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Bernknopf
Project Manager: Cassidy Boulan, Joanna Hecht
Goals:
Perform transit planning work on behalf of DVRPC’s member governments that
reflects and advances industry best practices. Support the integrated consideration of
transit access and mobility with smart land use planning and an emphasis on
inclusion. Leverage the technical capabilities of DVRPC to develop and share
planning tools that make good-practice planning and analysis more accessible to
local partners and the public.
Description:
The Regional Transit Planning Program funds a coordinated program of transit
planning projects requested annually by DVRPC's member governments, including
evaluations of proposed services or facilities, corridor level transit analysis,
evaluations of enhancements to transit access, studies to improve bicycle and
pedestrian connectivity with transit, and examinations of the relationship between
land use and transit for specific sites or corridors. To the degree appropriate for a
given task or project, work will be approached in an integrated way, drawing on staff
expertise across DVRPC offices or partner agencies to best meet the needs of the
planning partner. Work tasks may range from data/quantitative analysis to conceptlevel facility, service design and visualization, and project wrap-up. In addition,
DVRPC will act as a convener and coordinator to share ideas, education, and
training with our partners. Some of these activities may also require DVRPC to
purchase equipment and/or services to meet program goals. During FY2024, this
program area will support a regional effort to update DVRPC's Equity Through
Access plan.
Central to this program is the development of data-driven tools to inform investment
decisions and local decision making by making technical concepts more accessible
to nontechnical audiences. Prior examples of this type of work include: the Network
Gap Analysis and other tools created through the Regional Transit Screening
Platform project, the Transit Signal Priority (TSP) Favorability Score, and
AccessScore. Each of these efforts has expanded our regional toolkit to assist
planning partners and members of the public in understanding and prioritizing
investments.
This program also supports data collection, processing, and sharing activities
wherever possible: passenger intercept, parking shed, and station-area
observations are essential for the analysis of transit in the region. This data
collection and analysis may include information about transit stations and their
surrounding land use, ridership, parking, and related data. Surveys conducted in
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coordination with DVRPC’s Office of Travel Monitoring, Office of Modeling and
Analysis, and our planning partners may support specific planning studies as well as
transportation modeling efforts and the evaluation of transit alternatives in the
region.
Federal and state guidance puts an emphasis on the regional coordination of
investments made to improve transportation access by disadvantaged populations.
This may include projects formerly funded under the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA)’s Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program, which may now be
funded under the FTA Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program or state level
New Jersey JARC program, and the FTA Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and
Individuals with Disabilities (Section 5310) program. The Regional Transit Planning
Program supports DVRPC participation in project development and prioritization for
Coordinated Human Services Transportation Planning (CHSTP) programs in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as regional analysis and Coordinated Plan
updates, including the Equity Through Access (ETA) program.
Tasks:
1. In collaboration with the Office of Communication and Engagement and other
DVRPC staff as needed, prepare an update to the regional Coordinated Human
Services Transportation Plan (CHSTP), also known as Equity Through Access
(ETA). Of primary importance will be updating the Equity Through Access Map
Toolkit with current data sources and new analyses. Project is also funded out of 2423-040, Title VI and Environmental Justice.
2. Coordinate and convene relevant stakeholders in order to assist Bucks County in
creating a successful application for state funding to support recommendations from
the Upper Bucks County Public Transportation Plan.
3. Coordinate with SEPTA to assess upcoming discretionary program rounds to
identify opportunities for SEPTA to sponsor and oversee the advancement of
stop/station access improvement projects off SEPTA property, and advance efforts
as appropriate to help more transit access projects to get funded and delivered.
4. Identify and share best practices in the region on research and practical
experience with regional partners, as appropriate.
5. Provide technical and coordination support for transit agencies as they endure
and recover from the drop in ridership throughout the Coronavirus global pandemic.
6. Provide continuing support to SEPTA and other local partners on issues related to
SEPTA’s trolley modernization program for the City of Philadelphia and Delaware
County.
7. Provide ongoing DVRPC participation in and project support for City of
Philadelphia-SEPTA "Connect"/Transit First efforts, including participation in
collaborative committees.
8. Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) review for potential transit facilities and
connections for PennDOT projects through the PennDOT Connects program.
9. Review, assess, generate, and apply innovative or state-of-the-art planning
practices. Develop new means of analyzing data to meet the changing requirements
of integrated transit, bicycle/pedestrian, and land use planning.
10. Ensure that appropriate technical resources (such as new software) are available
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for staff use as new best practices develop.
11. Work with state and regional planning partners (PennDOT, SEPTA, PATCO, and
NJ TRANSIT) to participate in regional CHSTP project development, prioritization,
and selection rounds as appropriate.
Products:
1. Member government and planning partner outreach and coordination in identifying,
scoping, and conducting new studies in support of partner goals.
2. Coordination with planning partners to provide specific expertise in support of
planning efforts, including Alternatives Analyses, and other evaluation or project
support.
3. Planning/policy documents, technical reports, white papers, and/or memorandums
with findings and recommendations.
4. Data from survey and other data collection efforts in support of agency projects.
5. As-needed meetings and communications with member governments to
coordinate transit projects and initiatives throughout the region.
6. Updated coordinated plan Equity Through Access (CHSTP) on website and/or
technical report or memorandums related to the plan.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, regional TMAs, SEPTA, PATCO, NJ TRANSIT, and the
transit-riding public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$419,250

$0

$285,000

$44,250

$90,000

2024

$433,750

$0

$315,000

$28,750

$90,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FTA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-52-020

Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Cassidy Boulan
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Sarah Moran, Thomas Stead
Goals:
Promote transportation facilities and land use decisions that make active modes of
transportation more safe, convenient, affordable, and attractive options throughout
the region.
Description:
DVRPC seeks to create an environment where people of all ages choose to bike
and walk as part of an active, healthy, and environmentally-friendly lifestyle. The
main priority of this program is to work with municipalities, counties, and our other
planning partners to develop and maintain safe bicycle and pedestrian facilities that
enhance local mobility. Work will be integrated across DVRPC offices or partner
agencies to best meet the needs of the planning partner.
Projects will emphasize stakeholder outreach, the development and sharing of new
data resources, including bicycle and pedestrian counts, and analysis and design
necessary to develop appropriate, safe, and context-sensitive bicycle and
pedestrian facilities and complete streets in communities throughout the DVRPC
region. This program also supports DVRPC's participation in state, regional, and
local bicycle and pedestrian advisory or policy committees, helping to shape and
promote constructive bicycle and pedestrian direction and policy. The program also
provides for DVRPC staff to provide subject matter expertise and application review
for competitive grant programs in both states.
This work includes an emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian policy, design and
infrastructure that increases personal health, as well as the health of the
environment and economic vitality in the region. That might include a focus on work
in areas with a greater degree of disadvantage or where better connections can be
made to public transportation. Projects may be jointly funded, and conducted
collaboratively, with the Regional Transit Planning Program. Some of these activities
may also require DVRPC to purchase equipment or services to meet program goals.
Tasks:
1. Provide technical analysis and facilitation to support regional partners as they
pursue planning and implementation of pedestrian and bicycle networks in the region.
2. Convene regional partners to share information and discuss trail design and policy
in response to the growing prevalence of electric bicycles (e-bikes).
3. Continue development of the Regional Sidewalk Technical Assistance Program
and better condition and coverage of region sidewalk networks by:
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• Supporting the use and application of DVRPC's regional sidewalk inventory data
and network connectivity analysis to address sidewalk gaps in the region
• Convening counties and other partners to share information and best practices
for expanding sidewalk and pedestrian infrastructure
• Continue to provide technical assistance to municipalities by pursuing
competitive grant funding for sidewalk maintenance and replacement
• Continue working with regional partners to develop and fund a program that
would support sidewalk replacement and (re)planting street trees to mitigate extreme
heat.
4. Support partner agencies in using DVRPC pedestrian and bicycle planning tools
such as the Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) and Connectivity Analysis webtool.
5. Together with the Office of Travel Monitoring, continue bicycle and pedestrian
count work including:
• Conduct counts at roughly 1/5 of the locations for the Cyclical Pedestrian
Counting program in the PA counties
• Conduct counts at roughly 1/3 of the locations for the regional cyclical bicycle
count program
• Conduct project counts throughout the region, as needed and as capacity
permits.
• Conduct bicycle and pedestrian counts in Gloucester County, as requested,
and/or in support of other data gathering needs and projects.
• Provide periodic summaries of trends, before/after, and other relevant
summaries analyzed from DVRPC's bicycle and pedestrian count program with the
aim of making count data more accessible and understandable to the broadest
range of planning partners, including NJDOT, PennDOT, counties, municipalities,
and the general public working to improve bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.
• Convene planning partners to discuss the bicycle cyclical program and its future.
6. Participate and support pedestrian and bicycle advisory boards: the NJ Bicycle
and Pedestrian Advisory Council (NJ BPAC) in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Pedalcycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PPAC) in Pennsylvania; continue to
chair and coordinate NJ BPAC Design+Infrastructure Subcommittee, and support
member government efforts in Complete Streets, Vision Zero, green stormwater
infrastructure, and placemaking.
7. Review bicycle and pedestrian project funding applications as appropriate for
programs such as Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA), Safe Routes to
School (SRTS), and Pennsylvania's Multimodal Transportation Fund (PA MTF).
8. Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) review and comment on potential pedestrian
and bicycle facilities for PennDOT projects through the PennDOT Connects
program.
Products:
1. Complete planning/policy documents, technical reports, white papers, and/or
memorandums with findings and recommendations, as appropriate.
2. Memorandums of Understanding, advertisement for sidewalk grant funding or
other supportive materials to address sidewalk gaps in the region.
3. Survey and data collection in support of agency projects.
4. Other technical work for regional stakeholders as required.
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Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, transit operators, counties, municipalities, pedestrians, bicyclists, the
commuting public, and all users of roadways.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$331,750

$234,621

$75,879

$21,250

2024

$346,750

$254,235

$86,265

$6,250

Other

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PROJECT: 24-52-030

Mobility Analysis and Design Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sarah Moran
Project Manager: Kelsey McElduff, Mark Morley, Thomas Stead
Goals:
The purpose of this Program is to support the goals of DVRPC’s Long-Range Plan,
Connections 2050, the DOTs’ land use and transportation linkage initiatives, and
member government planning and implementation activities; explore innovative
approaches to help implement the long-range land use and transportation plan; and
help communities plan for a sustainable future. This program seeks to balance
accessibility, efficiency, and safety of the existing transportation network for all
modes. Work under this program draws on current best practices in transportation
analysis and design, as well as stakeholder and public engagement, to identify
context appropriate strategies to address transportation challenges.
Description:
DVRPC is committed to the region-wide promotion and implementation of a safe,
convenient, and seamless multimodal passenger and freight transportation system.
The Mobility Analysis and Design Program supports a variety of projects related to
the goals of the DVRPC long-range plan, Connections 2050, and the Congestion
Management Process (CMP). Projects focus on developing solutions that will
increase accessibility and mobility, improve safety, and enhance the quality of life
along transportation corridors and sub-areas in the region. Mobility Analysis and
Design studies provide direction for transportation decisions based on analysis of
transportation performance measures, cost evaluations, and public engagement.
This program will support DVRPC’s participation in the PennDOT Connects process
to improve the coordination and efficiency of project implementation and make the
best use of available transportation funds. DVRPC will continue to assist PennDOT
with project screenings through the Project Initiation Form (PIF) process. In New
Jersey, DVRPC will continue to support NJDOT CPC review requests.
This program also supports specific tasks as requested by DVRPC member
governments and planning partners, as listed below.
Efforts under this program may require the purchase of hardware, software,
equipment, and/or services.
Tasks:
1. Delaware County Trail Crossings Study
In the interest of improving trail connectivity throughout Delaware County, DVRPC
will conduct an analysis to identify existing and future locations where trails cross or
will cross major roads, highways, or railroads, creating hazardous conditions for trial
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users, or an obstacle to overcome in the development of a potential new trail.
a. Research best practices in trail crossing design and safety
b. Collect and analyze relevant spatial data to identify and categorize trail crossings
c. Identify specific trail crossing locations for concept plan development. The number
of locations will depend on the complexity of required designs, and will not exceed 5.
Care will be taken to ensure that the locations selected will provide a variety of
different types of crossing design examples that could be used in other similar
locations across the County.
d. Provide relative planning-level cost estimates for concept locations.
2. Philadelphia Speed Management Plan
In collaboration with the Office of Safe Streets this program will support a project to
develop a comprehensive speed management plan for the City of Philadelphia using
data and best practices. Activities would include:
-Form a working group including representatives from PennDOT, City of
Philadelphia, and DVRPC
-Reviewing existing speed limit setting methods and relevant PA state law
-Develop a matrix with data requirements and availability for each method
-Select a set of corridors within the City on which to collect data and test speed limit
setting methods
-Developing a plan to gather this data for specific corridors and apply the various
methods; compare the results of each method
-Work with the working group to identify an acceptable method for speed limit setting
and outline a plan for collection and maintenance of data needed to apply this
method across the City.
This program supplements the work outlined in Transportation Safety (24-52-040).
3. This program area will supplement the Pottstown Area Regional Plan
Development project (24-52-140) in support of the Pottstown Metropolitan Regional
Planning Committee (PMRPC).
4. The program area will provide support for the continuation of ongoing work as
needed.
Products:
1. Memorandums and reports that identify deficiencies and recommendations to
address them. Steering committee and public participation processes will also be
documented.
2. Coordination of plan elements with affected state departments of transportation,
local governments, operating agencies, and other groups.
3. Findings and lessons learned from the identified studies will be incorporated into
DVRPC's continuing planning work.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, DOTs, operating agencies, municipal governments, study
area residents, businesses, and workers.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$672,250

$476,798

$154,202

$25,250

$16,000

2024

$702,250

$508,470

$172,530

$5,250

$16,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FTA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-52-040

Transportation Safety

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Kevin Murphy
Project Manager: Kaylen Phillips
Goals:
The Office of Safe Streets (OSS) is focused on advancing Regional Vision Zero 2050
through planning studies, data analysis, and coordination with regional partners at
each level of government as well as with other private and public partners. OSS
embraces the Federal Highway Administration’s Safe System Approach which
involves anticipating human mistakes by designing and managing road infrastructure
to minimize crash risk, and prevent the consequences of a crash from resulting in
fatalities or serious injuries. This work involves identification of crash trends and
problem locations, promoting data-driven solutions and safety best practices,
exploring policy initiatives, and promoting a positive safety culture by strengthening
existing partnerships and establishing new ones. The Safe Streets program includes
problem analysis, performance measure tracking, helping partners identify and
advance safety projects, and efforts designed to explore the connections between
crash safety, health and equity. OSS frequently collaborates with other DVRPC
offices on joint planning efforts, where the goals of safety, accessibility, and multimodalism are complementary.
Description:
The Regional Safety Task Force (RSTF) is a multi-disciplinary forum for agencies
and organizations to improve road safety by exploring crash safety topics. The
RSTF serves as the safety culture mechanism for Regional Vision Zero 2050. The
quarterly meeting structure promotes progress toward regional safety goals through
facilitated action item development; action items are tracked and updated by staff.
Meetings are typically focused on a crash safety emphasis area from the
Transportation Safety Analysis and Plan—the region’s guiding document for safety.
Staff manages the RSTF and its progress toward meeting goals and objectives, and
serves as facilitator.
Crash data is foundational to the work of the Office of Safe Streets, and is used in
most planning and analysis work undertaken by DVRPC. Products include the
regional Transportation Safety Analysis and Plan, and tools like the DVRPC Crash
Data Viewer web tool and DVRPC’s Data Navigator which are updated regularly as
crash data becomes available. OSS staff relies on crash data for annual work
program projects, to fulfill data and analysis requests from DVRPC partners, and to
assist other DVRPC staff in their use and interpretation of the data, promoting
analytical consistency and best practices. Crash database and GIS crash file
maintenance is coordinated across DVRPC departments.
OSS provides assistance to city, county and state partners in developing and
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advancing safety projects using the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program
(HSIP) and other funds, and tracks progress toward safety objectives. Specific
activities include program management, crash analyses to support funding
applications, and problem identification. This work supports Regional Vision Zero
2050, DVRPC’s Long-Range Plan, and state Strategic Highway Safety Plans. In
2020, OSS staff led regional partners in the adoption of regional targets to comply
with federal Transportation Performance Management safety measures, which
require annual updating and progress tracking. Work in this task is done in
collaboration with DVRPC’s Offices of Capital Programming, Long-Range Planning,
and Project Implementation.
Speed is the number one factor determining crash severity. Traffic speeds balanced
with multi-modal demands, suited to context, promote safe roads for all users. The
Philadelphia Speed Limit Setting project will explore speed limit setting approaches
for the City of Philadelphia using data and best practices. This project takes
inspiration from and will follow a similar approach to that used in the Arterial
Typology and Speed Management Decision-Making Framework for the City of
Philadelphia, designed to advance both Philadelphia's Vision Zero goals and
support Regional Vision Zero 2050. Managing travel speeds involves a multipronged approach that includes traffic calming, and also speed limit setting. Current
speed limit setting practices are often responsive to observed driver behavior which
may not promote safe speeds especially given the land use and physical context.
This effort will research current best practices and innovations for speed limit
setting, summarize existing policy, and identify suitable applications for the various
roadway contexts of Philadelphia. This work is supplemented by the Office of
Mobility Analysis and Design (24-52-030).
DVRPC will continue to support PennDOT District 6 in their pursuit of safety and
multi-modalism through the Regional Road Diet Prioritization project, begun in FY
2023. This project is detailed in the Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation
Options project (24-52-130) which OSS is coordinating, though funded separately.
As crash safety increases in priority among our partners and the public, OSS
receives an increasing number of invitations to participate in and conduct both
traditional and non-traditional safety-focused analyses, and to collaborate on safety
culture-focused engagement efforts. Some of these opportunities are conducted in
collaboration with outside partners to advance safety programs and projects that are
consistent with DVRPC’s Long-Range Plan and Regional Vision Zero 2050. Others
involve ongoing support and implementation tasks resulting from completed projects
from preceding fiscal years, e.g.: City of Trenton Vision Zero. Safe Streets
welcomes the opportunity to provide support for both short and long term safety
efforts as time and capacity allow.
Completion of these tasks may require the purchase of equipment or services.

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Tasks:
1. Regional Safety Task Force
A. In collaboration with the RSTF co-chairs, prepare for and hold quarterly meetings
focused on the emphasis areas identified in the Transportation Safety Analysis and
Plan story map, hold one or more special meetings per cycle (i.e., via collaboration
with another DVRPC task force or committee) as appropriate.
B. Complete full-meeting summaries and DVRPC Board highlights, and maintain an
archive of all RSTF work and meetings.
C. Track progress toward safety objectives and manage volunteer action items and
other tasks that emerge from RSTF meetings.
D. Continue to use the RSTF to promote a positive safety culture and advance
Regional Vision Zero 2050 by expanding the membership and developing more
relationships with non-traditional partners, highlighting equity considerations, and
prioritizing a focus on vulnerable users.
E. Promote safety best practices and partner initiatives via social media, and expand
opportunities for RSTF members to foster discussion, share resources, and keep
members engaged.
2. Crash Data Management System
A. Coordinate the crash data updates to DVRPC’s databases, GIS safety layers, and
the DVRPC data navigator, and coordinate with DOTs on data quality issues.
C. Participate in statewide crash records coordinating committees, and stay engaged
with state partner crash data systems like NJDOT's Safety Voyager.
C. Respond to data, mapping, and analysis requests from inside and outside of
DVRPC.
D. Work with staff to develop new applications that increase access to and use of
crash data, continue to expand the functionality of the DVRPC Crash Data Viewer
web tool, and coordinate the integration of new data and maintenance as needed.
3. Safety Project Support and Coordination with Regional Partners on Safety
Priorities
A. Support the New Jersey HSIP Local Safety Program to help county and municipal
partners identify data-driven safety projects in collaboration with DVRPC's Offices of
Project Implementation and Capital Programs by sharing and interpreting network
screenings, supporting development of safety projects using FHWA's proven safety
countermeasures, participating in state-funded and partner-led RSA's, and HSM
support where applicable.
B. Support PennDOT District 6-0 in advancing their HSIP program through safety
data mapping, liaison with county partners to advance safety projects, work with
District 6-0 partners to track HSIP spending and plan for out years, and facilitate
collaboration between District 6-0 and PennDOT Central Office to advance regional
and statewide safety goals.
C. Coordinate with state and federal partners on Transportation Performance
Management safety performance measure tracking, support state SHSP updates
and advancement of plan priorities, and support achieving Regional Safety Targets
through inclusion of safety in all projects.
D. Coordinate with Office of Long Range Planning on the TIP project benefit criteria,
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collaborate on project safety review and score.
E. Support state SHSP updates and advancement of plan priorities including NJ
SHSP Emphasis Area Action Teams (Driver Behavior, Other Vulnerable Road
Users, and Equity); attend Highway Safety Task Force meetings of New Jersey
counties; participate in Philadelphia Vision Zero subcommittees; work with state
DOT's and MPO partners to advocate for federal safety funding; PennDOT Planning
Partners meeting participation.
F. As needed, assist with RFP development, proposal review, and project tracking
for HSIP-funded consultant led safety improvement projects.
G. Continue development of a regional High Injury Network, and updating Crashes
and Communities of Concern.
H. Coordinate support for regional partners awarded Safe Streets and Roads for All
grants as needed.
4.Philadelphia Speed Limit Setting
A. Assemble a steering committee: City of Philadelphia (OTIS/Streets Department),
PennDOT D6
B. Review best practices for comprehensive speed management focused on speed
limit setting and relevant PA state law.
C. Develop a matrix with data requirements and availability for each method.
D. Identify and test first round of corridors using new speed limit methodologies and
compare results.
E. Build consensus with steering committee on preferred methodology.
F. Outline a plan for collection and maintenance of data needed to apply this
method across the City.
This project is also supplemented by the Mobility and Design Analysis Program (2452-030).
5. Provide supplemental funding support for the Regional Road Diet Prioritization
project as needed (included in 24-52-130 Increasing Safe and Accessible
Transportation Options).
6. Special Studies & Coordination Efforts
A. Coordinate with the Office of Transit, Bike, and Pedestrian Planning to provide
continuing support to the City of Trenton as needed to advance tasks arising from
the Vision Zero Action Plan and the Bike Plan.
B. Drawing on experience gained from the City of Trenton Vision Zero project, and in
assisting with Philadelphia Vision Zero, provide support to counties and cities in the
region pursuing their own Vision Zero plans.
C. Collaborate with the Office of Communications and Engagement on projectspecific and general safety messaging via social media; work with NJTPA on
advancing the Streets Smart statewide program locally; attend NJ Complete Streets
Working Group as time allows; respond to new safety opportunities as they arise.
D. Coordinate with other DVRPC offices on tasks related to work program partner
discussions.

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Products:
1. RSTF meeting materials and summaries, volunteer actions and outcomes tracking.
2. Crash databases, tools, and related electronic products.
3. Potential HSIP projects, supporting analyses.
4. Summary report and recommendations; matrix of data needs.
5. Summary of locations identified to advance for road diets from the Regional Road
Diet Prioritization.
Beneficiaries:
All members of the region's traveling public including residents, employees, and
through-travelers; municipal, county, state, and federal partner agencies.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$399,250

$300,738

$97,262

$1,250

2024

$419,250

$312,101

$105,899

$1,250

Other

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PROJECT: 24-52-050

Transportation Operations

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher King
Project Manager: Justin Neff, Kayla Bancone
Goals:
Promote more efficient and cost-effective use of the existing transportation network
and services through enhanced coordination and integration of Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management and
Operations (TSMO) strategies in order to create more reliable traffic flow, improved
safety, reduced congestion, less wasted fuel, cleaner air, and more efficient use of
resources including facilities and funding.
Description:
Federal metropolitan planning regulations require MPO's to incorporate
transportation operations into their transportation planning processes. DVRPC
addresses that requirement through the conduct of two long-standing related
initiatives. The Transportation Operations Program Area and the Transportation
Systems Management and Operations Program (24-52-170) highlight key activities
undertaken by these programs. The Transportation Operations Program
incorporates Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO)
strategies to help proactively manage the transportation system by addressing
recurring and non-recurring congestion which results in trip reliability, emissions
reductions, improved safety, and efficiency. These principles are integrated into
DVRPC's planning processes.
This year's work program is divided into four major components: Traffic Incident
Management (TIM), Regional Traffic Signal Retiming, Transportation Operations
Task Force (TOTF), TSMO planning efforts and technical assistance.
DVRPC implements Traffic Incident Management (TIM) by providing a series of
focused, best-practice training and resource-sharing Traffic Incident Management
sessions for incident emergency responders comprised of relevant transportation
departments including Pennsylvania and New Jersey Department of Transportation,
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Police,
City of Philadelphia, local law enforcement, local fire departments, emergency
medical services, county 911 communications, public works departments, towing
and recovery companies, hazardous materials clean-up contractors, and other
appropriate regional agencies. These sessions termed Incident Management Task
Forces (IMTF) are held quarterly for 8 different groups that were established based
on high traffic corridors in the region. In addition to the eight Incident Management
Task Forces, DVRPC supports other efforts in the region as needed, and serves as
the regional clearinghouse for regional incident management activities. IMTFs
implement the planned and coordinated multi-disciplinary process to detect,
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respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that emergency responder safety issues
are addressed, traffic flow is restored as quickly and efficiently as possible thereby
reducing the duration and impacts of traffic incidents and non-recurring congestion,
incident management responses are improved, and interagency coordination is
fostered. Typical activities include incident after action reviews , specialized training
on the detection, response, and recovery of traffic incidents, and a feedback-loop
for relevant construction projects and ITS deployment.
In Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia IMTF includes working with Philadelphia agencies
and PennDOT to improve the operations of expressways in the city, with a major
emphasis on operational planning for the reconstruction of I-95. DVRPC also
continues to manage the IMTF’s in Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware
County and Montgomery County (with special outreach as needed for the I-76
Integrated Corridor Management and I-476 Travel Management Projects). In New
Jersey, DVRPC continues to manage the NJ SAFR (Southern Area First
Responders) IMTF, which covers Gloucester and Camden Counties, and the
Burlington and Mercer County IMTFs. Additionally, DVRPC participates in other
incident management programs including both statewide Pennsylvania and New
Jersey efforts, and IMTFs initiated by other agencies.
DVRPC will hold a Regional IMTF Conference in FY 2024 with support from
regional IMTF leaders, as well as hold topical specialized training session(s) to be
determined.
Traffic signals play an important role in the transportation network, and county and
local arterial roadways are increasingly being called upon to carry more users.
FHWA estimates that many signals on these arterials could be improved by
updating equipment or by simply adjusting and updating the timing plans. Outdated
or poor traffic signal timing accounts for a significant portion of traffic delay on
arterials. Traffic signal retiming is one of the most cost effective ways to improve
traffic flow and is one of the most basic strategies to help mitigate congestion and
reduce emissions. It improves the mobility and safety of the street system, and
decreases congestion and delay while improving travel time and travel time
reliability.
DVRPC will continue to support the Pennsylvania Regional Signal Retiming Initiative
effort by working with PennDOT District 6 and the counties to choose corridors for
retiming, provide cost/benefit emissions benefit data, and serve on the project team.
DVRPC will be supporting the New Jersey Regional Signal Retiming Initiative
Program by working with a consultant and stakeholder team to choose corridors for
retiming and serve on the project team as coordinator.
Quarterly meetings of DVRPC’s Transportation Operations Task Force (TOTF) are
the focal point of coordinating transportation operations activities in the region,
providing highway and transit operators and emergency responders an opportunity
to interact with each other. The Task Force is a forum for agencies to share
information on various TSMO and ITS deployments and incident management
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programs, develop a consensus on regional ITS issues and respond to federal
initiatives. As a technical-level group, it may often guide DVRPC's Transportation
Operations planning activities that in turn support the Task Force members.
As an ongoing TSMO planning effort to support our stakeholders, DVRPC continues
to either maintain or update several regional operational efforts such as the
Regional ITS Architecture, Transportation Systems Management and Operations
Master Plan, and PennDOT District 6-0 Regional Operations Plan.
As part of project development, staff review and make recommendations for DOT
infrastructure projects to incorporate ITS and TSMO operational improvements.
DVRPC will continue to provide planning and technical assistance on transportation
operations for partners as requested. In addition, DVRPC will continue to
investigate innovative programs related to transportation systems management and
operations.
This work program is subdivided by the four components described above. Some of
these activities may require DVRPC to purchase equipment and/or services.
Tasks:
Incident Management Task Forces Tasks
1. Continue to manage and implement resource sharing for the 5 Pennsylvania
(Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia County) and 3 New
Jersey (Burlington, Mercer and NJ SAFR) Traffic Incident Management Task Forces
as an on-going training program.
2. Prepare notices for each session, identify and line up speakers, develop agendas,
and prepare summaries and training materials and distribute to all stakeholders.
3. At each session, conduct Post-Incident debriefings a.k.a. After Action Reviews
(AARs) which examine events that occurred in the past in order to review and
assess the process, procedures and actions performed, and to identify best
practices, lessons learned, and potential new protocols which will reduce delay.
4. Work with the task forces to address operational and traffic management issues
as needed that may include ITS equipment deficiencies, detour routes, traffic
management plans, incident management plans, incident management policy and
procedures, communications, electrical vehicle fire response, emerging
technologies, severe weather preparedness and work zone traffic management.
5. Educate Responders regarding Active Traffic Management strategies, including
working with PennDOT project managers to bring responders and design
consultants together to engage responders in identifying issues to consider in the
final design of relevant capital projects and ITS deployment.
6. Construction Project Coordination Discussions bring together responders and
construction projects managers and implementers to review construction and work
zone stages, address incident response zones and identify different ways to access
a crash in a work zone if needed.
7. Promote and provide the PA and NJ Statewide Responder Training sessions,
specialized training session(s) to be determined, and various online TIM Training
efforts.
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8. Social Media awareness campaigns for quick clearance.
9. Hold Regional TIM Conference. Identify topics and speakers, prepare all
materials, and arrange training demonstration.
10. Participate in New Jersey's Statewide Traffic Incident Management Program and
Pennsylvania's PennTime Program and any other TIM programs initiated by state
agencies and other agencies.
11. Provide technical support, including mapping services, GIS, and other assistance
as requested.
Traffic Signal Optimization Tasks
1. Provide technical and policy assistance to PennDOT as it advances the concept
of retiming and optimizing traffic signals on a regional basis for Pennsylvania's
DVRPC Counties. Attend relevant meetings as requested.
2. In cooperation with PennDOT and DVRPC’s Pennsylvania counties, select which
traffic signals will be chosen for retiming.
3. Provide technical and policy assistance to the New Jersey Regional Signal
Retiming Initiative Program.
4. In cooperation with NJDOT, and NJ's DVRPC Counties, select which traffic
signals on 500 and 600 numbered routes will be chosen for retiming.
5. Participate in all kick-off, planning, and coordination meetings related to the
regional program.
Transportation Operation Task Force
1. Host the quarterly Transportation Operations Task Force. Prepare notices,
agendas, identify specialized topics, arrange speakers, prepare and distribute
summary materials
2. Support multimodal planning efforts and coordination with various transportation
agencies
3. Promote and educate regional agencies and public on TSMO strategies such as
active traffic management principles and issues.
4. Continue the regional construction coordination efforts to minimize traffic impacts
of overlapping construction projects.
5. Provide a feedback loop to DOT’s and other transportation operators on design
and operational issues for relevant construction projects and ITS deployment.
TSMO Planning Efforts
1. Maintain the Regional ITS Architecture for the Delaware Valley. Work with local
stakeholders to ensure consistency between the regional architectures and their
project architectures. Continue to coordinate with NJTPA, NJDOT, and PennDOT
with their regional and statewide ITS Architecture updates.
2. Update and/or maintain the Transportation Systems Management and Operations
Master Plan as needed in coordination with the Long Range Plan updates.
3. Perform as needed any data collection and analysis of various travel data to
identify trends in system performance across the network.
4. As part of project development, staff review and make recommendations for DOT
infrastructure projects to incorporate ITS and TSMO operational improvements.
5. Continue to incorporate TSMO, including ITS investments, into the transportation
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planning process. Evaluate capital projects for their consistency with the
Transportation Systems Management and Operations Master Plan and assist
agencies to advance projects identified in the Plan, PennDOT’s Regional Operations
Plan, or in the Regional ITS Architecture.
6. Monitor federal ITS programs, regulations, and initiatives to identify which ones
may impact projects in the region.
Products:
Transportation Operations Task Force Products
1. Transportation Operations Task Force meeting agendas, summaries, and meeting
materials.
2. Regional Operating Agency Contact List
3. Provide topical specialized training session(s) to be determined.
Incident Management Task Force Products
1. Incident management task force training session’s agendas, summaries, and
resource materials.
2. IMTF policy and procedures guidelines, training aids, maps depicting response
areas, and other relevant materials identified by IMTF members.
3. AARs summaries for distribution to all task force members to inform them of best
practices, lessons learned, and possible new protocols to reduce traffic delay.
4. Conduct expanded Formal After Action Reviews and prepare reports
5. Traffic congestion analysis
6. Incident Duration and lane closure tracking analysis
7. Roster and contact information of regional emergency agencies
8. Marketing Materials such as the Social Media Campaign Tool Kit for Quick
Clearance and Move Over Laws
Traffic Signal Optimization Products
1. Products developed for both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Signal Retiming
Programs.
2. MOU and concept of operations for each corridor when necessary.
3. Proposed and final signal timing plans
4. Implementation of Optimized Signal Timing Plans
5. Technical Memorandum which can include Performance Measures such as Travel
Time, Delay, stops and fuel consumption.
TSMO Planning Efforts
1. Maintenance of the ITS Regional Architecture.
2. Maintenance of the TSMO Master Plan.
3. Implementations of programs to foster interagency cooperation.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments and agencies, including PennDOT, NJDOT, transit agencies,
County Planning Agencies, and citizens served by a more efficient and reliable
transportation network.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$572,950

$137,297

$44,403

$1,250

$390,000

2024

$597,950

$154,333

$52,367

$1,250

$390,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115964 - $208,000 CMAQ/$52,000 PA State 581;NJ TIP DB #D02004 - $130,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-52-060

Competitive Program and Project Management

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: John Coscia
Project Manager: Cleonie Meraz, Daniel Snyder, Joseph Banks, Joseph Natale
Goals:
To ensure the timely selection and delivery of traditional and non-traditional local
projects in an effort to enhance the transportation system within our region.
Description:
Funding from a Transportation Improvement Program line item enables DVRPC
staff to assist PennDOT with the implementation of traditional and non-traditional
projects by serving as adjunct project and program managers. This assistance will
generally involve facilitation and coordination among the project sponsor and their
team, local governments, the public, the PennDOT district office, PennDOT’s central
office staff, and the FHWA in order to develop a project to the point of construction.
The current federal authorizing legislation for highways and transit includes funding
for bicycle and pedestrian transportation projects such as multi-use trails,
streetscapes, bike lanes and historic transportation structure restorations, as well as
projects that contribute to the attainment of the Clean Air Act by reducing emissions
from highway sources. The three current categories of federal funding for these nontraditional transportation projects are: Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside,
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, and the Surface Transportation Program.
TIP funds are also provided to the sub-regions through the Local Concept
Development, Local Lead, and Highway Safety Improvement Programs in New
Jersey. The goal of the Local Concept Development program is to complete a study
that identifies potential alternatives, identifies any environmental issues, and
completes a conceptual design. This will ensure that projects that move into
Preliminary Engineering are ready to move forward in a timely manner and are
eligible for inclusion in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). As
part of this work, staff will also continue to assist counties and municipalities with
Federal Aid Highway Program requirement compliance. Completion of this work
may require the purchase of equipment or services.
For more information, see the following website:
http://www.dvrpc.org/ProjectImplementation/
Tasks:
1. For each program, as appropriate, establish a Steering Committee and develop a
process for project application and selection.
2. Develop project application and guidance materials in coordination with the DOTs.
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Establish evaluation criteria and process. Solicit, screen, and evaluate candidate
projects.
3. Conduct public information sessions, respond to questions, and provide
assistance to applicants, as appropriate.
4. Recommend selected projects to the DVRPC Board.
5. Prepare requests for proposals, solicit proposals, and in concert with the
appropriate county, evaluate proposals received.
6. Prepare consultant selection documentation and files, when required.
7. Prepare consultant agreements, establish accounting procedures, arrange
methods of progress, and expenditure reporting, when required.
8. Coordinate activities leading to the implementation of the project within its planned
time frame, maintain costs within the budget, and ensure that applicable federal and
state standards are observed.
9. Submit the consultant’s final documents to the DOTs for approval. DVRPC, in
cooperation with the DOTs, will prepare and submit when required, the appropriate
documents for federal approval on each project phase.
10. Work with the DOTs to update schedules, costs, and statuses of each project in
the respective DOT system, as needed.
Products:
1. Program Guidance/Workshops.
2. Recommended list of projects for funding.
3. Project Agreements.
4. Progress Reports.
5. Project Management online Mapping.
6. Completed Design and Construction Projects.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments, transit operators, municipalities, non-profit
groups, etc.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$1,054,500

$64,500

$0

$0

$990,000

2024

$1,334,500

$144,500

$0

$0

$1,190,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115965 - $712,000 STU/$178,000 PA State 581; MPMS
#115966 - $120,000 CMAQ/$30,000 PA State 581;NJ TIP - DB #X30A $150,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-52-070

PA TDM Base Program Administration and Commuter
Services

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Stacy Bartels
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf
Goals:
To manage the work of the seven SE PA TMAs and two contractors that serve
employers implementing commute alternatives programs that encourage commuters
to choose travel alternatives to the single-occupancy vehicle (SOV). The programs
include educational offerings, promotional materials, and relevant services and
programming within specific service areas through the tasks listed below, ultimately
serving to help reduce traffic congestion and improve accessibility to a variety of safe
and affordable modes of travel in the region.
Description:
The Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) and other related partners in
southeastern Pennsylvania have helped promote Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) options and programs for over two decades, in the form of two
grants funded by PennDOT – the TMA Assistance Grant (one available to all TMAs
in PA), and the Mobility Alternatives Program (MAP) grant (available only in SE PA).
For FY2023, DVRPC and PennDOT developed a new TDM grant program that
combines these two “legacy” grants into one new “base” TDM grant for each
organization previously funded through one or both of the legacy grants; this work
program carries that structure into FY24. Each organization was awarded an
amount of funding to perform standard TDM-related activities like education and
outreach on TDM options, implementing TDM strategies, and the advantages for
both employers and employees to establish or use these strategies or options.
DVRPC will contract with and oversee the work program development and approval
for each subrecipient receiving these grants, and work with their respective county
planning department(s) as well as PennDOT (Central Office and District 6) and
FHWA in this development, as well as in tracking progress and results from their
efforts.
This program supports DVRPC staff activities for planning, marketing, procurement
and accounting, as well as funding to lease software for and manage the regional
Share-A-Ride (SAR) ride match and the Emergency Ride Home (ERH) programs,
and to develop and provide necessary materials, schedules and tools to help
contractors promote TDM with a unified message and look, in the SE PA region.
This program is part of the larger coordinated regional TDM effort that includes the
Travel Options Program (TOP) competitive grant program. Completion of this work
may require the purchase of equipment or services.

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Tasks:
1. Work with TMAs/Contractors to develop Work Programs for “base” TDM efforts.
2. Convene the PA TMA Policy Subcommittee of the Regional TDM Advisory
Committee at least 3x/year.
3. Ensure this work involves outreach to both employers and the general commuting
public.
4. Oversee TMA/Contractor TDM education and outreach efforts and development,
and placement of relevant materials; encourage cooperative efforts whenever
possible.
5. Operation of the Share-A-Ride (SAR) ride match program, including annual
software lease agreements, database management and quarterly reporting,
registrant communications and contractor training.
6. Creation and administration of contracts with each of nine subrecipients.
7. Review and payment of monthly or quarterly invoices and reports for each of nine
subrecipients.
Products:
1. Contractor Work Programs.
2. Regional outreach and advertising materials and plans.
3. SAR software lease and updates; ERH program administration.
4. Contracts for/with each organization.
5. Quarterly activity summaries and year-end report.
Beneficiaries:
Residents and employers within and/or commuters travelling within or into the SE PA
region; municipalities, counties or combination thereof; related county planning
commissions/departments; PennDOT.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$325,000

$0

$0

$0

$325,000

2024

$325,000

$0

$0

$0

$325,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS # 117930 - $325,000 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-53-010

Travel Monitoring

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Cassidy Boulan, Christopher Mulroy, Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Improve efficiency of the region’s transportation system by collecting and analyzing
traffic data to determine the utilization of the region’s transportation network.
Description:
This ongoing regional program collects and processes travel data, the primary form
being traffic counts, including hourly and 48-hour traffic volumes, for selected
locations on the regional highway network. Data collected will provide input to
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) forecasting, the Traffic Monitoring System (TMS), the
Congestion Management System (CMS), travel simulation models, individual project
level analysis, traffic monitoring, and trend analysis. This information is vital to all
project studies that address highway deficiencies and proposed solutions. Traffic
count information from the database may be queried at
https://www.dvrpc.org/webmaps/TrafficCounts/. The program is supported by
funding from various sources. Because this is a regional program, the federal PL
funds help support the operations and infrastructure required as base elements to
run a travel monitoring program region wide. These base elements include the
leases on a fleet of travel monitoring vehicles, operations and maintenance of those
vehicles, an inventory of data collection and safety equipment, editing, processing
and uploading of the count data into the database system which feeds the count
viewers on the DVRPC website
To facilitate uninterrupted data collection, it will be necessary to procure new
counting equipment, supplies, repairs, or services as needed.
Tasks:
1. Coordinate with PennDOT, NJDOT, and member governments to review traffic
count locations.
2. DVRPC will conduct traffic counts for PennDOT at assigned locations, with at
least 40% of assigned locations being classification counts, if the total assignment
cannot be reached then the percentage of classification counts will be increased
until total assignment amount is reached even with 100% of assigned locations
being classification counts.
3. Establish weekly schedules, staff assignments, and control procedures.
4. Collect traffic data at approximately 3,000 selected locations.
5. Process counts, edit for quality control, upload data into the DVRPC Traffic Count
Database.
6. Maintain and further automate traffic data systems and procedures to enhance
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productivity, including data obtained by third parties via remote sensors, etc.
7. Submit counts collected during the year electronically by specific deadlines
established by PennDOT and member governments.
8. Maintain an inventory of data collection and safety equipment, including
purchasing new equipment with enhanced technology and capability, purchasing
needed supplies such as road tube, and procuring necessary repairs if existing
equipment gets damaged.
9. Collect travel data from non-highway modes, including pedestrian, bicycle and
public transportation travel system characteristics and user traits as requested.
10. DVRPC will also coordinate with PennDOT and NJDOT, the counties, and cities
on the collection and validation of data on the local transportation asset inventory (as
requested).
Products:
1. Database containing new and historic traffic counts.
2. Webviewer of all traffic counts accessible at
https://www.dvrpc.org/webmaps/TrafficCounts/
3. Transmittals of traffic data to DOTs, member governments and interested parties.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, operating agencies, private sector, and agency staff.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$739,500

$594,500

$0

$0

$145,000

2024

$764,500

$619,500

$0

$0

$145,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115968 - $145,000 STU/Toll Credit

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 2B: DVRPC Project Descriptions
24-33-100

Regional Transportation GIS Coordination

139

24-33-110

Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

141

24-33-120

Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Implementation Program

143

24-33-130

Healthy Communities Planning

145

24-33-140

PA/NJ Local Planning Initiatives

148

24-33-150

151

24-33-160

An Investigation into Multi-Municipal Planning to Meet Stormwater Permitting
Requirements - Year 2
Regional Energy Transition Plan for Southeast PA

24-33-170

Carbon Reduction Program

155

24-33-180

Regional Affordable and Accessible Housing

158

24-33-190

Economic Development District (EDD) Program

160

24-33-200

Regional Trails Program

162

24-34-100

Aircraft Operations Counting Program

165

24-34-110

Central Jersey Transportation Forum (CJTF)

167

24-34-120

I-95 Planning Assistance

169

24-34-130

Enhance and Maintain Travel Forecasting Tools

171

24-34-140

District 6 Modeling Assistance

175

24-34-150

Philadelphia Trip Generation Model

177

24-34-160

I-95 Traffic Forecasts

180

24-34-170

PA Air Quality Action Supplemental Services

183

24-34-180

NJ Air Quality Action Supplemental Services

185

24-34-190

Regional Electric Vehicle Planning Program

187

24-34-200

2025 On-Board and Household Travel Survey Planning

190

24-52-100

Regional TOP Competitive Program Administration (PA and NJ)

193

24-52-110

ExPo: Experimental Pop-ups Program

196

24-52-120

SEPTA Regional Rail TSCD and Station Area Planning

199

24-52-130

Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation Options

201

24-52-140

Pottstown Area Regional Plan Development: Safe Routes to School

205

24-52-150

PennDOT Connects Bike-Friendly Resurfacing Program

207

24-52-160

Transportation Planning and Project Development Support for Disadvantaged Communities

210

24-52-170

Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO)

213

153

24-53-020/025 HPMS and Functional Classification System (PA & NJ)

217

24-53-030

PennDOT District 6-0 Traffic Volume Data

219

24-59-700

Member Government Special Studies

221

24-59-701

New Projects and Misc. Carryover

223

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PROJECT: 24-33-100

Regional Transportation GIS Coordination

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Pollard
Project Manager: Sean Lawrence
Goals:
Ensure integrated and coordinated planning and promote information sharing through
the continued development and maintenance of regional transportation GIS data.
Description:
The focus of this continuing project will be to integrate transportation data
developed by federal, state, and local governments and DVRPC into a regional
database that allows for the open exchange of data. This project benefits all
member governments and agencies by providing support to DVRPC to develop and
coordinate transportation data development and data sharing and includes the
continued growth of DVRPC's transportation GIS, including the update and
maintenance of its geospatial data sharing capabilities and web mapping
applications. Efforts are being coordinated with NJDOT, PennDOT, member
governments, and operating agencies to maximize the investments made in
technology and data.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Coordinate regional database development with project participants, including
PennDOT and NJDOT.
2. Provide technical assistance to member governments, as requested, to identify
and address IT, GIS, and data issues, opportunities, and solutions.
3. Acquire additional hardware, software, and training, as appropriate.
4. Ensure that geospatial data developed by NJDOT, PennDOT, and member
governments are integrated into DVRPCs regional database and can be shared
among project participants.
5. Maintain transportation data and make that data available through DVRPC's GIS
Open Data Portal and ArcGIS Server to project participants and the public.
6. Provide assistance, technical knowledge, and development of web mapping and
data visualization applications in support of DVRPC's outreach goals.
Products:
1. Regional transportation-related data available to all member governments in
support of their GIS programs.
2. Hardware, software, and training for DVRPC and participating organizations, as
necessary.
3. Enhancements and improvements to DVRPCs GIS Open Data Portal, ArcGIS
Online organization, and GIS enterprise infrastructure.
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4. Updates to and development of web mapping and data visualization applications.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments and operating agencies, the public, and DVRPC.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$400,000
$400,000

$0

Transit PL
Program
$0

Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115969 - $200,000 STU/Toll Credit;NJ TIP - DB #X30A $200,000 STBGP-PHILA

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Other
$400,000
$400,000

PROJECT: 24-33-110

Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Najah Jackson
Goals:
DVRPC is the local planning partner for PennDOT’s Local Technical Assistance
Program (LTAP) in southeastern Pennsylvania. The LTAP program is designed to
help Pennsylvania’s municipalities, which maintain over 77,000 miles of roadways,
make the best use of their roadway maintenance dollars.
Description:
DVRPC is the local planning partner for the PennDOT’s Local Technical Assistance
Program (LTAP) in southeastern Pennsylvania. The LTAP program is designed to
help Pennsylvania’s municipalities, which maintain over 77,000 miles of roadways,
make the best use of their roadway maintenance dollars
The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) is a national program run by the
U.S. Department of Transportation that is operated in Pennsylvania by PennDOT.
The program offers:
• Training: LTAP offer courses about roadway maintenance and safety. For a
complete list of classes, visit https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/LTAP/default.aspx and
click “Course Info” under “LTAP Tools.”
• Road Scholar Program: If municipal employees take 10 classes within 3 years,
they receive “Road Scholar” certification—a valuable professional development
credential.
• Technical Assistance: LTAP technical experts are available by phone, email, or inperson to help municipalities troubleshoot specific roadway maintenance and safety
problems.
• Newsletters, Technical Sheets, and Resource Library: Visit
https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/LTAP/default.aspx and click “Public Resources and
Documents” under “LTAP Tools.”
• Coordination with PennDOT; attend annual LTAP conference.
Each year, nearly 6,000 municipal employees take advantage of LTAP training and
assistance in PA.
Currently, all classes are being held either on-site or virtually and they are
scheduled by Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS).
Tasks:
1. Partner with PennDOT and the Pennsylvania State Association of Township
Supervisors (PSATS) to market LTAP classes to municipalities, County
Associations, and other similar organizations in the four suburban counties of
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southeastern Pennsylvania.
2. Find venues for LTAP classes and, when requested, roadshows, webinars, and
other educational programs.
3. Work with municipal representatives and PennDOT personnel to identify training
needs and opportunities, encourage participation among municipalities that have not
participated in the past, and maximize class attendance.
4. Submit quarterly and annual reports to PennDOT.
5. Attend annual LTAP Planning Partner conference.
Products:
1. Coordination of 10-15 LTAP classes in southeast Pennsylvania per year.
2. Promote virtual classes scheduled by LTAP.
3. Quarterly and annual reports to PennDOT.
Beneficiaries:
Municipalities in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$30,000
$30,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

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Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$30,000
$30,000

PROJECT: 24-33-120

Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management
Implementation Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Verbofsky
Goals:
To provide technical assistance to the Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management
(CRM) Program to protect and enhance fragile natural resources by reducing
conflicts between competing land and water use while representing a comprehensive
approach to managing the impacts of development and other activities in coastal
areas.
Description:
This is a continuing project to maintain regional coordination with local governments
and the public to further the interests of the PA DEP Coastal Zone Management
(CZM) Program. Staff will also continue to provide technical assistance to the state,
its member governments, and citizens. Staff will assist the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) in its efforts to achieve the above
goals in the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone (DECZ) through legislative authority,
environmental monitoring, and technical and financial assistance.
Through this project, staff will provide support to PADEP to implement the Delaware
Estuary component of the CZM program. Staff will coordinate with the CRM
Program, which administers the CZM program for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and CZM constituents and local stakeholders throughout the
Delaware Estuary region. Through this collaborative effort, projects that improve
water quality, enhance public enjoyment of and access to coastal resources, and
mitigate the adverse impacts of stormwater runoff, extreme weather events, and
non point source pollution will be supported.
Staff will organize and host up to 12 Urban Waterfront Action Group (UWAG)
meetings to offer “one-stop shopping” for information about waterfront development
permits in the Delaware River Estuary. The meetings provide an opportunity for
applicants to meet with the regulatory agencies that provide environmental permits
with the goal of identifying and hopefully resolving permitting issues before the
applicant invests in detailed engineering for their project.
Staff will partner with the CRM Program to assist member governments, federal and
state agencies, and academic institutions in understanding and preparing for the
expected impacts of climate change in the coastal zone. This program will help local
governments understand how climate stressors are predicted to change, assess
community vulnerability, and identify strategies to increase resilience. Most of the
staff time for this effort will be funded under a separate grant.

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Tasks:
1. Coordinate the activities of the DECZ Advisory Committee and provide technical
and administrative services.
2. Organize up to two DECZ Advisory Committee meetings.
3. Provide a mechanism for public involvement and education in the CZM Program.
4. Assist PADEP in working with eligible entities to prepare and submit project
applications for federal grants.
5. Attend Coastal Zone Advisory Committee (CZAC) meetings and
water/environment-related meetings, committees and special events, as necessary.
6. Organize and host up to twelve meetings of the UWAG.
7. Provide technical and administrative services on permitting to the UWAG.
8. Coordinate with PADEP on coastal climate change resiliency planning.
Products:
1. Agendas and meeting minutes for DECZ Advisory Committee meetings.
2. A biannual presentation on coastal zone activities, plans, and projects for the state
CZAC.
3. Agendas and meeting minutes for up to twelve UWAG meetings.
4. Technical memoranda, as required.
Beneficiaries:
NOAA, PADEP, ACOE, NMFS, FWS, EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, DRBC, member
governments, non-profit organizations, watershed groups, the private sector, and the
public.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$50,000

2024

$50,000

Highway PL
Program
$0

Transit PL
Program
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

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Comprehensive
Planning

Other

$0

$50,000

$0

$50,000

PROJECT: 24-33-130

Healthy Communities Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Verbofsky
Project Manager: Karin Morris, Patricia Elkis
Goals:
To understand how the built environment, including the transportation system, affects
physical, mental, and social health; to explore the intersection of various planning
fields with healthy communities planning, including active transportation, air quality,
safety, aging in place, environmental justice, and complete streets; to promote
healthy community planning; to explore food system challenges and promote food
system assets; and to support and collaborate with healthy communities
stakeholders, county and municipal constituents, and other partners.
This project supports PennDOT's Planning Priority of (IV) Land Use/Transportation
Linkages/Economic Development/Modernization, specifically (B) to identify livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities such as: access to
employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality schools, safe streets,
economic development, social equity, and environment conservation and (E) provide
input to PennDOT in efforts to identify any training and planning activities targeted to
county and local governments, conservation districts and community stakeholders.
The project supports the NJDOT MPO Transportation Priority by promoting equity,
public health, and outreach to partners and stakeholders, specifically by encouraging
counties and municipalities to promote public health principles and practices in the
implementation of transportation projects, and by increasing participation of minority
and low income communities in the planning process.
Description:
Healthy communities planning encompasses a broad range of built environment
issues that have the ability to impact an individual's wellbeing, including land use,
active transportation, air quality, safety, complete streets, age-friendly communities,
food systems, and open space. Healthy communities planning strives to integrate
design, programmatic, and policy strategies to support greater community wellbeing,
improve health outcomes, and increase livability within our region. NJDOT's
Complete Streets Policy is an example policy that can be implemented to improve
public health outcomes as complete streets improve the safety of all users and
provide additional opportunities for physical activity from transportation. Additionally,
healthy community planning supports important environmental justice/ladders of
opportunity work.
Healthy Communities Task Force (HCTF)
Staff will continue to convene up to 4 meetings of the Healthy Communities Task
Force. Topics will be determined by committee interest.
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Regional Health Data Exploration
Staff will investigate the availability of health behavior and health outcomes data at
various geographic levels across the region. This may entail deepening or building
new partnerships with health departments and/or academic institutions. Staff will
explore ways to compile, analyze, and display the data that support Connections
2050. Data availability will dictate products and may include updates to existing
products, a potential web dashboard, webmaps, and/or an analysis of the health of
the region.
Depending on data availability, staff may conduct an analysis of the region’s health,
focusing on the social determinants of health. This will include researching and
visualizing data on different socioeconomic and environmental factors that shape
community health such as air quality, education, economic status/resources, health
care access, housing, and transportation. A composite scoring system may be
developed to compare neighborhoods and counties across the region in an effort to
identify disparities and help to prioritize investments, resources, and programming in
neighborhoods where health needs are the greatest.
Technical Assistance and Coordination
Staff will provide coordination and technical assistance to stakeholders and
municipal/county constituents on a variety of health challenges, participate on a
variety of healthy community-related working groups, and provide content to other
projects, such as the Camden Food Security Collective, the Collaborative
Opportunities to Advance Community Health (COACH) Group, FitCityPHL, Drexel
University Dornsife School of Public Health Practice Council, Drexel's AgeWell
Collaboratory, AARP PA's Livable Communities Network, and the Age-Friendly New
Jersey Statewide Collaborative.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Provide technical assistance to member governments and stakeholders.
2. Convene up to 4 Healthy Communities Task Force.
3. Represent DVRPC and provide support and content to other projects throughout
the region.
4. Update webpages with new content on a regular basis.
5. Participate in and coordinate with government agencies, institutions, foundations,
and non-profit organizations to support healthy communities, including national,
regional, and local partners focusing on active transportation, air quality, safety,
complete streets, age-friendly communities, and access to healthy food.
6. Provide subject matter expertise to staff and stakeholders.
7. Explore the availability of publicly-accessible health behavior and health outcomes
data.
8. Identify and obtain additional sources of health data.
9. Compile, analyze, and display the available health data in ways that support and
implement Connections 2050.
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Products:
1. Supporting materials related to technical assistance, as appropriate.
2. Supporting materials and highlights from Healthy Communities Task Force
meetings.
3. Meetings with constituents and stakeholders.
4. Healthy communities, food system planning, and age-friendly communities
webpages.
5. Regional Health Data Exploration deliverable.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, FHWA, member governments, health care and public health
community, and local residents and businesses.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$137,500

$79,340

$25,660

$6,500

$26,000

2024

$142,500

$82,178

$27,822

$6,500

$26,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT PL FHWA Supplemental

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PROJECT: 24-33-140

PA/NJ Local Planning Initiatives

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Patricia Elkis
Project Manager: Christopher Linn
Goals:
Partner with New Jersey and Pennsylvania non-profits and local governments on
environmental, climate change, resiliency, smart growth, and livability planning
initiatives. Additionally, assist local governments by providing planning services on a
contractual basis, particularly where matching grant or local funding support exists.
Description:
This continuing program promotes implementation of the DVRPC Long-Range Plan
in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, specifically by contracting for planning
services that will enhance sustainability initiatives such as natural resource
protection, smart growth, climate change mitigation and adaptation, livability
initiatives, and public health.
The funds under this code are generally intended to be used to provide subsidies to
municipalities within the nine DVRPC counties for the below fee-for-service projects,
conducted by DVRPC staff. Projects may also include assistance in obtaining
funding through grant proposals for part of the costs of the projects. Specific
projects may include:
- Master Plan Climate Change Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Elements
- Environmental Resource Inventories
- Municipal Public Access Plan
- Master Plan Sustainability Elements
- Open Space and Recreation Plans
- Farmland Preservation Plans
- Master Plan Conservation Elements
- Conservation Design Zoning/Subdivision Ordinances
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plans
- Alternative Energy Ordinances
- Energy Efficiency Assessments for Municipal Operations
- Greenhouse Gas Inventories
- Transit Oriented Development Studies
- Form Based Codes
- Local Food Access and Nutrition Strategies
- Green Infrastructure Plans
- Trail Development Plans
- Community Forestry Plans
In addition to providing subsidies for the above mentioned municipal environmental
services projects, these funds may also be used as match to other grants awarded
to DVRPC, as available, and as needed.
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This project also provides for DVRPC to partner with non-profit organizations for
projects that implement the Long-Range Plan.
Tasks:
1. Advertise the program to municipal leaders, especially environmental
commissions/environmental advisory councils, sustainability teams, public works
departments, and planning boards.
2. Assist municipalities in obtaining funding for part of the project by preparing draft
grant proposals. Funding may come from foundations and a variety of programs run
by state and federal agencies.
3. Meet with appropriate committees and municipal staff to gather information for
the project and to obtain review and approval of the final product.
4. Write and produce a printed summary document, plan, implementation brochure,
etc., for distribution by the municipality, including publication on its local website.
5. Participate in municipal public hearings pertaining to the projects, as needed.
6. Provide technical support to the municipality on obtaining and processing data to
support planning analysis.
7. Include the municipality in DVRPC-sponsored education programs on natural
resource protection, open space/farmland preservation, climate change mitigation
and adaptation, and livability initiatives.
8. Work with non-profit organizations on other efforts as needs are identified and
opportunities arise.
Products:
1. Meeting materials, citizen questionnaires, and background information on
resource topics.
2. Project documents – project summary, inventory, plan, ordinance, or other
document, with appropriate maps.
3. Digital version of the document and GIS files for future use by the municipality or
non-profit.
Beneficiaries:
Local governments, environmental/conservation non-profit organizations and trail
and active transportation organizations.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$90,000

$0

$0

$40,000

$50,000

2024

$90,500

$0

$0

$40,500

$50,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA/NJ Local Municipalities

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PROJECT: 24-33-150

An Investigation into Multi-Municipal Planning to Meet
Stormwater Permitting Requirements - Year 2

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Verbofsky
Goals:
To assist municipalities to meet their stormwater permitting requirements and
improve water quality throughout the Delaware Estuary Coastal Nonpoint Pollution
area, DVRPC will continue to investigate the potential for multi-municipal MS4
planning and implementation.
This project supports PennDOT's Planning Priority of (IV) Land Use/Transportation
Linkages/Economic Development/Modernization, specifically (B) to identify livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities such as: access to
employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality schools, safe streets,
economic development, social equity, and environment conservation and (E) provide
input to PennDOT in efforts to identify any training and planning activities targeted to
county and local governments, conservation districts and community stakeholders.
Description:
A municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is a water conveyance system
owned or operated by a public entity that does not connect to the sanitary sewer
system and does not lead to a water treatment plant. A MS4 typically collects
stormwater that runs off of streets and buildings and discharges it into local
waterways. The federal Clean Water Act of 1972 requires that certain owners of
MS4s obtain an National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit
for their stormwater discharges, implement a Stormwater Management Plan, and
put measures in place to prevent discharges of pollutants in stormwater runoff. In
Pennsylvania, the PA Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) manages
the MS4 program. In addition to MS4 requirements noted above, PADEP also
requires municipalities to prepare Pollutant Reduction and Total Maximum Daily
Load Plans for each of their impaired streams.
Municipalities within the Delaware Estuary Coastal Nonpoint Pollution area may
struggle to meet some of the MS4 requirements. For some elements of stormwater
management, particularly the design and installation of larger stormwater BMPs, it
may make more sense to implement on a multi-municipal scale. In other words,
while an individual stormwater BMP may be located in one municipality, both the
time and cost and the pollution reductions achieved by the BMP would be shared
among multiple municipalities. This type of multi-municipal cooperation can achieve
economies of scale and result in cost saving, which may be even more important
than usual due to the strains of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Staff will support multi-municipal stormwater efforts, building off of previously
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conducted municipal interviews and research. Staff will engage with municipal
officials by organizing meetings to jointly explore MS4 needs, creating educational
materials on the benefits of multi-municipal stormwater efforts, and/or researching
the development of policies that incentivize municipal collaboration, with the ultimate
goal of exploring the possibility of joint procurement for professional services to
design and implement green stormwater infrastructure in future years.
Tasks:
1. Engage municipalities about their current MS4 structure and interest in multimunicipal collaboration.
2. Organize meetings to jointly explore the MS4 needs.
3. Explore formal mechanisms to operationalize multi-municipal efforts.
4. Create educational and/or public outreach materials on the benefits of multimunicipal stormwater efforts, as needed.
5. Research potential state and county policies that incentivize multi-municipal
collaboration.
Products:
1 Process and findings memo.
2. Educational and/or outreach materials.
3. Project summary report for PADEP.
Beneficiaries:
Counties, municipalities, PADEP, NOAA, FEMA, PEMA, PennDOT, non-profit
organizations, and the general public.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$50,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

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Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$50,000

PROJECT: 24-33-160

Regional Energy Transition Plan for Southeast PA

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Compitello
Goals:
To develop one or more stakeholder-driven energy transition plans that evaluate
strategies to achieve a regional transition to 100% renewable energy.
Description:
All four suburban PA counties and many municipalities in the region have passed
the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 Resolution committing to transitioning to 100%
clean renewable electricity by 2035 and 100% renewable energy for heating and
transportation by 2050. A regional energy transition plan will help the counties and
municipalities evaluate energy use and cost across sectors, project future energy
use, and develop strategies for achieving a transition to renewable energy.
Strategies will be created that stakeholders can implement that will achieve energy
consumption reduction (energy efficiency and conservation), electrification of
buildings and vehicles, and accelerated use of carbon-free energy sources among
households, businesses, institutions, and local governments in southeastern
Pennsylvania. This regional plan will highlight implementationable actions that rely
on cooperation and coordination between various levels of government, private, and
institutional partners. The plan will detail pathways for an equitable and just
transition away from fossil fuels for the region's residents and businesses, and will
highlight the regional economic and environmental impact of the transition
compared to the status quo. The plan will involve modeling, stakeholder and public
engagement, and will likely rely on the support of an outside private consultant.
Tasks:
1. Research strategies to meet renewable energy goals.
2. Facilitate discussions with counties, municipalities, and other stakeholders about
prioritization of strategies to meet renewable energy goals.
3. Form and manage a Regional Energy Transition Plan Working Group.
4. Research program models to achieve regional project development and
implementation pathways.
5. Identify sources of funding and financing.
6. Hire and manage consultants.
Products:
1 Meeting materials, notes and presentations on energy transition planning
2. Educational and/or outreach materials
3. Project report
4. Updated relevant DVRPC webpages

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Beneficiaries:
Counties, municipalities, residents, and businesses in the DVRPC region

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$185,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
DVRPC local funds and other applicable project sponsors or Agencies.

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Other
$185,000

PROJECT: 24-33-170

Carbon Reduction Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Linn
Goals:
This project will facilitate coordination and engagement among regional stakeholders
and planning partners to define and document regional priorities and strategies to
reduce transportation emissions as part of a regional Carbon Reduction Strategy
(CRS). The regional CRS will support the goals and strategies identified in the New
Jersey and Pennsylvania state CRSs and DVRPC will work with partners to create
and document a transparent project selection process for the Carbon Reduction
Program (CRP).
Description:
The Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) created under the BIL aims to reduce
transportation greenhouse gas emissions by funding projects designed to reduce
transportation emissions. The CRP will provide approximately $52 million and $31
million in funding annually to Pennsylvania and New Jersey respectively for fiscal
years 2022-2026. Funds will be distributed across each state according to formulas
set in the BIL. Under the program, state DOTs are required to develop a statewide
Carbon Reduction Strategy in consultation with MPOs by November 15, 2023. The
purpose of the Carbon Reduction Strategy is to identify and prioritize projects and
strategies to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and inform
the distribution of CRP funds. Broadly speaking, eligible CRP activities include
projects and strategies that facilitate the use of single-occupancy vehicle (SOV)
alternatives such as public transportation facilities, pedestrian facilities, bicycle
facilities, and shared or pooled vehicle trips; facilitate the use of vehicles or modes
of travel that result in lower transportation emissions per person-mile traveled (i.e.,
EVs, etc.); and facilitate approaches to reduce emissions from the construction of
transportation assets.
This project will develop an overall approach to, and identify priorities for, CRP
funding in consultation with PennDOT and NJDOT. Staff will provide outreach
toward traditional regional transportation planning partners, and focus additional
outreach to traditionally underserved and underrepresented populations in
transportation planning, such as minority and low-income populations that face
challenges engaging with the transportation planning process. This engagement will
assist with the identification of projects and strategies that support the Justice40
Initiative, which establishes a goal that at least 40 percent of the benefits of federal
investments in this program and others are distributed to disadvantaged
communities. Other considerations include how CRP funds can be used in
conjunction with (or flexed to) other Federal-aid apportioned programs with similar
goals, such as CMAQ, to create appropriately scaled funding awards that
meaningfully reduce carbon while achieving other regional planning goals.

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Through tasks outlined in this project area, staff will develop a regional Carbon
Reduction Strategy supportive to both Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s statewide
Carbon Reduction Strategies. Given the limited amount of funding available, an
important outcome of this effort will be to achieve some level of regional consensus
on priority project categories and/or project types for funding. For example, the
region may choose to prioritize specific shared priorities such as continued
development of the regional sidewalk maintenance and street tree planting program,
the expansion of EV charging infrastructure, or completion of transportation-focused
bicycle infrastructure priority projects, among other projects.
This regional (PA and NJ) task is funded with federal Carbon Reduction Program
Urban (CRPU), federal Planning (PL) and federal Transit PL funds.
Tasks:
1. Engage with PennDOT and NJDOT to incorporate and reflect regional priorities in
each state’s Carbon Reduction Strategy (CRS).
2. Convene a committee of member governments and regional stakeholders to
guide the project.
3. Conduct public outreach to traditionally underserved communities with assistance
from committee members.
5. Integrate regional priorities with the statewide CRS.
6. Establish regional priority project types or areas of emphasis for CRP funding.
7. Establish criteria and a process for competitive project scoring and selection.
Products:
1. Meeting agendas and minutes.
2. Memo documenting the region's process for evaluating carbon reduction benefits
from individual projects.
3. Summary of CRP priority project types, categories, or individual projects.
4. A Carbon Reduction Strategy document for the region that documents regional
priorities, outlines a regional project selection or identification process, and
references each state’s CRS.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments; state and federal agencies; transit authorities; municipal
officials; nonprofits; and citizens.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$200,000

Highway PL
Program
$62,589

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$37,411

$0

Other
$100,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS # 119495 Carbon Reduction/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-33-180

Regional Affordable and Accessible Housing

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Andrew Svekla
Project Manager: Brian Carney, Derek Lombardi, Karin Morris, Spencer Gober
Goals:
Evaluate and refine strategies to equitably promote housing options that are
affordable, accessible, and sustainable to support and implement Connections 2050.
This project supports goals outlined in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL).
This project supports PennDOT's Planning Priorities of “Land Use / Transportation
Linkages/Economic Development/Modernization,” specifically to “identify livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities such as; access to
employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality schools, safe streets,
economic development, social equity, and environment conservation,” and to
“provide input on any training and planning activities targeted to county and local
governments, conservation districts and community stakeholders,” on topics such as
smart growth, complete streets, implementation tools, transit-oriented development,
and healthy communities.
This project supports NJDOT's planning priorities of promoting interagency
cooperation, supporting community livability through integrated transportation and
land use planning, and maximizing the efficiency of the transportation system.This
project seeks to help New Jersey communities achieve the goal of providing
adequate housing at a reasonable cost as described in the New Jersey State
Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Description:
Staff will conduct research, analyze data, and engage stakeholders to diagnose and
understand the housing affordability and accessibility challenges facing
communities. This work includes assessing the housing needs of the region and
inventorying a broad array of strategies and policies that local governments can
implement to enhance the supply and variety of housing options within their
communities. Staff will participate in idea and data sharing through meetings of the
Philadelphia Housing Research Working Group, comprised of state, city, and
nonprofit housing organizations working toward the same goals.
Furthermore, staff will explore a new technical assistance and/or grant program to
assist local governments and key stakeholders such as nonprofits, engage in
planning and/or implementation activities that improves housing choice, reduce
regulatory barriers to development, promote economic opportunity, and/or protect
against displacement and poor housing conditions.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
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Tasks:
1. Conduct research on specific housing policy topics of interest to our planning
partners.
2. Investigate the feasibility and impact of state-level housing policy reforms.
3. Explore the feasibility of a technical assistance and/or grant program designed to
address housing affordability challenges.
4. Collaborate and share information with housing researchers working for various
organizations through the Philadelphia Housing Research Working Group.
Products:
1. Memos, digital products, and presentations for and to stakeholders evaluating
various housing policy issues and strategies.
2. Events designed to share information and facilitate conversations between local
and county government officials about housing challenges and potential solutions.
3. Memo outlining the potential creation of technical assistance and/or grant funding
programs dedicated to housing affordability.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, DOTs, transit agencies, private sector, and nonprofit
organizations

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$210,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$156,884

$53,116

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-33-190

Economic Development District (EDD) Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Karen Cilurso
Project Manager: Brian Carney, Karin Morris, Spencer Gober
Goals:
This program area addresses planning priorities identified in the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Bill (BIL), specifically supporting the economic vitality of the
metropolitan area by promoting consistency between transportation improvements
and state and local planned growth and economic development initiatives; improving
the regional freight network to expand access to national and international trade
markets; and supporting local and regional economic development.
The Economic Development District program area supports PennDOT's Planning
Priorities by ensuring a collaborative process to take a more holistic approach to
planning. This program supports NJDOT's alignment with the NJ State Strategic
Plan, whose vision is for sustainable physical economic development. Additionally,
this megaprogram supports NJDOT's priorities by collaborating with willing county
and municipal partners for the integration of transportation and land use to promote
community livability.
Description:
In 2022, DVRPC secured Economic Development District (EDD) designation from
the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of
Commerce. While EDA is the main economic development agency of the federal
government and works with EDDs throughout the country to promote regional
cooperation and job growth, DVRPC is now the designated liaison between EDA
and our member counties and constituent communities. The primary purpose of the
EDD is to implement the economic development activities and priorities set forth in
the region’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).
Staff will lead, participate, and support economic development investment strategies
in the region, including managing and maintaining the region’s Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), as required by the US EDA. Tasks may
include completing and submitting the CEDS updates to EDA, amending the
optional list of vital projects as appropriate, assisting in grant applications to EDA,
and working with federal and regional partners to identify how to best advance the
CEDS goals.
To ensure compliance with EDA guidelines, staff will explore the region’s
vulnerability with regards to a major economic downturn caused by a natural event,
loss of a major employer, pandemic or similar major health crises, or international
trends. This will include collaboration with the Office of Climate and Energy to
address potential weather events and provide consistency for mitigation strategies.
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Staff will engage and build partnerships with US EDA and other economic
development practitioners. Additional activities may include convening economic
development partners for project development and reaching out to county partners
outside of the DVRPC service area. Staff will continue to analyze employment and
industry data and report on regional trends and any other data requests as part of
our economic analyses supporting the long-range plan and CEDS.
Tasks:
1. Coordinate economic development activities within the Economic Development
District.
2. Conduct economic development planning, implementation, and advisory functions
on topics related to the CEDS.
3. Coordinate the development and implementation of the CEDS with local, state,
federal, and private organizations.
4. Facilitate the committee on the development and implementation of the CEDS.
5. Identify regional project priorities for EDA grant funding in concert with the CEDs
committee, if requested.
6. Monitor local and regional indicators to measure CEDS progress.
Products:
1. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).
2. Meeting minutes/highlights from CEDS committee.
3. Progress reports to EDA, as requested.
4. Relevant data updates, as needed.
Beneficiaries:
Counties, municipalities, US EDA, economic development organizations.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$140,000

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

$70,000

$70,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
U.S. Economic Development Adminstration (EDA)

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PROJECT: 24-33-200

Regional Trails Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Shawn Megill Legendre
Project Manager: Christopher Linn, Emily Goldstein, Melat Musie
Goals:
This program supports the development of the region-wide multi-use trail network,
popularly known as the Circuit Trails. The trail network supports multi-modal
transportation enhancements, economic development, smarg growth, cyclist and
pedestrian safety, and improves air quality. This program supports the goals outlined
in Connections 2050 and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL). .
This program supports NJDOT MPO Planning Priorities by seeking to complete the
East Coast Greenway, the Circuit Trails, and other regional trail networks by assisting
with the development of local trail plans and projects.
This program supports PennDOT’s planning priorities by participating in a
collaborative process to take a more holistic approach to planning and incorporating
environmental stewardship principles into transportation investments.
Description:
Staff will provide technical assistance and collaborate with regional partners and
stakeholders to advance the Circuit Trails network. Staff will continue to internally
coordinate with a wide set of departments to ensure multi-use trail considerations in
our transportation investments. Staff will coordinate with transportation and natural
resource agencies in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania and provide data,
information, and direct technical assistance to trail development partners, including
counties, municipalities, and nonprofits. Staff will seek out opportunities to promote
and publicize the Circuit Trail and other multi-use trails in the region through
coordination and collaboration with internal and external partners.
William Penn (WP) Capital Grants and Administration: Staff will continue to provide
administrative support to previously awarded WP Capital grants. This will include
facilitating the development of award contracts, monitoring project progress,
reviewing reimbursement, and responding to sponsor inquiries. Staff will participate
in project steering committees as requested. If additional external funding becomes
available, staff will award and administer additional direct grants for trail planning,
design, and construction.
Regional Trails Coordination Meetings: At the request of county partners, staff will
host up to two group meetings of county and city trail planning staff to coordinate
trail implementation initiatives. These meetings will identify opportunities for
collaboration and provide a forum for joint action planning.
E-Micromobility Event: At the request of the City of Philadelphia, staff will host and
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facilitate an educational event on e-microtransit and implications for bicycle and
pedestrian infrastructure. E-micromobility devices, such as electrically powered
bicycles and scooters, are similar to human-powered versions, but may present new
policy and design considerations. In coordination with the Office of Transit, Bicycle,
and Pedestrian Planning, staff will assemble a panel of experts to share their
knowledge and experience in creating policy and designing for e-micromobility.
East Coast Greenway Coordination: Staff will support implementation of the East
Coast Greenway in Mercer, Bucks, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties and the
alternate route in Burlington and Camden counties. This support will include direct
technical assistance and facilitating collaboration between regional partners and
stakeholders. Staff will chair the Pennsylvania Committee for the East Coast
Greenway and participate in the New Jersey East Coast Greenway Committee.
Completion of tasks in this program may require the purchase of equipment or
services.
Tasks:
1. Respond to requests for technical assistance from multi-use trail development
partners.
2. Serve on multi-use trail project steering and advisory committees, as requested.
3. Develop publications, webinars, and other forms of assistance for trail
development partners.
4. Review existing and planned Circuit Trails network.
5. Collect and compile data on trail completions and trail funding.
6. Maintain maps of all existing trails and the Circuit.
7. Monitor data collected by permanently installed bicycle and pedestrian counters
and maintain the associated web viewer for bicycle and pedestrian counts.
8. Hold up to two group meetings of county and city trail planning staff to coordinate
trail implementation initiatives.
9. Host an event on e-micromobility and implications for bicycle and pedestrian
infrastructure.
10. Co-chair the Pennsylvania Committee for the East Coast Greenway.
11. Participate on the New Jersey East Coast Greenway Committee.
12. Participate on the East Coast Greenway Alliance's Greenway Council.
Products:
1. Trail maps, including the Circuit Trails.
2. Trail use counts web viewer.
3. Materials from up to two meetings of county and city trail planning staff to
coordinate trail implementation initiatives.
4. Materials from an e-micromobility event.
5. Up to two meetings of the Pennsylvania Committee for the East Coast Greenway.
6. Publications, webinars, and other materials as appropriate to assist trail
development partners.

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Beneficiaries:
PA Department of Transportation, PA Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, PA Department of Community and Economic Development, NJ
Department of Transportation, NJ Department of Environmental Protection, counties,
municipalities, non-profit trail developers, the Circuit Trails Coalition, the private
sector, and the general public.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$89,000

2024

$269,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$89,000

$111,962

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
William Penn Foundation

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$68,038

$0

$89,000

PROJECT: 24-34-100

Aircraft Operations Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Provide current and accurate operations activity data for aviation system planning to
encourage preservation and improvement of regional aviation facilities.
Description:
Aircraft operations counting is an important ongoing regional effort designed to
support Greater Philadelphia's network of airports and heliports, and regional air
travel. Objectives and tasks include the collection of aircraft operations counts at
non-towered airports; the provision of technical assistance to various stakeholders;
and the identification of continuing and new studies.
The primary component of this project will continue DVRPC’s long-standing nontowered aircraft operations counting program. Working with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and its aviation partners from the 12-county area that makes
up the Delaware Valley Regional Airport System, DVRPC has been conducting nontowered aircraft operations counts since 1986. The aircraft counting program is
largely based on a rotating schedule, with the greatest emphasis placed on those
airports which are designated National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
facilities. This counting cycle will conduct counts for Summit (EVY), Wings Field
(LOM), Chester County (MQS), Pennridge (CKZ) airports.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Provide assistance to states, local governments, operators, and consultants on
issues pertaining to regional facilities and the interpretation of operations counting
data.
2. Annual operations counting at selected regional general aviation airports.
A. Deploy and monitor aircraft counting equipment in consultation with airport
operators.
B. Review interim data and provide regular updates on counting activity to partners
and airports throughout the count year.
C. Download the collected data to the aircraft counting system software and review
the data for possible errors.
D. Use the collected operations data to project estimates of seasonal and annual
operations.
E. Collect relevant weather, based aircraft, facility inventory, and helicopter activity
data for each airport.
F. Prepare summary figures and tables and a narrative synopsis of annual
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operations for each airport.
G. Compile all relevant materials into a final report, and update the existing aviation
database and web portal with outputs.
H. Circulate final report to interested parties and members of the DVRPC Regional
Aviation Committee.
Products:
1. Airport operations counting reports for the identified airports.
2. Updated operations data to the aviation database and online tool.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, regional and local airports, and regional residents and
businesses.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$220,000

$0

$0

$0

$220,000

2024

$110,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$107,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) $99,000; PA Aviation $3,000; Local
match $5,000

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PROJECT: 24-34-110

Central Jersey Transportation Forum (CJTF)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Karen Cilurso
Project Manager: Spencer Gober
Goals:
Collaborate and coordinate on regional land use and transportation issues to improve
the quality of life in Central Jersey. The CJTF supports NJDOT MPO Transportation
Priorities by continuing to support greater coordination with other MPOs, NJDOT,
transit agencies, TMAs, and subregions in mobility and land use.
Description:
The Central Jersey Transportation Forum (CJTF) convenes a wide range of public,
non-profit, and private organizations to facilitate a regional, cooperative approach to
solving land use and transportation challenges primarily along the US 1, US 130,
and US 206 corridors in the Central Jersey area.
The Forum has a formal voting structure to speak as a strong and effective regional
voice for central New Jersey. Local membership includes representatives from 24
different municipalities in Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. Guided by a
Steering Committee and supported by an ad-hoc Action Team, the CTJF elects a
Chairperson among the voting members to provide leadership. The Steering
Committee consists of the Forum Chair; Action Team co-Chairs; representatives
from Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties; NJDOT and NJ TRANSIT; DVRPC
and North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA); Keep Middlesex
Moving TMA and Greater Mercer TMA; and a municipal representative. Membership
of the entire Forum meets up to four times per year. Prior to each meeting, the
Steering Committee develops an agenda to address any recent legislation, and
projects or issues that might require additional action. An Action Team meets
separately on an as-needed basis.
DVRPC provides staff support to the CJTF in consultation with NJTPA staff.
Activities include preparing materials for meetings and coordinating with outside
organizations. Staff shares information of interest to the Forum membership through
the web, social media, and other email digests as required. If requested by the
CJTF Forum membership, completion of this project may require the purchase of
equipment and/or services.
Tasks:
1. Provide staff support to the Forum, Steering Committee, and Action Team by
arranging meetings, preparing materials, setting agendas, and coordinating with
other organizations.
2. Build municipal and county ownership of the Forum by facilitating delegation of
tasks to committee members.
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3. Communicate with Forum members via the web, social media and email digests
containing timely news, legislation, events, resources, and funding opportunities.
4. Communicate with Forum participants and serve as a liaison to related projects as
requested and as time allows.
5. Collaborate with staff at NJTPA and county organizations to address
transportation-related concerns, as necessary.
Products:
1. Meeting materials and highlights.
2. Website and social media content.
3. Email digests.
Beneficiaries:
NJDOT; NJ TRANSIT; New Jersey Business Action Center; Transportation
Management Associations (Greater Mercer TMA, Ridewise, and Keep Middlesex
Moving); counties (Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset); municipalities (15 voting plus
9 additional eligible); state and regional organizations; and businesses, residents
and employees of Central Jersey. A complete list of partner organizations that
benefit from participation in the Forum can be found at
https://centraljerseytf.org/resources/partner-orgs.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$125,000

$0

$0

$0

$125,000

2024

$125,000

$0

$0

$0

$125,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $125,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-34-120

I-95 Planning Assistance

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Jesse Buerk
Goals:
The purpose of this program is to support the implementation of I-95 Reconstruction
Projects by serving as a planning and coordination resource for PennDOT.
Description:
This project provides for technical and planning assistance to PennDOT District 6
for support in implementation of the I-95 Reconstruction Projects. DVRPC will be
“on call” for quick-turnaround analysis or data collection tasks in support of specific
and timely I-95 project planning needs. Tasks will include data collection, meeting
and stakeholder coordination, and general research as needed. Subject areas
include congestion mitigation strategies, as well as transit, Transportation
Management Association, environmental, freight, historic, and bicycle/pedestrian
issues. District 6 has limited planning staff, while DVRPC planning staff has multiple
areas of expertise which are beneficial for this work and have been utilized in the
past.
Tasks:
1. Facilitate discussion and prioritization with SEPTA on capital improvements to
mitigate congestion on I-95 during and beyond the reconstruction project timeline;
provide sketch-level benefit/cost analysis of proposed improvements as needed.
Assist with design coordination and implementation of congestion mitigation
strategies.
2. Facilitate coordination between SEPTA, PennDOT, and other agencies, including
multiple agencies/departments within the City of Philadelphia.
3. Coordinate communications and outreach activities with the TMAs.
4. Assist with bicycle and pedestrian planning and coordination efforts in the I-95
corridor.
5. Assist with trail alignment and coordination efforts for trails along the I-95 corridor,
especially for portions related to the East Coast Greenway.
6. Assist with environmental mitigation efforts and context sensitive planning related
to the I-95 reconstruction projects.
7. Assist with coordination of historical preservation efforts related to the I-95
reconstruction projects.
8. Coordinate with freight industry representatives on construction activities, detour
routes, long-range planning, and general coordination.
9. Provide mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) support as
requested.
10. Provide support in coordinating and developing legal agreements, as needed.
11. Assist with identifying and cataloging transportation infrastructure projects within
the corridor.
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12. Assist with coordination related to other transportation and land development
projects in the corridor, as requested.
13. Coordinate implementation of recommended strategies developed from the
DVRPC Alternatives Development for Roosevelt Boulevard Transit Enhancements
study.
14. Coordinate implementation of recommended strategies developed from the
DVRPC Improving Non-motorized Access to Regional Rail Stations on the I-95
Corridor study.
15. Coordinate implementation of recommended strategies developed from the
Bucks County Planning Commission on bicycle and pedestrian access to stations in
Lower Bucks County on SEPTA’s West Trenton Line.
Products:
1. Meeting agendas, summaries, and process memos
2. Prioritized recommendations
3. Benefit-cost and short-term analyses
4. Other documents as requested; may include brochures, marketing materials,
graphics, tables, charts, and fact sheets
5. Maps and interactive map services
Beneficiaries:
PennDOT, Member Governments, SEPTA, Residents, Businesses, Workers

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$100,000
$100,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP# 115972 $80,000 NHPP, $20,000 PA State 581

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$0

Other
$100,000
$100,000

PROJECT: 24-34-130

Enhance and Maintain Travel Forecasting Tools

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Fang Yuan
Project Manager: Benjamin Loeb
Goals:
Support the economic vitality of the region, improve accessibility and mobility for
people, goods and services, protect the environment, enhance connectivity between
modes, and promote the efficient management and operation of the existing
transportation system by updating DVRPC’s travel simulation models to state-of-theart standards and updating the data used in the model.
Description:
DVRPC continually strives to keep its travel simulation models up to date to ensure
the accuracy of travel forecasts and to respond to the requirements associated with
the FTA New Starts program, FHWA conformity demonstrations, NEPA
requirements, and other environmental regulations. Updating and enhancing travel
simulation models is especially important in the era of changing travel behaviors
(post-COVID) and emerging travel technologies (e.g. autonomous vehicles). Major
activities in the Travel Modeling work program area include updating the highway
and transit networks to reflect base conditions; enhancing the demand modeling
methods to better present real-world travel behaviors and emerging travel
technologies; calibrating and re-validating the models with current data; integrating
emerging computer and software technology and new data sources to enhance the
efficiency and credibility of the models; and supporting model applications to
evaluate the impacts and benefits of various transportation investment and planning
scenarios.
In FY 2023, DVRPC completed updating its travel simulation models, including the
conventional trip-based model (TIM2x) and the new activity-based model (TIM3x),
from the 2015 base-year conditions to the 2019 (pre-COVID) base-year conditions,
and migrating its modeling platform from VISUM 18 to VISUM 2023. The base-year
model inputs, including transportation networks, transit schedules, road tolls,
parking charges, transit fares, zonal demographic and employment data, and the
model validation targets, including VMT, transit ridership, highway volume, and
travel speed, have been collected for the 2019 conditions. The trip-based model,
still the faster production model, was first updated and re-validated to a 2019 base
year. The TIM2x model software and scripts were also upgraded to VISUM 2023
and Python 3 to take advantages of new software development. The activity-based
model was also updated to the 2019 base year. The 2019 model data were
transferred from TIM2.5 to TIM3.2, and additional data will be collected and
developed specifically for TIM3x, including 2019/20 microzone data, PUMA data,
population control totals for population synthesizer, and other inputs for DaySim.
TIM3x model tools (PopSim and NetBuffer) and scripts were updated and revamped
as transitioning to VISUM 2023 and Python 3. In FY 2024, the new 2019-based
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TIM3.2 will continue be validated in details, tested for sensitivity, and customized for
regional needs. TIM3.2 will be fully integrated with other auxiliary travel models,
including truck and airport models which will also be upgraded and validated to 2019
conditions in FY 2024.
In FY 2023, a new tour-based truck model development was completed, using the
2017/18 INRIX data and the FAF5 data (with a 2017 base year). The new truck
model was still validated to the 2015 conditions, with a focus on heavy and medium
trucks due to the nature and limitation of data sources. In FY 2024, the tour-based
truck model will also be updated and re-validated to the 2019 base year. The 2019
employment estimates, truck tolls, truck counts, truck speeds, truck restrictions, and
estimated truck VMTs will be collected and used for the truck model updates.
Additional model improvement, re-calibration, validation and sensitivity tests will be
needed, with more focuses on light trucks considering the increasing truck activities
due to e-commerce. Data purchase may be required for improving the light truck
model. The new truck model uses the FAF data as inputs to truck tour generation
from ports and externals. The FAF5 forecasts (2020- 2025) will be collected, as
they become available, and disaggregated from FAF zones to the port zones and
externals in the regional models. The tour-based truck models will be integrated
with new 2019-based TIM3.2 models. Scripts and tools will be developed for
visualizing truck activity and tour patterns in VISUM 2023. Sensitivity tests will be
also conducted after the 2019 model updates and revalidation.
In FY2024, DVRPC will continue to monitor COVID-related travel and behavior
changes and collect data as needed. While updating and revalidating the models to
the 2019 (pre-COVID) conditions is the most viable approach to keep the model
inputs up to date, it will be critical to adjust the model more frequently, as travel
behaviors is likely changing in a more permanent way since COVID. Re-collecting
traffic counts at key screenline locations, continuously collecting travel time data on
main corridors in the region, and reviewing National Household Travel Survey data
and other MPO's household and on-board survey results are effective ways to
understand the extent of travel changes and recovery, and provide necessary basis
to adjust models for short-term and long-term forecasting. In FY 2024, model recalibration and adjustments will be made as needed, to reflect long-term changes in
work-from-home patterns, land use, trip rates by purpose, the diurnal distribution of
travel, destination choices, and mode choices including non-motorized modes.
Future-year socio-economic forecasts and transportation projects from DVRPC's
2050 Long Range Plan will be incorporated into VISUM's Scenario Manager for use
in both the trip- and activity-based models and anticipated opening years will be
adjusted when necessary to reflect up-to-date project schedules. New Synthetic
Populations for 2019, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050 will be
developed for the AB model. Conformity Determinations will be made for the 2050
LRP each time it is amended.
New reporting tools to support DVRPC's and its member governments Equity
Analysis, policies, and programs will be developed for TIM3.x. Tables, figures, and
visualization of model outputs will be developed for defined disadvantaged
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communities and other historically underserved populations.
DVRPC's recently completed enhanced, tour-based freight model will be used to
provide future-year truck origin destination, and route choice data to support the
development of a primary truck network.
Last but not least, updated model data will be integrated and published using the
TIM viewer, a web tool for planning partners to access and visualize the model data
(inputs, outputs, and validation data) outside the VIUSM platform. The TIM viewer
was tested for presenting the 2015 TIM data and special applications such as the
Philadelphia Trip Generation model. It will be further improved and used for sharing
the new 2019 data in the regional level.
The models developed under this program will ensure that DVRPC continues to
meet and exceed the state and federal requirements and also has the necessary
tools to evaluate the projects, policies, and programs that are of interest to the
Commission’s member governments. This project may require DVRPC to purchase
goods and/or services.
Tasks:
1. Develop 2025-2050 control targets for population synthesizer (PopSim)
2. Develop 2025-2050 inputs for DaySim
3. Transition TIM3.2 to VISUM 2023, including all its scripts and tools (PopSim and
NetBuffer) to work with Python 3.
4. Customize and fully validate TIM3.2 to 2019 conditions
5. Conduct sensitivity tests with TIM3.2
6. Update TIM3x model documentation and validation report
7. Develop TIM3x based tools for equality analysis
8. Collect and disaggregate FAF5 forecasts for tour-based truck models
9. Validate the tour-based truck models to 2019 conditions
10. Conduct sensitivity tests with the updated truck tour model.
11. Develop visualization tool for the tour-based truck model and data.
12. Update truck tour model documentation and validation report
13. Monitor COVID-related travel changes, collect data and adjust mode
assumptions as needed
14. Update VISUM Scenario Manager for 2050 Long Range Plan
15. Develop demographic and employment forecasts based on 2050 LRP, as
updated and amended.
16. Update the airport model with 2019 data
17. Update TIM viewer
18. Prepare future-year estimates of truck origins, destinations, and route choices.
Products:
1. Validated ABM model with 2019 base year.
2. Validated tour-based truck model with 2019 base year, integrated with TIM 3.x
3. Visualization tools for tour-based passenger and truck models and data.
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4. Updated tools to interact with MOVES3.0, User Benefits, and Land Use model
5. Updated VISUM Scenario Manger for 2050 Long Range Plan.
6. Updated model documents
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, transit operators, member governments.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$665,000

$5,000

$660,000

2024

$665,000

$5,000

$660,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115973 - $454,400 STU/Toll Credit; PA PL FHWA
Supplemental $20,000; NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $185,600 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-34-140

District 6 Modeling Assistance

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Keith Hartington
Project Manager: Matthew Gates
Goals:
Support the implementation of PennDOT District 6 Reconstruction Projects by
serving as a planning and coordination resource for PennDOT and providing traffic
modeling and forecasting services throughout the I-95 corridor, and along other
facilities as needed.
Description:
This project provides for technical and planning assistance to PennDOT District 6
for support in implementation of the I-95 Reconstruction Projects, and other traffic
studies as identified by PennDOT. DVRPC will be “on call” for quick-turnaround
analysis or data collection tasks in support of specific and timely I-95 project
planning needs. Tasks will include data collection, meeting and stakeholder
coordination, traffic modeling and forecasting, and general research as needed.
This project will dedicate two-person years of DVRPC modeling staff time to prepare
traffic forecasts throughout the I-95 corridor in Pennsylvania and on other District 6
projects as required. The staff members will report to the Manager, Office of Travel
Trends and Forecasts, and work with other staff as needed to prepare traffic
forecasts and other modeling services.
New traffic data and forecasts are needed for several tasks. These include
analyzing additional interchange configurations to improve safety, reduce
congestion, and address community concerns; support new or updated Point-ofAccess (POA) studies; extend the horizon year of previous traffic forecasts in the
corridor; analyze and plan for future freight activity; and prepare detour route
forecasts for later construction phases.
Tasks:
1.
Coordinate with PennDOT and their consultants; attend meetings and make
presentations as needed.
2.
Focus and calibrate regional travel demand model on the I-95 corridor, and
other facilities as needed.
3.
Conduct computerized traffic assignments to determine horizon year traffic
volumes under No-Build and Build scenarios.
4.
Prepare average weekday daily traffic (AWDT) traffic volumes for I-95
mainline, ramps, and selected facilities impacted by the I-95 scenarios throughout
Sectors A, B, C, and D.
5.
Prepare AM and PM peak hour traffic forecasts, including intersection turning
movements for the No-Build and Build scenarios, as needed.
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6.
Collect, tabulate, and/or process origin-destination and travel time data, as
needed.
7.
Prepare forecasts to evaluate the impact of new or improved transit
connections on highway patterns, volumes, and interchange operations, as needed.
8.
Prepare forecasts to evaluate the impacts of new land uses and/or
redevelopment on travel patterns, volumes, and interchange operations, as needed.
9.
Prepare maps and tables for transmittal of the data and travel forecasts to
PennDOT and their consultants.
10. Prepare technical memorandums documenting the results of the travel
forecasting; incorporate any comments from PennDOT and their consultants.
Products:
1.
2.

Traffic forecasts with supporting maps, tables, and figures.
Process memos as needed.

Beneficiaries:
PennDOT

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$460,000

2024

$460,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$460,000
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP MPMS # 115974 - $368,000 NHPP, $92,000 PA State 581

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Other

$460,000

PROJECT: 24-34-150

Philadelphia Trip Generation Model

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gates
Project Manager: Brad Lane, Fang Yuan
Goals:
Develop a tool that can accurately quantify the impact of new, mixed-use
development in terms of:
A. Total person-trips generated;
B. Vehicle, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian mode share; and
C. Parking demand.
Collect the necessary data, and then estimate, validate/calibrate, and apply the
model for Philadelphia County.
Description:
There is a widespread belief that the available tools for estimating travel demand
from urban development are not as accurate as they could be, particularly at the
individual site level. The implications are that cities may be hindered in developing
appropriate travel impact mitigations; that cities lack good information to
communicate to existing residents regarding the potential travel impacts of
proposed development; and that cities, with better tools, would be able to make
stronger policy based on a more reliable understanding of travel demand and
development impacts.
Assessments of the impact of new land use development on the transportation
network often rely on the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation
and Parking Generation informational reports. Current ITE rates generally represent
travel behavior for separated, single-use developments in low-density suburban
areas. However, a more compact urban form, access to transit, and a greater mix of
uses are known to generate fewer and shorter vehicle trips. This project will develop
multimodal trip generation rates that better reflect the relationship between land use,
transportation, and travel demand for specific land use types located in heavily
urbanized settings. The research conducted for this project will account for how the
built environment (e.g., both land use and transportation) influences travel behavior
(number of trips, trip length, mode choice), and determine trip and parking rates that
reflect the entire activity spectrum of different development/place typologies. The
research will also account for the relationship between parking and trip generation.
This project is inspired by a similar tool that was built for Washington, DC. However,
their approach will be modified in order to leverage several existing DVRPC tools,
datasets, and studies. These include DVRPC’s TIM Data Viewer, its Bicycle Level of
Traffic Stress application, its sidewalk inventory and other GIS datasets, its Transit
Score methodology, the Co-Star real estate and NETS Employment databases, and
the its recent work to develop Trip Generation Rates for Smart Growth and TransitOriented Developments.
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The project will be undertaken in three phases. The first phase will design and build
the tool’s software and user interface, assemble various transportation and land use
datasets, and create a data collection plan and tablet-based survey instrument. It is
assumed that the software will be an extension and modification of DVRPC’s TIM
data viewer and the geographic level of analysis will be the travel models Traffic
Analysis Zones (eg, Census Block Groups in Philadelphia).
Phase II will focus on site selection and data collection. This phase will be deferred
until FY2023 to avoid any temporary travel behavior changes due to the COVID-19
pandemic. The final phase will analyze the collected data, develop the relationships
between input and output variables, and validate the tool for mixed-use
developments in Philadelphia. A User’s Guide with instructions for using the tool will
be written as part of Phase III. This phase may begin in FY2023 and continue into
FY2024. Later phases could be added to extend the tool to urban areas in other
counties in the DVRPC region.
This project may require the purchase of goods and/or services, including temporary
survey workers.
Tasks:
Phase I – Software Development Tasks:
1. Coordinate with Philadelphia Planning Commission and Office of Transportation,
Infrastructure, and Sustainability to identify the tool’s functions and outputs.
2. Review relevant literature on adjustments to ITE Trip Generation Rates.
3. Specify software design including functionality, interface, background layers and
tiles, input data, calculations to perform, output data, graphics and reports, and
results for download and export results.
4. Prepare GIS and other existing datasets including retail employment, accessibility
measures, transit score, distance to transit stations, parking availability and cost,
occupied housing units, land-use mix/entropy variable, level of bicycle traffic stress,
sidewalk connectivity, density, and real estate characteristics.
5. Prepare ITE Trip Generation Rate and TIM3.1 travel model data for comparisons
to model outputs.
6. Populate PostGRES database by exporting GIS and VISUM datasets.
7. Modify TIM Data Viewer and add functions to view existing input datasets, to
modify input data to account for proposed developments, and to calculate and report
person trips by vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian modes for AM and PM
peak periods.
8. Modify Data Viewer’s Tile Server to display additional layers.
9. Create Python scripts to facilitate data import and calculations.
10. Modify zonal reporting, downloading, and exporting functions.
Phase II – Data Collection Tasks:
1. Coordinate with Philadelphia Planning Commission and Office of Transportation,
Infrastructure, and Sustainability to identify candidate sites to survey. Coordinate
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with neighborhood groups and improvement districts on outreach to building owners
and managers.
2. With assistance from PCPC and oTIS, create data collection plan, specify site
characteristics, and identify candidate sites.
3. Interview, hire, and train temporary surveyors.
4. Prepare data collection schedules and itineraries.
5. Create intercept survey form and code survey onto tablet computers.
6. Execute Survey
7. Tabulate and process survey data, clean data, and expand survey results.
Phase III – Model Estimation and Validation Tasks:
1. Perform regression analyses and other calculations to determine AM and PM
peak period person trip rates for mixed-use developments in Philadelphia as a
function of location, dwelling units, parking supply, and retail employment.
2. Perform regression analyses and other calculations to determine AM and PM
peak period mode shares for vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian trips.
3. Incorporate calculated relationships into Philadelphia Trip Generation Tool
4. Configure Tool to be hosted on City of Philadelphia’s server and website..
5. Test and validate tool’s predictions by predicting trip rates for additional sites,
collecting data at those sites, and comparing predicted to observed results.
6. Modify model as needed.
7. Prepare User’s Guide and Instructions.
Products:
1. Philadelphia Trip Generation Tool.
2. User’s Guide
Beneficiaries:
Philadelphia County, commercial developers, public

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$150,000

2024

$150,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$150,000

$0

$150,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #117935 - $150,000 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-34-160

I-95 Traffic Forecasts

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gates
Goals:
To support the implementation of all I-95 and I-295 Projects by providing traffic data,
modeling and forecasting services throughout the I-95/I-295 corridor, and along other
facilities as needed.
Description:
PennDOT is currently undertaking a long-term, multi-phase initiative to reconstruct
and improve Interstates 95 and 295 in Pennsylvania. Projects are underway that will
reconstruct approximately eight miles of I-95 north of Center City Philadelphia,
known as Sector A. These projects include the Cottman/Princeton Interchange
area, the Bridge Street Interchange area, the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue
Interchange area, the Allegheny Avenue Interchange area, and the Girard Avenue
Interchange area. Planning and design work is proceeding for Sector B between
the Girard Point Bridge and Spring Garden Street to improve the Broad Street, Walt
Whitman Bridge, and Penn's Landing area interchanges. Additional planning
activities are occurring in both Sector C (Delaware State line to Girard Point Bridge)
and Sector D (Academy Road to NJ State line).
Over the last several years, DVRPC prepared traffic data and forecasts throughout
the I-95/I-295 corridor to analyze the traffic volume impacts of alternative
interchange configurations, support the screening of construction staging and
closure alternatives, mitigate congestion along detour routes, address community
concerns, and support point-of-access studies.
During the next several years, new traffic data and forecasts will be needed for
additional tasks, as planning, design, and construction occurs throughout the
corridor. A wide range of data collection, analysis, and forecasting is anticipated.
These include collecting traffic volumes, compositions, and travel times; processing
origin-destination data; analyzing freight movements; preparing travel model inputs
to micro-simulation models; updating traffic forecasts with new long-range
demographic and employment projections; preparing transit ridership forecasts;
analyzing local street network impacts associated with I-95/I-295 construction; and
providing data collection and forecasting services to support coordination and
planning activities associated with the Bellwether District, Penn's Landing,
Philadelphia International Airport, Sports Complex, Navy Yard, and waterfront ports.
This is an annual project may require the purchase of goods or services.

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Tasks:
1. Coordinate with PennDOT and their consultants on all aspects of the project.
Attend meetings and make presentations as needed.
2. Collect ATR and turning movement traffic counts, as needed, at selected locations
along I-95, I-295, their interchanges, and local streets and arterials throughout the
corridor.
3. Collect, tabulate, and/or process origin-destination and travel time data, as
needed.
4. Focus and calibrate regional travel demand model on the I-95/I-295 corridor.
5. Prepare updated travel demand model inputs for 2045 and 2050 horizon years.
6. Prepare average weekday daily traffic (AWDT) traffic volumes for I-95 mainline,
ramps, and selected facilities, as needed.
7. Prepare AM and PM peak hour traffic forecasts, including intersection turning
movements, as needed.
8. Prepare forecasts to evaluate the impact of new or improved transit connections
on I-95/I-295 travel patterns, volumes, and interchange operations, as needed.
9. Prepare forecasts to evaluate the impacts of new redevelopment on I-95/I-295
travel patterns, volumes, and interchange operations, as needed.
10. Coordinate with freight industry representatives on construction activities and
detour routes.
11. Prepare maps, tables, and figures for transmittal of the data and forecasts to
PennDOT and their consultants.
12. Prepare technical memorandums documenting the results of the travel forecasts,
as needed.
Products:
1. Maps, tables, and figures displaying traffic volumes and forecasts.
2. Technical memorandums.
Beneficiaries:
PennDOT; Member Governments; SEPTA, Residents, and Businesses in the
Corridor.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$155,000

2024

$155,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #117934 - $155,000 STP-IM/Toll Credit

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Other
$155,000

$0

$155,000

PROJECT: 24-34-170

PA Air Quality Action Supplemental Services

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sean Greene
Project Manager: Stacy Bartels
Goals:
Improve the region's air quality by encouraging public action to reduce air pollution
and protect public health through the Air Quality Action program, an episodic,
voluntary program for ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5).
Description:
This project will fund supplemental services performed by contractors in the
implementation of the Air Quality Action program. Services may include design and
production of education and outreach materials; advertising, printing, and placement
of advertising through the media (television, online, radio, and in newspapers) and
place-based advertisements.
Advertisements will educate the public about ozone and PM 2.5 pollution and
encourage actions to reduce activities that contribute to air pollution, especially on
days that are forecast to be unhealthy for people susceptible to ozone and PM 2.5
pollution.
This project will support partner efforts to discourage idling, utilize alternative
commuting strategies, take public transit, and to alert the public of poor air quality
days based on the air quality index.
Tasks:
1. Contract for the design and production of advertisements and promotional
literature such as brochures, posters, flags, anti-idling signage, and educational
materials.
2. Contract for the placement of advertising on radio, television, web, place-based,
or newspapers.
Products:
1. Advertisements and educational literature.
2. Materials to support the Flags for Schools and anti-idling initiatives
3. Event and organization sponsorships.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments and residents of the region.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$125,000

$0

$0

$0

$125,000

2024

$125,000

$0

$0

$0

$125,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115970 - $100,000 CMAQ/$25,000 PA DEP State Match

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PROJECT: 24-34-180

NJ Air Quality Action Supplemental Services

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sean Greene
Project Manager: Stacy Bartels
Goals:
Improve the region's air quality by encouraging public action to reduce air pollution
and protect public health through the Air Quality Action program, an episodic,
voluntary program for ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5).
Description:
This project will fund supplemental services performed by contractors in the
implementation of the Air Quality Action program. Services may include design and
production of education and outreach materials; advertising, printing, and placement
of advertising through the media (television, online, radio, and in newspapers) and
place-based advertisements.
Advertisements will educate the public about ozone and PM 2.5 pollution and
encourage actions to reduce activities that contribute to air pollution, especially on
days that are forecast to be unhealthy for people susceptible to ozone and PM 2.5
pollution.
This project will support partner efforts to discourage idling, utilize alternative
commuting strategies, take public transit, and to alert the public of poor air quality
days based on the air quality index.
Tasks:
1. Contract for the design and production of advertisements and promotional
literature such as brochures, posters, flags, anti-idling signage, and educational
materials.
2. Contract for the placement of advertising on radio, television, online, or
newspapers.
Products:
1. Advertisements and educational literature.
2. Materials to support the Flags for Schools and anti-idling initiatives
3. Event and organization sponsorships.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments and residents of the region.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$50,000

$0

$0

$0

$50,000

2024

$50,000

$0

$0

$10,000

$40,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #D0407 - $40,000 CMAQ

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PROJECT: 24-34-190

Regional Electric Vehicle Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sean Greene
Goals:
Provide leadership to the region on the transition to an electrified transportation
system, including:
- proffering guidance, advice and assistance to municipalities on how to effectively
and efficiently support residents, business, and visitors to their municipalities in their
use of electric vehicles
- encouraging and supporting municipal, county, regional, state, and transit agency
officials in developing policies and practices to help transition their vehicles to electric
or zero-emission vehicles.
- assisting in developing and disseminating information on regional energy use,
energy costs, and GHG emissions in regards to electric vehicles.
- representing DVRPC’s regional/MPO perspective at appropriate policy venues,
including PA and NJ state committees/meetings and TRB-related activities.
- facilitating regional coordination by drawing on and strengthening relationships
among state, regional, county, and municipal officials throughout the region, as well
as relationships with other key stakeholders, including transit authorities, utilities,
businesses, institutions, and non-profit organizations. This work will foster continued
cooperation and coordination across MPO and state boundaries where appropriate to
ensure a regional approach to addressing these issues.
Description:
This project leads planning efforts to prepare the region for the anticipated increase
in the number of battery electric vehicles (EVs) in the DVRPC region by assisting
with planning for, and funding of, electric vehicle charging equipment (EVSE).
The past few years have seen tremendous growth in the use of electricity in
transportation. This includes private passenger vehicles, public transit buses, and
delivery vehicles. The electrification of the transportation sector presents a wide
range of planning challenges. DVRPC will leverage existing planning tools and data
to assist planning partners in identifying logical locations for investing in EV
infrastructure. DVRPC will offer data and technical support to assist in funding
applications and EVSE deployment plans.
This project supports both states’ National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI)
deployment plans as well as the goals of the State of New Jersey P.L. 2019, c. 362,
and PennDOT and PA DEP programs and policies that serve to increase electric
vehicles including passenger vehicles, medium and heavy duty vehicles and transit
vehicles. In addition, this project supports the region’s transit agencies’ goals of
increasing the role of battery electric buses in its fleet.
Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey have dedicated significant resources to vehicle
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electrification.
Tasks:
1. Use the available data from "Planning for Electric Vehicles - Mapping Vehicle
Distribution and Workplace Charging Demand" tool to assist planning partners in
identifying locations for public EVSE.
2. Work with both states to update electric vehicle registration data and make this
data available for planning purposes.
3. Work with municipalities and counties to provide guidance on EVs through online
municipal resource guides, workshops, technical assistance, and charging
infrastructure analyses.
4. Facilitate EV coordination and discussion among partner organizations within the
region.
5. Participate in relevant local, regional, state, and national efforts related to electric
vehicles and electric vehicle charging, including work with PA DEP, PennDOT, NJ
DEP, NJ DOT, and NJ BPU. Coordinate as needed with NJTPA and SJTPO to
assure that messaging in NJ counties is consistent.
6. Participate in conversations regarding implementation of the "Multi-State Mediumand Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding" signed by
the governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
7. Manage the Interagency Battery Electric Bus Dialogue, which brings ten of the
largest transit agencies in the U.S., including SEPTA and NJ Transit, together in a
monthly call to share their challenges and successes with battery electric buses.
8. Investigate and promote funding opportunities for EV fleet replacement and
publicly accessible EVSE. Share case studies and recommendations for
procurement from online municipal guidance with county and municipal partners.
Completion of these tasks may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Products:
1. Updated online EV guidance for municipalities, including new and updated case
studies, expanding information on financial and other resources, and revising the
scope of the resource as appropriate.
3. Responses to advice and technical assistance requests from counties and
municipalities in the region.
3. EV charging infrastructure analyses for DVRPC counties.
4. Workshops and presentations for planning partners on electric vehicles.
5. Support for PennDOT NEVI funding program, assisting with program planning and
funding applications.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments; state and federal agencies; transit authorities, municipal
officials; and citizens.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$150,000

2024

$150,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$150,000

$0

$150,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #117936 $75,000 STU/Toll Credit; NJ TIP- DB# X30A$75,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-34-200

2025 On-Board and Household Travel Survey Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gates
Project Manager: Brad Lane, Fang Yuan, Joshua Rocks
Goals:
Develop a comprehensive and efficient data collection methodology and plan for
DVRPC's next Household Travel Survey and Transit On-Board Survey.
Description:
On-Board and Household Travel Surveys are necessary both to understand the
travel behavior of a region’s residents and workers, and also to build and validate
travel models that reflect that behavior. They provide up-to-date trip and tour rates
by purpose and household or person type; insights into the interactions between
transportation and land use; origin, destination, and trip length frequency data;
detailed statistics on the factors that affect mode choice and transit ridership; and
information on how auto operating costs, tolls, fares, and parking charges impact
the transportation system. As the COVID pandemic recedes, several structural
changes that impact trip making behavior and the transportation system are likely to
endure, including a greater propensity to work-from-home, a greater reliance on
ecommerce, and less of a traditional downtown / CBD focus for work trips. Longterm impacts to transit ridership and trip rates by purpose and time-of-day are less
well understood.
DVRPC conducted Household Travel Surveys in 2001 and 2012 and a
comprehensive transit On-Board survey in 2015. The target date for our next set of
surveys is 2025, for several reasons. We expect that pandemic-related travel
behavior changes will have stabilized into a “new normal” by then. Additionally,
2025 will also be the next validation year for our travel models, so that is an ideal
time to do the data collection. The SEPTA Key program is fully rolled-out and their
Bus Revolution services changes are scheduled to occur in 2024.
Planning for new federal, state, and local transportation policies and programs
would also benefit from new survey data. These include the federal Carbon
Reduction Program and Justice40 Initiative, expanded efforts to improve equity
through transportation projects, and Vision Zero programs to improve safety. All of
these are likely to lead to changes in the types and locations of transportation
programs and projects that are pursued for the next several decades. Accurate, upto-date data on the characteristics of the users of the system and how they use the
system will be essential to forecast the impacts of, and plan for the implementation
of these projects.
There are several new and emerging technologies that may offer significant benefits
over traditional pen and paper surveys in terms of easier facilitation and
implementation of the data collection process, higher survey response rates, and
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more accurate survey results. These include the use of smartphone applications
and tracking devices by survey respondents, purchasing trip data from Location
Based Services from one or more of several vendors, add-ons to the National
Household Travel Survey program, and mining SEPTA Key data. It is anticipated
that the most effective and efficient data collection program would combine
elements of these programs with traditional survey diaries and on-board interviews.
This project would develop a data collection plan during FY2024 for both a
comprehensive On-Board Survey and a Household Travel Survey. A consultant
would be hired with extensive expertise and experience with designing both
Household and On-Board surveys throughout the country. They would review the
current best practices in conducting these surveys and the new emerging and
feasible methods to use location based data for travel survey behavior analysis
and/or supplementing traditional surveys, and recommend data collection plans to
meet the unique needs of the Delaware Valley region, leverage existing data
sources, such as SEPTA’s Key program, and ensure that DVRPC’s travel models
have the data they need to accurately analyze future transportation plans, policies,
programs, and projects.
This project will require the purchase of goods and/or services.
Tasks:
1. Review Next Generation Household Survey questionnaire, methodology, and
details regarding pooled-fund and add-on survey programs.
2. Review national examples of Household and On-Board surveys conducted by
peer MPOs and/or state DOTs.
3. Review available data products from INRIX, StreetLight, Replica, and other
transportation analytics data providers.
4. Review available data sources internal to DVRPC and its planning partners
5. Create steering committee comprised of representatives from member
governments and transit operators.
6. Draft RFP for consultant assistance.
7. Review and evaluate proposals.
8. Select consultant and execute contract.
9. Supervise and review consultant's work and products.
10. Review, edit, and finalize Household Travel Survey data collection plan.
11. Review, edit, and finalize On-Board Survey data collection plan.
Products:
1. Household Travel Survey data collection plan.
2. Transit On-Board Survey data collection plan.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, transit operators, member counties and cities, and local governments.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$200,000

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #119496 $140,000 STU/Toll Credit; NJ TIP- DB# D2303
$60,000 STBGP-PHILA

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Other
$200,000

PROJECT: 24-52-100

Regional TOP Competitive Program Administration
(PA and NJ)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Bernknopf
Project Manager: Stacy Bartels
Goals:
This project supports ongoing administration, strategic planning, and priority-setting
work for the regional competitive Travel Options Program (TOP), which funds
implementation of TDM projects in Southeastern PA and NJ. This program also
supports efforts to incorporate TDM more frequently into DVRPC and partner plans
and projects, and encourages cooperation among partners on these
efforts—contributing to more efficient and affordable use of our region’s multimodal
transportation infrastructure for improved access and equity overall.
Description:
In FY2021, DVRPC convened a new Regional TDM Advisory Committee with
partner agencies, which developed and helped reach regional consensus on goals,
objectives, and an initial vision for a new regional approach to prioritizing and
funding the development of new ways to incorporate TDM strategies in the DVRPC
region, and to implement new efforts and promote TDM in different ways. This
Committee also helped develop and prioritize strategies to guide the selected pilot
projects for testing, and helped determine ways to measure performance and
impact.
Since then, this committee oversaw a reconstitution of regional TDM efforts at
DVRPC into two programs: a Regional TDM base program that funds ongoing work
for long-time grantees, and the Travel Options Program (TOP) competitive program
which is intended to fund experimental or pilot initiatives. This project supports
ongoing planning, evaluation, and program development work for TOP, including
administration and evaluation of current projects, and development and oversight of
the next competitive program round. DVRPC manages the contracts and invoicing
activities with each of the selected grantees under this program.
This work also includes ongoing peer/best practice assessment for successful
historic and current TDM plans and programs, here and in other regions, and
evaluation of current plans and data that can be used to inform new priorities. A
performance-based and outcome-driven approach to developing, evaluating,
selecting, and undertaking projects will help staff and stakeholders strengthen
existing TDM programs, and determine new longer-term initiatives that can serve as
a foundation for the regional TDM portfolio in future years. Completion of this work
may require the purchase of equipment or services.

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Tasks:
1. Convene regular meetings and/or workshops of the Regional TDM Advisory
Committee, comprised of DVRPC member governments, State DOTs, transit
agencies, partner MPOs and others, as appropriate, to continue providing input to
and support for the Regional TDM Program.
2. Manage administrative functions associated with grants and reporting, as well as
contract management and accounting activities.
3. Based on the outcomes of funded projects, further develop and prioritize
strategies and pilot programs for broader testing in the DVRPC region, as well as
ways to measure performance.
4. Document historic and ongoing TDM activities, in our region and nationally, as
applicable, and consider relevant, available plans and data that can be used to
inform new regional priorities for action. Share this information with committee
members as relevant.
5. Review and revise, if necessary, the Regional TDM Plan (vision, goals, outcomes,
and strategies) as a guide for our approach to TDM in the DVRPC region.
6. Document TDM projects that build on current activities and success, and also
cultivate new strategies for trial, evaluation, and growth.
Products:
1. Progress reports; meeting summaries; technical briefs/white papers.
2. Maintain the strategic plan for regional TDM activities, that can be updated as
needed and required.
3. Application materials, releases, and evaluation materials.
4. Contracting and reporting materials as appropriate.
5. Ongoing updates to the program’s web pages on the DVRPC web site for
applicants to view information on upcoming applications and previous projects and
case studies.
Beneficiaries:
DOTs; State, County, and City partners; transit agencies; TMAs; employers;
commuters; residents.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$300,000

$20,000

$280,000

2024

$300,000

$20,000

$280,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS # 117931 - $50,000 STU/Toll Credit; NJ TIP- DB# D02005$50,000 STBGP-PHILA; DVRPC local -$100,000; PennDOT PL FHWA
Supplemental- $80,000.

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PROJECT: 24-52-110

ExPo: Experimental Pop-ups Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Betsy Mastaglio
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Cassidy Boulan, Christopher Mulroy
Goals:
Assist communities (counties, municipalities, community/neighborhood groups, or
partnerships therein) in the region with implementing innovative solutions to
transportation problems through demonstration, pop-up, and/or quick build projects.
The program will work with communities to design, implement, and measure projects
that apply various pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and roadway strategies that address
safety, access and placemaking in their respective communities.
Description:
Communities are increasingly moving toward planning and engineering projects that
can be implemented without unduly long project timelines and high costs. These
projects, sponsored by community groups, activists, municipalities, and counties,
aim to raise awareness of safety, mobility, and/or placemaking issues and solutions
by demonstrating a proposed design in context. By piloting and building lightweight
projects, communities can:
• Test a design strategy;
• Engage and educate stakeholders;
• Spark attention and conversation around a civic issue;
• Shorten project delivery timelines;
• Minimize disruption and cost;
• Conduct data-driven analysis; and
• Gather community support for future funding applications.
DVRPC staff will work with selected communities to advance a design intervention
that addresses safety, mobility, and/or placemaking goals on local roads (non-state,
non-federal aid). DVRPC assistance may take many shapes. Staff may work directly
with a community coalition to provide technical assistance in developing concept
design(s) for the project, identifying and coordinating with appropriate agencies,
assisting with public outreach, creating educational and promotional materials,
identifying performance measures, and creating and implementing data collection
through intercept surveys, online polling, and/or multimodal traffic counts. DVRPC
will lead a project through some, or all of these tasks based on project sponsor
capacity and the needs of the project. Following the implementation, DVRPC will
summarize the project in an easy-to-understand format, either as a memo,
webpage, slide show, handout, or brochure. Summaries can be used by project
sponsors to pursue permanent installation and to share with other regional partners
that may be considering similar strategies. DVRPC may also take an advisory or
participatory role while the project is led by others.
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These projects and their outcomes will engage and educate the public, agency staff,
and elected leaders throughout the DVRPC region so that they may advance their
own pedestrian, bicyclist, and placemaking strategies. This program aims to
become a long-term program that best serves the region. Part of DVRPC's role will
also be to share lessons learned from regional projects with or without DVRPC's
involvement, in order to increase awareness of demonstration projects. Some of
these activities may require DVRPC to purchase materials and supplies or other
services to meet program goals.
Tasks:
1. Identify at least two community partnerships with whom DVRPC can provide
technical assistance from project start to finish aiming for one demonstration project
in both PA and NJ. Projects must: have a motivated project sponsor, have a direct
transportation or placemaking solution to be tested/piloted, and can be designed and
implemented within 6-9 months with available community/stakeholder resources
(materials and funding).
2. As capacity and interest among communities warrants, provide support to regional
demonstration projects through design and process feedback, travel monitoring
counts, marketing and sharing of resources.
3. Identify and purchase materials to support the goals, outreach, education and
analysis of the project.
4. Share lessons learned from regional projects that summarize demonstration
project processes and outcomes.
Products:
Project summaries including plans, photos, and performance measures of projects.
Memorandums, webinars, presentations and/or a dedicated web page sharing
regional demonstration project processes and outcomes.
Beneficiaries:
DVRPC partners, community and arts groups, traveling public, residents, and local
businesses.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$200,000

2024

$200,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$200,000

$0

$200,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT Connects $100,000, NJ TIP DB #X30A $100,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-52-120

SEPTA Regional Rail TSCD and Station Area Planning

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Andrew Svekla
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Sarah Moran
Goals:
To support the key policies of Connections 2050 by creating more walkable,
bikeable, and transit-oriented communities.
Support SEPTA’s Transit Supportive Communities Development (TSCD) Program by
evaluating the development potential of SEPTA-owned land at three Regional Rail
stations located in Bucks, Montgomery, and Delaware counties respectively.
This project supports PennDOT's Planning Priorities of “Land Use / Transportation
Linkages/Economic Development/Modernization,” specifically to “identify livability,
sustainability, and resiliency planning strategies to tie the quality and location of
transportation facilities and services to broader opportunities such as; access to
employment opportunities, affordable housing, quality schools, safe streets,
economic development, social equity, and environment conservation,” and to
“provide input on any training and planning activities targeted to county and local
governments, conservation districts and community stakeholders,” on topics such as
smart growth, complete streets, implementation tools, transit-oriented development,
and healthy communities.
Description:
TOD is a promising strategy to address declining ridership levels and the prospect
of decreasing public funding. SEPTA initiated a Transit Supportive Community
Development (TSCD) program to bolster the support for TOD in a variety of ways.
Staff collaborated with SEPTA to screen agency-owned property near its rail
stations in an effort to identify potential development sites, which identified more
than 40 SEPTA-owned properties as having “Moderate/High” or “High” TOD
potential based on a variety of physical, market, and regulatory factors.
Staff will use the rail station screening and take a deeper dive into three stations:
Bristol (Trenton Line), Wynnewood (Paoli Thorndale Line), and Clifton-Aldan (Media
Wawa Line). The Bristol and Wynnewood stations are currently listed on SEPTA’s
Capital Program, but have not yet entered the agency’s design process. Meanwhile,
transit operations near the Clifton-Aldan Station may be revised in the future as part
of the Trolley Modernization Program. Staff will focus on how existing zoning,
market conditions, local accessibility concerns, and parking considerations may
influence the development of these sites.

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Tasks:
1. Develop conceptual land use, design, access, and parking scenarios for selected
SEPTA properties.
2. Inventory the land use regulations, site constraints, and operational considerations
governing development of SEPTA-owned land.
3. Facilitate conversations about land use and development scenarios between
SEPTA and local government officials.
4. Assist SEPTA with the creation of an internal process for evaluating the
development potential of existing surface parking lots.
Products:
1. Summary documents and presentations describing potential development
scenarios and implications.
2. Stakeholder engagement activities designed to promote collaboration between
SEPTA and local government officials.
3. Data and analysis on SEPTA-owned properties to be used for internal SEPTA
planning purposes.
Beneficiaries:
SEPTA, Bristol, PA, Bucks County, Lower Merion Township, PA, Montgomery
County, Aldan, PA, Clifton Heights, PA, Delaware County

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$200,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT Connects

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Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$200,000

PROJECT: 24-52-130

Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation Options

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Kevin Murphy
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Betsy Mastaglio, Kelsey McElduff, Mark Morley,
Sarah Moran, Thomas Stead
Goals:
The goal of this program is to assist member governments and roadway users of all
modes, ages, and abilities in improving safety and access of the region's roadway
network.
Description:
In November 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the new Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), insuring greater levels of investment into our roads,
bridges, transit, rail, ports, broadband, and drinking water and wastewater
infrastructure. Included in the act was an increase in federal PL, or planning, funds,
for Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to carry out eligible transportation
planning activities. A new set-aside program for PL funds was created: Increasing
Safe and Accessible Transportation Options (ISATO). This program aims at
supporting planning activities that increase the safe and accessible options of
multiple travel modes for users of all ages and abilities.
This project will address regional issues of safety and access on our roadways and
include participation from multiple DVRPC offices familiar with driver, bicyclist and
pedestrian safety. While issues of safety and access are a part of several projects
and programs, the ISATO project will formalize and advance several programs
desired by partners.
PennDOT Road Diet Prioritization
A DVRPC FY2023 project is helping the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) find screen options, and prioritize segments, for PennDOT roads where
road diets may be viable; which would reduce the number and/or width of vehicular
travel lanes to address safety issues and reallocate roadway space to pedestrians,
bicyclists, landscaping, or green stormwater infrastructure. Once the screening
framework and prioritization are developed, PennDOT roads that will be repaved or
redesigned are planned to be screened by DVRPC and PennDOT staff as
candidates for road diets. Under ISATO, this project will seek to formalize the
working methodology for identifying road diet candidate locations and explore
opportunities to coordinate this work with the ongoing PennDOT Connects Bicycle
Friendly Resurfacing project. This will again be a collaborative effort of DVRPC’s
offices of Safe Streets and Mobility Analysis and Design.
New Jersey Bike Friendly Resurfacing
DVRPC staff is experienced at screening, conceptually-designing, and modeling
impacts of reallocating roadway space to create bicycle facilities through roadway
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resurfacing projects. Under the ISATO project, staff will expand this work to the New
Jersey counties, including Burlington and Mercer counties who have requested this
assistance for FY2024, with a focus on county routes. If successful and desirable,
the bike-friendly resurfacing work could expand to Gloucester and Camden counties
in future years.
Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) and Connectivity Analysis
DVRPS's Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) and Connectivity Analysis web
platform is a regional screening tool that estimates the level of traffic stress (degree
of comfort while riding) and identifies and rank roads where bicycle facilities would
have the greatest local and regional impact on connectivity. This first edition is ready
to be updated to consider more "hands on" utility for individual use, and to include
new attributes and data about the location. This update will make the web viewer
more customizable and include more information.
The activities in the ISATO project may include the purchase of services and
equipment to complete tasks.
Tasks:
1. Road Diet Prioritization, continued support for PennDOT
a. In collaboration with PennDOT, formalize suitability criteria (e.g.: infrastructure
characteristics, traffic volumes, etc.) and process (e.g.: GIS procedures, coding,
capacity analysis) resulting from the FY2023 work.
b. Update the spreadsheet and GIS layers in the PennDOT D6 Safety Web Map.
c. Cross-reference with appropriate PennDOT maintenance schedules.
d. Work with PennDOT to identify opportunities to integrate this analysis and
screening with the bike-friendly resurfacing process.
e. Using established criteria flag candidates that require a capacity analysis before
being approved for a road diet.
f. Collect traffic counts and conduct a capacity analysis for a short list of candidate
locations, as project capacity allows, to estimate practical impacts on local networks.
g. Support District 6 implementation with local coordination as needed.
2. New Jersey Bike Friendly Resurfacing for Mercer and Burlington Counties
Mercer County:
a. Identify study locations for analysis by DVRPC staff.
b. Perform a crash analysis, speed study, and conduct field work as appropriate to
better understand existing issues.
c. Conduct turning movement traffic counts at key intersections to be used in
modeling efforts.
d. Identify and document existing or planned transportation infrastructure (roadway
geometry, signals, transit) in the area.
e. Prepare a microsimulation model including roadway and intersection geometry,
traffic control and signal timing plans.
f. Determine potential alternatives for analysis and concept design.
g. Evaluate the impact of proposed treatments on traffic flow, producing performance
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measures such as delay/level of service and queuing.
h. Evaluate the impact of proposed treatments on multimodal network accessibility,
safety, and quality.
i. Develop conceptual plans and diagrams for roadway configuration alternatives and
other treatments that incorporate bicycle striping and other infrastructure.
j. Prepare planning-level cost estimates for proposed treatments.
k. Identify opportunities for implementation, including funding opportunities and
stakeholder/agency roles.
Burlington County:
a. Coordinate priority and feasibility screening process with county planners, other
local partners like Cross County Connection TMA and the Bicycle Coalition of
Greater Philadelphia, and DVRPC staff for segments on Burlington County’s county
route resurfacing program list.
b. Work with Burlington County to identify segments (depending on scale and
complexity, this project is expected to accommodate 1-2 locations in the County) in
need of traffic modeling to determine whether bike-friendly improvements that would
impact vehicle capacity will result in acceptable levels of service in the corridor. If the
County has no pressing need for a road diet analysis based on the current screening
round, they have the option to identify a segment of County owned roadway for
analysis, in an effort to have results ready to support future repaving efforts.
c. For selected segments, collect data and provide traffic analysis and modeling
support to evaluate the facility and network level traffic impacts of the concepts.
d. Assist Burlington County with outreach to municipalities and coordination with
projects as needed. Develop tools and collect information to assist with these efforts.
e. Create a project tracking database based on user feedback and evolving program
needs.
f. Develop conceptual designs for priority segments using Remix
3. Level of Traffic Stress and Connectivity Analysis Web Platform Update
Building on the local, island-based connectivity analysis developed for specific
project areas in FY2023, this program will support the development of an interactive
webmap where users can select and analyze their own project segments and learn
about the potential benefits of improved bicycle facilities. This is the next step in
improving the usefulness and applicability of the existing connectivity analysis as
shared via https://www.dvrpc.org/webmaps/Bike-lts/.
Staff will define the goals and user stories for the new tool, build and update
necessary datasets, identify the appropriate tools, and outline a plan for
development. This will involve updating the regional bicycle network dataset and
may require the purchase of hardware, software, and/or services. Staff will develop a
plan for regular updates.
Products:
1. Road Diet Prioritization, continued support for PennDOT
Update GIS layer in PennDOT's safety web map, memoranda documenting capacity
analysis process and outcomes for priority corridors.
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2. New Jersey Bike Friendly Resurfacing for Mercer and Burlington Counties
-Mercer County:
Memo providing analysis results and concept plans for recommended designs.
-Burlington County:
a. A project tracking database for Burlington County roads
b. For segments selected for capacity analysis, memoranda documenting each
evaluated corridor’s proposed configuration, traffic impacts, and anticipated benefits,
as appropriate.
c. Identification of resurfacing projects, with demonstrated benefit and local support,
that are good candidates for new striping plans.
3. LTS and Connectivity Analysis Web Platform Update: Updated web tool for local
project analysis
Beneficiaries:
Drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians throughout the DVRPC region, and roadway
owners: NJ DOT, PennDOT, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware,
Mercer, Burliington, Gloucester and Camden counties and the municipal roadway
owners within those counties.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$426,072

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA Safe and Accessible funds $268,100, NJ Safe and Accessible funds
$157,972

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Other
$426,072

PROJECT: 24-52-140

Pottstown Area Regional Plan Development: Safe
Routes to School

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sarah Moran
Project Manager: Kelsey McElduff, Mark Morley
Goals:
Assist the PMRPC and Montgomery County in improving active transportation
options throughout the Pottstown area, prioritizing safe connections to selected
schools. The project will:
-Evaluate existing connections to selected schools in the PMRPC region,
-Develop and prioritize recommendations for improved, safer connections to schools,
and
-Identify funding opportunities and provide information to assist in the preparation of
grant applications
Description:
This work program element is dedicated to continuing efforts that cooperatively
support the PMRPC's work on identifying, prioritizing, and developing transportation
studies and improvement projects in and around the Borough of Pottstown in
Chester and Montgomery counties. Each year, a study or project is selected for
DVRPC to complete.
For FY24, the PMRPC would like DVRPC to analyze and develop recommendations
for safe routes to area schools. Building on recent work by the Pottstown Area
Health and Wellness Foundation (PAHWF) and DVRPC's 2018 Circle of Progress
Tri-County Trails Feasibility Study, this work would evaluate where
sidewalks/trails/roadway crossing improvements are needed to make safe
connections and improve access to schools for both students during the day and the
general public to use parks/trails after school hours. The project team will work with
the steering committee to select schools to study, either choosing one in each
municipality or using the PAHWF analysis. The study could also be integrated with
any recent and upcoming MCPC school walk audits.
Tasks:
1. Convene a group of stakeholders including Montgomery County, Chester County,
PMRPC, municipal representatives, and other identified stakeholders to select the
schools upon which to focus recommendations (up to 8, leaving room for one in
each municipality).
2. Conduct an existing conditions analysis including: the street connectivity between
the schools and adjacent land uses, crash analysis with a focus on those involving
pedestrians and cyclists, and gaps in the sidewalk network.
3. Engage with the students, families, and school districts as available/interested to
identify issues and perceptions about existing connections to the selected schools.
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4. For each of the selected schools, develop alternatives to strengthen the physical
and perceptual connectivity between the school and its surrounding community.
5. Coordinate with DVRPC Project Implementation staff on potential funding
programs for recommended concepts and review programmatic requirements for
those programs with stakeholders.
5. Convene stakeholders to review alternatives and potential funding for each of the
selected locations.
6. Document recommendations and outline next steps including projects for
engineering design, capital programming, and preparation of grant applications.
Products:
1. Materials for Steering Committee meetings and engagement efforts
2. Summary report
3. Other data sharing, graphics, or memorandums as appropriate
Beneficiaries:
Montgomery County; Chester County; Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning
Committee; Pottstown Borough; Douglass Township; East Coventry Township;
Lower Pottsgrove Township; North Coventry Township; Upper Pottsgrove Township;
West Pottsgrove Township; and local residents, institutions, and businesses.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$70,000

$52,894

$17,106

$0

$0

2024

$75,000

$56,030

$18,970

$0

$0

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PROJECT: 24-52-150

PennDOT Connects Bike-Friendly Resurfacing
Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Sarah Moran
Project Manager: Betsy Mastaglio, Jesse Buerk, Kendra Nelson, Thomas Stead
Goals:
Work with planning partners to identify and prioritize bicycle improvement projects
that can be implemented as part of regularly scheduled resurfacing projects.
Coordinate screening and analysis processes, assist with outreach efforts, and
support implementation of new on-road bicycle facilities.
Description:
PennDOT paving projects provide the City of Philadelphia and the surrounding
suburban counties an opportunity to re-evaluate the operations, safety, and striping
configurations of state roads. This project supports two parallel, ongoing PennDOT
Connects project development pipelines: one in the City of Philadelphia, and one in
the suburban counties. Design for suburban projects is funded through a TIP line
item (MPMS #63406).
In the City of Philadelphia, DVRPC will support continued expansion of the bicycle
network and renewed focus on safety through Vision Zero street redesigns by first,
assisting the City and PennDOT in identifying roadways on the PennDOT
resurfacing plan that are the best candidates for bike-friendly redesign. This will be
based on factors like timing, favorability for redesign based on an initial screeninglevel review, and role in the planned network. Next, staff will conduct technical work
to develop planning-level design concepts. Staff will collect data about existing
conditions through traffic counts and fieldwork, which will be used to inform model
calibration. Depending on the characteristics of a given corridor, concept refinement
typically requires capacity analysis in Synchro to assess the impacts of lane
configuration changes on traffic movements, and sometimes network analysis to
assess the likely impact of capacity changes on other roadways. An initial scoping
review in collaboration with City and PennDOT staff will determine the complexity of
the priority projects and level of analysis required, which will in turn determine the
number and extents of locations to be evaluated--with a target of 2-4 projects to be
evaluated in detail during the course of the fiscal year.
In the suburban counties, DVRPC will continue to support PennDOT District 6 in
coordinating communication between the District, county planners, the Bicycle
Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP), and municipalities to identify, prioritize,
and screen segments for bike-friendly improvements. DVRPC will also work with
program partners to identify segments that require more detailed analysis to
determine the traffic impact of the proposed bike-friendly treatments. For selected
segments, DVRPC will collect data and provide traffic analysis and modeling
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support to evaluate these impacts. DVRPC will also assist PennDOT and the
counties with outreach to municipalities to facilitate the process of submitting an
official request to implement bike-friendly improvements. Some of these activities
may also require DVRPC to purchase equipment and/or services to meet program
goals.
Priority bicycle facility improvements identified through this process that are beyond
the scope of a resurfacing/restriping project will be shared with the DVRPC Office of
Project Implementation. DVRPC staff will coordinate with PennDOT, County
partners, and project sponsors to identify appropriate funding opportunities, develop
high-quality projects, and submit grant applications to pursue these projects.
Tasks:
1. City of Philadelphia Program
a. Work with City and PennDOT staff to identify candidates for bike-friendly
redesign on PennDOT's 5-year paving plan.
b. Work with City and PennDOT staff to develop initial concept plans or build
scenarios for these candidate corridors.
c. Collect data and provide traffic analysis and modeling support to evaluate the
facility and network-level traffic impacts of the initial concepts, as necessary.
d. Refine initial concepts as appropriate based on traffic analysis findings.
e. Prepare memos for City and PennDOT staff review and documentation of each
evaluated corridor’s proposed configuration, traffic impacts, and anticipated benefits.
2. Suburban Program
a. Coordinate priority and feasibility screening process with PennDOT District 6,
county planners, the BCGP, and DVRPC staff for segments on PennDOT’s 5-year
resurfacing program.
b. Work with program partners to identify segments (depending on scale and
complexity, this project is expected to accommodate one location in each County) in
need of traffic modeling to determine whether bike-friendly improvements that would
impact vehicle capacity will result in acceptable levels of service in the corridor. If a
County has no pressing need for a road diet analysis based on the current screening
round, they have the option to identify a segment of PennDOT owned roadway for
analysis, in an effort to have results ready to support future repaving efforts.
c. For selected segments, collect data and provide traffic analysis and modeling
support to evaluate the facility and network level traffic impacts of the concepts.
d. Assist PennDOT and counties with outreach to municipalities and coordination
with projects as needed. Develop tools and collect information to assist with these
efforts.
e. Enhance project tracking database based on user feedback and evolving
program needs.
3. Support partner agencies in using the Bicycle LTS and Connectivity Analysis
webtool, with continued updates and enhancements.
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Products:
1. Continued maintenance of suburban project tracking database.
2. For segments selected for capacity analysis, memoranda documenting each
evaluated corridor’s proposed configuration, traffic impacts, and anticipated benefits,
as appropriate.
3. Identification of resurfacing projects, with demonstrated benefit and local support,
that are good candidates for new striping plans funded by MPMS #63406, “Retrofit
for Bike Lanes and Shoulders” prior to resurfacing.
Beneficiaries:
PennDOT, counties, municipalities, pedestrians, bicyclists, the commuting public,
and all users of roadways.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$250,000

$250,000

2024

$250,000

$250,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT Connects

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PROJECT: 24-52-160

Transportation Planning and Project Development
Support for Disadvantaged Communities

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Gregory Krykewycz
Project Manager: Jesse Buerk, Matthew Gates
Goals:
Conduct analysis and outreach work at various scales to identify, develop, and
implement transportation projects which are suitable for available federal funding,
consistent with regional planning principles, and which would particularly benefit
historically marginalized communities.
Description:
DVRPC and its member governments are committed to centering Equity in planning
projects. Based on ongoing discussions at DVRPC Board Meetings, there is
consensus that our region should work to be more proactive in prioritizing
transportation investments to directly benefit disadvantaged communities. However,
before a project can be considered under DVRPC’s TIP and Long-Range Plan
project benefit evaluation criteria and successfully emerge as a funding priority in
the context of financial constraint, a project typically must first be studied, or at least
identified as a local priority in a planning document. Many communities with high
concentrations of disadvantaged populations do not always have the resources to
study potential transportation projects, and their municipal plans may not adequately
identify specific transportation projects or needs, which puts them at a disadvantage
in competitive funding situations, such as the TIP or IIJA competitive grant
programs.
At the regional level, this program will apply DVRPC’s technical capacity to partner
with communities and identify recommended transportation projects of various types
that would particularly benefit disadvantaged populations. This regional analysis and
priority setting will be paired with outreach to municipal officials and staff, in
collaboration with county partners, as well as direct outreach to community
residents, for reaction to these recommendations and identification of other
community priorities that could be appropriate for available federal funding
programs. Additional work with municipalities could include examination of existing
plans, writing new plan documents or memos, technical data collection, site-specific
feasibility assessment, or any other necessary technical assistance to result in an
adequate planning process that helps advance projects for funding. Finally, DVRPC
planning staff from across the organization, including DVRPC Capital Programs
staff and program management staff for various discretionary funding programs, will
collaborate with state, county, and municipal partners to identify strategies (including
funding options) to advance a mix of local priorities found suitable for available
funding programs.

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As this will be a new program and approach to advancing local projects, it will be
necessary to pilot an initial round that includes particular project types, funding
sources, and communities. Some of these activities may also require DVRPC to
purchase equipment or professional services to meet program goals.
Tasks:
1. Form a steering committee composed of relevant stakeholders, including county
planning commissions, PennDOT, NJDOT, and local organizations as appropriate.
2. Work with the steering committee to identify types of projects or funding programs
that will be an initial area of focus for this new program. Reach consensus among
partners on a detailed sequence of work.
3. Review available regional screening tools to identify which tools and datasets will
be most useful for prioritizing projects or locations on the basis of equity for those
initial areas of focus, and apply those tools to conduct an initial screening analysis.
4. Work with the steering committee to define categories of disadvantaged
communities and measures of effectiveness for project evaluation.
5. Create customized scripts, tables, and figures to summarize travel demand model
outputs for equity analysis and project evaluation.
6. In collaboration with county partners, identify several communities to focus on for
this initial round of work, and work with counties to gather existing planning
documents and have conversations with municipal officials and staff about
transportation improvement priorities.
7. Conduct direct public outreach in those communities, building on the approach
and applying lessons learned from the FY2022 Mobility Choices study, which
included surveys, interviews, and focus groups, to understand resident preferences
for transportation investments.
8. Identify specific project recommendations where regional analysis and available
funding programs match municipal and resident priorities, and work to advance
these projects.
Products:
Memos, maps, datasets, and new work pipelines to sustain this new approach to
developing and advancing locally-prioritized improvements.
Beneficiaries:
Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, municipalities, and residents and workers
throughout the DVRPC region.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$250,000

Highway PL
Program
$50,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PennDOT Connects

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Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$200,000

PROJECT: 24-52-170

Transportation Systems Management and Operations
(TSMO)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher King
Project Manager: Justin Neff, Kayla Bancone
Goals:
Ease traffic congestion and improve the efficiency of existing transportation facilities
and services through enhanced coordination and integration of Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) with Transportation Systems Management and
Operations (TSMO).
Description:
Federal metropolitan planning regulations require MPOs to incorporate
transportation operations into their transportation planning processes. DVRPC
addresses that requirement through the conduct of two longstanding related
initiatives. The Transportation Operations Program Area (24-52-050) and the
Transportation Systems Management and Operations Project highlight key activities
undertaken by these programs. The Transportation Systems Management and
Operations (TSMO) Project incorporates strategies to help proactively manage the
transportation system by addressing recurring and nonrecurring congestion.
Strategies such as traffic incident management, traveler information services, safety
service patrols, work zone management, and freight management improve system
efficiency, enhance public safety, help reduce traveler delays and improve
information access. Successful integration of these and other TSMO strategies will
help to make the region more cohesive, and enhance communications and
collaboration among transportation partners.
DVRPC’s TSMO program encompasses a wide range of activities including the
coordination of multi-agency regional initiatives. Its centerpiece is the Regional
Integrated Multi-modal Information Sharing (RIMIS) project, an information
exchange network functioning as the communications backbone among
transportation operation centers throughout the region. A virtual video wall
component allows operations center and field personnel to view traffic video feeds
in the region.
RIMIS became operational in 2010 and since it is managed by the same developer
as the NJDOT system, it automatically receives incident and operational information
from NJDOT’s database. To receive PennDOT incident information, a data interface
to PennDOT’s Road Conditions Reporting System (RCRS) was constructed in FY
2011. DVRPC has continued to roll out RIMIS to regional transportation agencies,
county 911/emergency management centers, local police and fire departments in
major corridors, and counties' engineering/public works departments in New Jersey
as requested. Assistance in using RIMIS in local municipalities for Integrated
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Corridor Management (ICM) purposes is offered, especially with respect to the I-76
ICM Project in Pennsylvania. Recent efforts are exploring the use of RIMIS by
counties and municipalities to document local road closures during severe weather
events.
In FY 2024, the primary emphasis will be operating and maintaining RIMIS software,
continuing to expand the number of agencies participating in RIMIS, continued
exploration of the RIMIS SPATEL tool, and working with the agencies to ensure
quality control of RIMIS data. As the number of RIMIS users has grown, it is
becoming more essential to coordinate with our RIMIS users, monitor usage, and
rapidly address any issues that they may be encountering.
Other focus areas of DVRPC’s TSMO program include updating DVRPC’s
Interactive Detour Route Mapping (IDRuM) application, providing training programs
for ITS operators and emergency response personnel, monitoring performance
measures, security planning, and providing technical assistance to agencies.
IDRuM has been enhanced and updated into a new online web version. IDRuM is
designed to give emergency responders access to the detour routes that allow them
to be prepared when an incident occurs on a nearby highway. Typically traffic is
diverted off the highway onto the arterial network and those arterials often become
congested. By planning these routes and identifying key control points, local police
can provide traffic control assistance to help ease the flow of traffic in their
communities.
There continues to be emphasis placed on integrating the use of performance
measures into strategic and operations planning. One of the primary outcomes that
operations programs strive for is reduced congestion, and typical performance
measures include travel times and travel time reliability, which tell us that conditions
are better or worse than in the past. DVRPC will continue to work with our
stakeholders to develop a consistent approach where applicable to define the
proper measures, collect and analyze the data, and report on our region’s
performance measures.
Activities listed below fall under two broad categories: RIMIS and Other TSMO
Tasks. The former includes Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks performed by
the software vendor (TRANSCOM) and DVRPC supervisory/technical activities
associated with RIMIS. The latter category includes DVRPC staff activities that
support programs for greater integration among the region’s TSMO stakeholders,
and more general activities. Some of these activities may require DVRPC to
purchase equipment and/or services.
Tasks:
RIMIS Software Vendor Tasks
1. Software vendor will perform software operations and maintenance functions.
2. Software vendor will function as the system administrator, adding additional ITS
devices to the RIMIS database and modifying the highway and transit network as
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required.
3. Software vendor will make enhancements to RIMIS software as directed.
4. Software vendor will assist RIMIS agencies in developing data interfaces with
legacy software systems as required.
5. Software vendor will periodically meet with DVRPC and the users to review
RIMIS’s status and discuss and resolve operational issues.
DVRPC RIMIS Tasks:
1. Coordinate software vendor’s activities with the RIMIS users and the
Transportation Operations Task Force.
2. Supervise the RIMIS software vendor’s adherence to its contract.
3. Review and approve all invoices and progress reports with respect to the RIMIS
software vendor.
4. Organize training programs for RIMIS users.
5. Work with software vendor to phase-in additional RIMIS users. This may include
construction of additional data interfaces.
6. Perform system administration functions, such as modifying agency and user
accounts, installing RIMIS software for users, developing video walls for users, and
assisting the RIMIS software vendor in performing some of the other minor
administration functions.
7. Perform quality control review of RIMIS information and its usage. Work with
users to ensure that information entered into RIMIS is accurate and timely, and that
agencies use RIMIS information to manage events.
8. Perform additional activities associated with RIMIS as the need arises.
Other TSMO Tasks
1. Continue and expand initiatives to enhance interagency information sharing and
cooperation. Activities include providing technical assistance to operating agencies.
2. Continue to operate and maintain Interactive Detour Route Mapping (IDRuM).
Make necessary updates to the detours to reflect changes to any routes or
construction activity.
3. Continue the regional construction coordination efforts to minimize traffic impacts
of overlapping construction projects.
4. Continue to maintain the region’s ITS Infrastructure Inventory.
5. Participate in appropriate security planning efforts by attending external meetings,
webinars and other events such as the Delaware Valley Intelligent Center (DVIC)
security roundtable quarterly meetings.
6. Continue to promote and provide training programs on TSMO and ITS strategies.
These activities may include identifying training opportunities, hosting training
courses, bringing in industry experts, sponsoring conferences on special topics, and
arranging tours of ITS deployments within and outside of the region.
7. Continue coordination and participation with local and regional partners and their
committees, such as The Eastern Transportation Coalition, Southeastern
Pennsylvania Regional Task Force and the Philadelphia Local Emergency Planning
Committee.
8. Continue to work with our stakeholders to develop a consistent approach where
applicable to define the proper measures, collect and analyze the data, and report
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on our region’s performance measures.
Products:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Operation and maintenance of RIMIS software.
Management of RIMIS software vendor.
Operation and maintenance of IDRuM.
Implementations of programs to foster interagency cooperation.
Technical assistance to agencies.

Beneficiaries:
ITS operators, emergency responders, motorists, and transit users. Member
governments and agencies, including PennDOT, NJDOT, transit operators, County
Emergency Management and Planning Agencies; and citizens served by a more
efficient and reliable transportation network.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$554,000

$554,000

2024

$554,000

$554,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115971 - $310,400 STU/$77,600 PA State 581; NJ TIP - DB
#01300 - $166,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-53-020/025 HPMS and Functional Classification System (PA & NJ)
Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Improve efficiency of the region’s transportation system by providing an updated
Highway Performance Monitoring System and Functional Classification System to
meet FHWA requirements and determine improvement.
Description:
This project will collect and update traffic characteristics of the HPMS links and
Highway Functional Classification System. HPMS is a database system designed to
annually assess the physical and operational characteristics of approximately 300
selected non-interstate highway links. This and other urban area information will be
used at the national level to assess system condition and usage and to allocate
highway funding.
The Highway Functional Classification is a system of highway designations by area
type and facility type. One use of a link's classification is to determine federal
funding eligibility for improvement projects. DVRPC works with member
governments and state DOTs in updating the highway classifications to reflect
changing conditions.
Tasks:
1. Collect traffic information, geometric, and operational characteristics for
approximately 300 sample links of the HPMS network in the Pennsylvania portion of
the region.
2. Gather volume/classification counts for 100 non-interstate links.
3. Prepare field forms and collect traffic counts for 40 links on the New Jersey
portion of the region.
4. Enter counts collected during the year into the DVRPC Traffic Count system.
5. Transmit data to PennDOT and NJDOT by specified dates.
6. Review, coordinate, and process requests for functional classification changes
from state, county, and local governments.
7. Revise the functional classification system based on these requests.
Products:
1. Updated HPMS data files of physical and operational characteristics.
2. Database of counts taken in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
3. Record of requests for functional classification changes.
4. Updated functional classification maps.

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Beneficiaries:
States, counties, and cities.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$190,000

$190,000

$0

$0

$0

2024

$200,000

$200,000

$0

$0

$0

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PROJECT: 24-53-030

PennDOT District 6-0 Traffic Volume Data

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Improve efficiency of the region’s transportation network by providing travel mode
volume data to design highway improvements in the Pennsylvania portion of the
Delaware Valley region.
Description:
This continuing project provides PennDOT District 6-0 with specific volume data at
locations in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties for
studies primarily related to traffic signals and controls. Depending on the location
and type of information required, these data may include one or more of the
following: manual vehicle classification counts; turning-movement counts; bicycle
counts; pedestrian counts; physical characteristics of the intersection; descriptions
of adjacent land use, particularly schools; and other appropriate information. This
program also supports ongoing equipment needs and maintenance costs for
permanent bicycle and pedestrian counting stations.
Tasks:
1. Review PennDOT District 6-0 requests and prepare assignments for field
personnel to collect data.
2. Collect data for one of the following types of studies : (a) video or manual
intersectional vehicle turning movements recorded in 15-minute time increments; (b)
48-hour portable traffic recorder counts by hour; (c) video or manual truck
classification hourly counts; and (d) weeklong bicycle/pedestrian counts in 15-minute
time increments.
3. Review, process, and tabulate field count data. Convert recorder counts to
average annual daily traffic (AADT) (motorized) and average annual daily bicycles
(AADB) and average annual daily pedestrians (AADP) (non-motorized).
4. Enter counts into DVRPC Traffic Count System and transmit to PennDOT and
member governments.
5. Transmit appropriate field data to PennDOT District 6-0 office and other entities
as appropriate.
Products:
1. Data Files.
2. Responses to specific District 6-0 requests.
Beneficiaries:
PennDOT.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$300,000

$300,000

2024

$300,000

$300,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA State Appropriation 582 Funds

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PROJECT: 24-59-700

Member Government Special Studies

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by preparing special subregional studies to supplement core planning efforts.
Description:
Through the Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program (SRHPP) and Transit
Support Program (TSP), DVRPC passes through federal funds to member
governments to support their core planning functions and their participation in the
regional transportation planning process. The funds assist these organizations to
develop and maintain their own plans, programs and data which helps inform the
development of regional plans and programs such as the TIP, Long-Range Plan,
and Congestion Management Program. In addition to providing direct support, both
programs offer a limited amount of funding for special planning studies to address
current areas of need for the recipients. In some cases, the recipients pass back
the Special Study funding and request that the studies be conducted by DVRPC
staff because of some specific expertise or staff capacity. Detailed individual scopes
of work for each Special Study are found in Chapters Three and Four of this
document. This project represents the tasks and combined budgets of those
Special Studies.
Tasks:
1. City of Philadelphia Traffic Counting Program (24-60-051)
2. Camden County Traffic Counting Program (24-61-070)
3. Gloucester County Traffic Counting Program (24-61-080)
4. Mercer County Traffic Counting Program (24-61-090)
5. Burlington County Traffic Counting Program (24-61-100)
6. Technical Assistance in Support of SEPTA Forward (24-63-007)
7. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Planning and Technical Assistance (24-63008)
8. Transit Survey Program for Southeastern PA (24-63-009)
9. Trenton Safe Streets for All Implementation (24-61-060)
10. PATCO Knights Crossing Ridership Forecasts (24-63-025)
11. Transit Survey Program for NJ (24-63-026)
Products:
1. Technical memo, database, mapping or report for each study.

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Beneficiaries:
Member governments and other agencies.

Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$991,944

2024

$991,944

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
TSP and SRHPP special studies projects

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Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$991,944

$0

$991,944

PROJECT: 24-59-701

New Projects and Misc. Carryover

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's infrastructure by preparing special studies for
collecting data, improving the existing transportation system and other infrastructure,
environmental clearance process, and related planning and coordination needs as
required.
Description:
This project represents work that was initiated in FY23 and will carryover into FY24
as well as new projects that come in during the year after the final UPWP has been
approved by the DVRPC Board. Each new project that comes in, includes a
specific funding source which is additional funding to DVRPC’s budget and is
presented to the RTC and Board for approval as a Work Program amendment.
These projects may include development of traffic forecasts on a specific facility, a
grant from a state or federal agency that supports a program or project, or a grant
from a foundation or non-profit organization to provide technical services or
guidance.
Tasks:
1. Conduct studies or provide services as required.
Products:
1. Technical memo or report for each study.
Beneficiaries:
Member governments and other agencies.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

2023

$818,442

2024

$466,633

Highway PL
Program

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
Projects to be defined

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Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$818,442

$234,833

$231,800

(SRHPP)

PA Supportive Regional
Highway Planning Program

PA Supportive
Regional Highway
Planning Program

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 3A: PA Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program
24-60-010

Bucks County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

229

24-60-020

Chester County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

232

24-60-030

Delaware County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

234

24-60-040

Montgomery County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

237

24-60-050

Philadelphia: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

239

24-60-051

Philadelphia Traffic Counting Program

243

Table
Table 6: PA Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

228

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program
Table 6: PA Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program
Project
Number

Agency

Project

24-60-010

Bucks County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$104,200

24-60-020

Chester County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$155,300

24-60-030

Delaware County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$84,200

24-60-040

Montgomery County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$156,700

24-60-050

City of Philadelphia Streets
Department

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$247,600

24-60-0511

City of Philadelphia/ DVRPC

Philadelphia Traffic Counting
Program

$50,000

Cash Amount

Subtotal
1

Project work will be performed by DVRPC staff.

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$798,000

PROJECT: 24-60-010

Bucks County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: Bucks County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs, and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Participate in the development of DVRPC’s Planning Work Program and Bucks
County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
2. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
3. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
4. Perform contract administration, including the preparation and submission of
Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
5. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings and
other meetings with federal, state, and local transportation agencies.
6. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. Monitor traffic count data.
2. Disseminate transportation information and data.
3. Integrate traffic information into GIS databases. Provide periodic maintenance of
these databases.
4. Maintain the online Transportation-related GIS Interactive Mapping Applications,
and provide periodic maintenance of these Mapping Applications.
5. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
6. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
Task III - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
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1. Maintain an inventory of proposed transportation improvements in Bucks County
for the TIP.
2. Review and evaluate new or existing proposals for inclusion in the TIP.
3. Inventory and prioritize all existing and new projects for the TIP.
4. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
5. Assist PennDOT in the maintenance and update of the Twelve Year Program.
6. Monitor funding programs and opportunities, and provide programming
information to county officials, legislators and local officials.
7. Coordinate with DVRPC, PennDOT, municipalities, and other project sponsors on
the implementation of programmed improvements
8. Participate and assist PennDOT and DVRPC with PennDOT Connects.
9. Participate in competitive project selection and evaluation processes, as
appropriate.
Task IV - Transportation System Program
1. Work with DVRPC and PennDOT on congestion management strategies (CMP).
2. Provide technical assistance to municipalities concerning CMP implementation.
3. Promote inter-municipal coordination for transportation planning and other
development-related issues.
4. Provide technical guidance to municipalities concerning the need for access
controls along arterial highways.
Task V - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Maintain a comprehensive transportation plan.
2. Determine a strategy to implement transportation plan objectives that meet
transportation improvements and clean air standards.
3. Coordinate with municipalities and regional planning agencies to implement
transportation and clean air standards.
4. Provide input to DVRPC for short-range and long-range transportation planning
studies.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices.
2. Up-to-date inventory of proposed highway improvements.
3. Recommendations to DVRPC for regional TIP submissions and to PennDOT’s
Twelve Year Program.
4. Maintained regional TIP.
5. Input on various transportation task forces.
6. Input to municipal requirements for new development.
7. Participate in municipal transportation planning efforts.
8. GIS databases and Mapping Applications.
9. Sample corridor evaluation and recommended improvements.
10. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
11. County project proposals for consideration in next year's UPWP, if available.

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Beneficiaries:
Bucks County, state, municipalities, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$94,200

$0

$0

$0

$94,200

2024

$104,200

$0

$0

$0

$104,200

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS# 117912 $104,200 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-60-020

Chester County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: Chester County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Perform contract administration, including the preparation and submission of
Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
2. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Chester County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
3. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
4. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings and
other meetings with federal, state, and local transportation agencies.
5. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
6. Perform public participation as appropriate.
7. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Maintain an inventory of proposed transportation improvements in Chester County
for the TIP.
2. Review and evaluate new and/or existing proposals for inclusion in the TIP.
3. Inventory and prioritize all existing and new projects for the TIP.
4. Participate and assist in the update and maintenance of the DVRPC TIP and
PennDOT Twelve Year Program.
5. Coordinate with DVRPC, PennDOT, municipalities, and other project sponsors on
the implementation of programmed improvements.
6. Monitor transportation funding programs and opportunities, and provide
programming information to county officials, legislators and local officials.
7. Participate and assist PennDOT and DVRPC with PennDOT Connects.
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8. Participate in competitive project selection and evaluation processes, as
appropriate.
Task III - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Participate in DVRPC committees and provide input to DVRPC for studies
concerning short-range and long-range transportation planning.
2. Maintain the county transportation plan and other county-wide plans or studies
related to transportation.
3. Assist in the development of local transportation plans and studies. Coordinate
with municipalities, DVRPC, PennDOT, TMAs, and developers.
4. Review traffic impact studies, land development plans, zoning changes, and
Comprehensive Plans that impact the county and regional transportation plans.
5. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices
2. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. County project proposals for consideration in next year's UPWP, if available
4. Inventory of proposed transportation improvements
5. Twelve Year Program and TIP submissions, including an updated regional TIP.
6. Input on various transportation plans and studies
7. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
Beneficiaries:
Chester County, state, municipalities, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$136,300
$155,300

Highway PL
Program
$0
$0

Transit PL
Program
$0
$0

Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

Other
$136,300
$155,300

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS# 117912 $155,300 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-60-030

Delaware County: Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware County Planning Department
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I – Program Administration and Coordination
1. Perform contract administration, including the preparation and submission of
Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
2. Participate in the development of the next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program and Delaware County SRHPP.
3. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
4. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
5. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings and
other meetings with federal, state, and local transportation agencies, such as
DVRPC and Delaware County TMA meetings that are not for specific projects or
studies.
6. Perform public participation as appropriate.
7. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
Task II – Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Maintain an inventory of proposed transportation improvements in Delaware
County for the TIP.
2. Review and evaluate new or existing proposals for inclusion in the TIP, and
participate in competitive project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate
3. Inventory and prioritize all existing and new projects for the TIP.
4. Survey municipalities every two years for potential TIP funded projects.
5. Participate and assist in the update and maintenance of the DVRPC TIP and
PennDOT Twelve Year Program.
6. Monitor transportation funding programs and opportunities, inform municipalities
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of funding programs and provide assistance to them, and advocate Delaware
County’s position on this issue.
7. Provide programming information to county council, county executive director,
legislative delegation, and municipal officials.
8. Coordinate with PennDOT, municipalities, and other project sponsors on the
implementation of programmed improvements.
9. Participate and assist PennDOT and DVRPC with PennDOT Connects.
Task III – Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Participate in DVRPC Long-Range Plan discussions, as needed.
2. Prepare highway/bicycle/pedestrian components of Delaware County
Comprehensive Plan.
3. Work with a consultant to prepare Delaware County Vision Zero Plan.
4. Work with a consultant to prepare Route 291 Road Diet Feasibility Study.
5. Prepare highway, bicycle, and pedestrian mobility components of municipal
comprehensive plans (under contract with municipalities); review
highway/bicycle/pedestrian components of draft municipal comprehensive plans
(under Act 247 reviews).
6. Review land developments and traffic impact studies and provide comments on
highway, bicycle, and pedestrian access to the Delaware County Planning
Commission.
7. Participate in Delaware County, DVRPC, PennDOT, and municipal highway,
bicycle, and pedestrian studies and planning efforts.
8. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
9. Develop a Complete Streets model ordinance and work with municipalities to
customize to their needs.
10. Prepare an Active Transportation Plan.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices
2. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. Inventory of proposed transportation improvements.
4. Updated TIP and 12 Year Program submissions.
5. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
6. Comments on land development plans.
7. Input on various transportation plans and studies.
8. County project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year's UPWP, if available.
9. Model Complete Streets Ordinance.
10. Active Transportation Plan
Beneficiaries:
Delaware County,municipalities, state, region, and public.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$68,200

$0

$0

$0

$68,200

2024

$84,200

$0

$0

$0

$84,200

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS# 117912 $84,200 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-60-040

Montgomery County: Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Montgomery County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by participating in subregional transportation planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs, and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I – Program Administration and Coordination
1. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
2. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
3. Perform contract administration, including the preparation and submission of
Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
4. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Montgomery County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
5. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
6. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings and
other meetings with federal, state, and local transportation agencies.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II – Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Maintain an inventory of proposed transportation improvements in Montgomery
County for the TIP.
2. Review and evaluate new or existing proposals for inclusion in the TIP.
3. Inventory and prioritize all existing and new projects for the TIP.
4. Participate and assist in the update and maintenance of the DVRPC TIP and
PennDOT Twelve Year Program
5. Monitor funding programs and opportunities, and provide programming
information to county officials, legislators and local officials.
6. Coordinate with DVRPC, PennDOT, municipalities, and other project sponsors on
the implementation of programmed improvements
7. Participate and assist PennDOT and DVRPC with PennDOT Connects.
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Task III – Transportation Plan Maintenance and Implementation
1. Review traffic impact studies, zoning changes and new/revised comprehensive
plans that impact the county and regional transportation plans.
2. Participate in various transportation study task forces and competitive project
selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate
3. Enforce the county comprehensive plan, as well as Walk Montco and Bike Montco
plans, and assist in the preparation of the upcoming new county comprehensive plan.
4. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
5. Organize and lead meetings among departments to implement the county’s
Complete Streets policy.
Products:
1. Updated regional TIP.
2. County Comprehensive plan implementation.
3. Public participation and outreach activities for Transportation Planning and
Programming
4. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
5. Quarterly progress reports, closing report, and invoices.
6. County project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year's UPWP, if available.
7. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
Beneficiaries:
Montgomery County, municipalities, state, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$141,700
$156,700

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$0
$0

$0
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS# 117912 $156,700 STU/Toll Credit

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Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

Other
$141,700
$156,700

PROJECT: 24-60-050

Philadelphia: Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs, and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I: Program Administration and Coordination
1. Review and comment on the Commission's staff reports.
2. Continue development of Certification Acceptance or Modified Certification
Acceptance documents, standards, and/or procedures.
3. Identify and resolve differences among city and regional highway planning
agencies.
4. Develop a work program for future "pass through" funds.
5. Participate in the development of the Philadelphia SRHPP and DVRPC Planning
Work Program for the next fiscal year.
6. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings and
other meetings with federal, state, and local transportation agencies.
7. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
8. Perform contract administration, including the preparation and submission of
Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
9. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
10. Perform public participation as appropriate.
11. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
Task II: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Participate and assist in the update and maintenance of the DVRPC TIP and
PennDOT Twelve Year Program.
2. Develop, collect, and maintain information and data on individual transportation
projects under construction for inclusion in the TIP and maintain an inventory of
projects for capital program consideration.
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3. Assist in developing project descriptions.
4. Coordinate preparation of the TIP with local community groups, elected officials,
DVRPC, state agencies, and the public for the purpose of developing a regional TIP.
This includes participation in various competitive funding programs.
5. Coordinate candidate projects with other city agencies to ensure that
transportation capital projects are consistent with overall city and regional goals and
objectives.
6. Develop a prioritization of projects and facilities under consideration for inclusion
in the Capital Program.
7. Review and comment on the TIP with federal, state and regional agencies.
8. Coordinate city involvement for PennDOT’s Twelve-Year Program.
9. Monitor and update the TIP as it relates to county and regional transportation
objectives.
10. Coordinate and review projects with implementing agencies, including PennDOT
and DVRPC.
11. Review certain “milestone” data for city federal-aid projects and provide updates
to PennDOT.
12. Review and coordinate project cost estimates and breakdowns for programming
with the PennDOT Program Management Committee (PMC).
13. Monitor funding programs and opportunities, and provide programming
information to city officials and legislators.
14. Participate and assist PennDOT and DVRPC with PennDOT Connects.
Task III: TSMO Planning
1. Develop, maintain and prioritize an inventory of TSMO-type projects.
2. Identify TSMO deficiencies and candidate projects.
3. Review literature on TSMO planning.
4. Coordinate the City of Philadelphia TSMO programs.
5. Coordinate and participate in TSMO public forums.
6. Review and comment on TSMO studies and proposals for the county and region.
Provide county input to the regional TSMO effort.
7. Review and comment, as required, on the recommended TSMO Plan report and
assist and coordinate with DVRPC in the adoption of the plan, as may be
appropriate.
8. Participate, coordinate, and assist in the implementation of regional TSMO
strategies.
9. Assist and coordinate in the maintenance of the Regional TSMO plan through
periodic update and plan amendments.
10. Assist and coordinate corridor-level analysis of a selected TSMO corridor for
incorporation in the TIP in cooperation with PennDOT and DVRPC.
Task IV: Transportation Plan Maintenance/Technical Coordination
1. Analyze and evaluate the impact of proposed developments on transportation
facilities.
2. Coordinate the city highway network with the regional highway network.
3. Identify and update those links of the city highway system that augment the
regional system.
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4. Review existing functional classification system.
5. Participate in development and implementation of a county and regional
transportation planning work program, including participation at intra-city planning
strategy meetings.
6. Participate in regional transportation study meetings, committees, community
meetings, teams, panels, etc. Review and comment on data and reports developed
as part of these studies.
7. Participate in the corridor analysis of locations, corridors, neighborhood
commercial streets, and other highways.
8. Participate in local and regional intermodal improvement efforts such as "Transit
First" and park/ride facilities, pedestrian/bicycle facilities and goods movement
strategies.
9. Manage and oversee selected competitive grant awards.
Task V: Transportation Facilities/Data Files
1. Collect, coordinate, update and process traffic flow/volume information.
2. Review, analyze and evaluate traffic flow/volume data.
3. Inventory and assemble appropriate physical transportation facility data and put
such information into an easily accessible and usable form.
4. Process automatic traffic recorder information through the MPO to ensure
compatibility of data collection efforts with those in the surrounding areas.
5. Provide federal, state, county and regional agencies with traffic flow/volume data.
6. Assemble traffic information files that accurately reflect existing physical
conditions resulting in more efficient revisions to the functional classification system
and an equitable allocation of funding.
7. Expand traffic counting coverage throughout the city.
8. Perform technical coordination of studies, plans, committee reports, analyses, etc.
concerning the city's highways and highway program.
9. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
10. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
Products:
1. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
2. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. Successful completion of capital improvements.
4. An up-to-date highway capital improvement program for the City of Philadelphia.
5. Advancement of high-priority TSMO projects.
6. A plan showing any updated transportation facility data, functional class revisions,
or other transportation system changes.
7. County project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year's UPWP, if available.
8. Quarterly progress reports, closing report, and invoices.
9. A program TIP document for use by the Commission and others.

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Beneficiaries:
City of Philadelphia, state, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$207,600

$0

$0

$0

$207,600

2024

$247,600

$0

$0

$0

$247,600

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS # 117912 $247,600 STU/Toll Credit

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PROJECT: 24-60-051

Philadelphia Traffic Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Obtain data needed for transportation, engineering, and pavement management
studies.
Description:
The City of Philadelphia has requested that DVRPC perform a travel mode counting
program. This information will be used for the city’s transportation, planning,
engineering and pavement management studies. DVRPC will provide vehicular,
bicycle, pedestrian and crosswalk count information as well as speed studies at
locations determined by the City’s planning and engineering staff. This program also
supports ongoing equipment needs and maintenance costs for permanent bicycle
and pedestrian counting stations in the City of Philadelphia.
Tasks:
1.Schedule meetings with City of Philadelphia representatives to determine locations
for conducting counts.
2.Collect travel data at selected locations, for vehicle volume and intersection turning
movement, pedestrian, bicycle, crosswalk counts and speed studies where required.
3.Process data and develop annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT) based on a
continuous 48 hours of an average week (motorized) or annual average daily
bicycles (AADB) / annual average daily pedestrians (AADP) based on a week of
data for non-motorized travel.
4.Check field data for accuracy.
5.Prepare annual summary data in tabular form and also present data individually by
location with counts for individual hours.
6.Prepare and send count data to Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Streets
Department, and Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability.
Products:
1.Detailed tables showing hourly counts, turning movements, and AADT, AADB, or
AADP for selected locations.
Beneficiaries:
Philadelphia City Planning Commission, City of Philadelphia Streets Department,
City of Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
(OTIS), PennDOT, residents, and businesses, and DVRPC project managers.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$50,000

$0

$0

$0

$50,000

2024

$50,000

$0

$0

$0

$50,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP- MPMS# 117912- $50,000 STU/Toll Credit

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NJ Supportive
Regional Highway
Planning Program
NJ Supportive Regional
Highway Planning Program

(SRHPP)

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 3B: NJ Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program
24-61-010

Burlington County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

249

24-61-020

Camden County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

252

24-61-030

Gloucester County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

254

24-61-040

Mercer County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

257

24-61-050

City of Camden - Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

260

24-61-060

Trenton Safe Streets for All Implementation

262

24-61-070

Camden County Traffic Counting Program

264

24-61-080

Gloucester County Traffic Counting Program

266

24-61-090

Mercer County Traffic Counting Program

268

24-61-100

Burlington County Traffic Counting Program

270

Table
Table 7: NJ Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program

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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program
Table 7: NJ Supportive Regional Highway Planning Program
Project Number

Agency

Project

Cash Amount

24-61-010

Burlington County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$39,755

24-61-020

Camden County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$44,015

24-61-030

Gloucester County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$39,100

24-61-040

Mercer County

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$34,130

24-61-050

City of Camden

Supportive Regional Highway
Planning

$24,000

Subtotal

1

$181,000

Project Number

Agency

Project

24-61-0601

Trenton/DVRPC

Trenton Safe Streets for All
Implementation

$78,000

24-61-0701

Camden County/DVRPC

Traffic Counting Program

$60,000

24-61-0801

Gloucester County/DVRPC

Traffic Counting Program

$60,000

24-61-0901

Mercer County/DVRPC

Traffic Counting Program

$60,000

24-61-1001

Burlington County/DVRPC

Traffic Counting Program

$60,000

Project work will be performed by DVRPC staff.

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Cash Amount

Subtotal

$318,000

Program Total

$499,000

PROJECT: 24-61-010

Burlington County: Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Burlington County - Land Development
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs, and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings, and
other meetings with federal, state, regional, and local transportation agencies.
2. Prepare and submit Biannual progress reports/invoices.
3. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Burlington County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
4. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
5. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
6. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
2. Provide feedback to the state and DVRPC on the TIP and Statewide TIP (STIP).
3. Maintain and provide to DVRPC an inventory of project candidates to be
considered for inclusion of the local capital improvement program.
4. Maintain channels of communication with DVRPC, NJDOT, and the public
regarding TIP project status.
5. Assist with the coordination of DVRPC Work Program projects as necessary (e.g.
TCDI grant process).
6. Review and provide feedback on NJDOT Capital Program Screening Committee
(CPSC) and Capital Program Committee (CPC) project requests
7. Participate in project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate, including
DVRPC competitive programs.
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Task III - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Coordinate local governments land use and transportation policies.
2. Periodically review and update the Burlington County Transportation Plan.
3. Review proposed development to ensure compliance with the transportation plan
and to assess its impact on existing and proposed transportation systems.
4. Update the priority list of projects generated by the transportation plan.
5. Participate in the development of Transportation Development Districts to further
the goals of the transportation plan.
6. Produce and review maps and conceptual plans to be used for transportation
planning.
7. Review regional, state and municipal transportation plans for consistency with the
transportation plan.
Task IV - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. Update and maintain the County Traffic Volume Map using data supplied by
DVRPC as well as counts taken by the county.
2. Maintain accident files and analyze accident reports as a data source for the
transportation planning effort.
3. Take traffic counts at selected locations to support transportation studies, to
gauge the effectiveness of implemented or proposed transportation improvements,
and to maintain the county's traffic count map.
4. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
Products:
1. Biannual progress and expenditure reports and invoices
2. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
3. County project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year's UPWP, if available.
4. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
5. Commentary on transportation reports when appropriate.
6. A federally approved TIP to maintain with DVRPC.
7. Various maps and/or plans used in planning transportation improvements.
8. Coordination of various transportation studies and projects to ensure an integrated
transportation system.
9. Traffic Volume Map, available for public use.
10. Updated accident files.
Beneficiaries:
Burlington County, municipalities, state, region, and public.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$39,755

$0

$0

$0

$39,755

2024

$39,755

$0

$0

$0

$39,755

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $39,755 STBGP-PHILA;

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PROJECT: 24-61-020

Camden County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: Camden County - Department of Public Works - Division
of Planning
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings, and
other meetings with federal, state, regional, and local transportation agencies.
2. Prepare and submit the Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
3. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Camden County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
4. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
5. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
6. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
2. Provide feedback to the state and DVRPC on the TIP and Statewide TIP (STIP).
3. Maintain and provide to DVRPC an inventory of project candidates to be
considered for inclusion of the local capital improvement program.
4. Maintain channels of communication with DVRPC, NJDOT, and the public
regarding TIP project status.
5. Assist with the coordination of DVRPC Work Program projects as necessary (e.g.
TCDI grant process).
6. Review and provide feedback on NJDOT Capital Program Screening Committee
(CPSC) and Capital Program Committee (CPC) project requests
7. Participate in project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate, including
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DVRPC competitive programs.
Task III - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Coordinate local governments' land use and transportation policies with the
regional and state Long-Range Plans.
2. Prepare modifications, as required to update the county's transportation planning
process and coordinate with DVRPC.
3. Monitor and evaluate the impact of existing and proposed residential, commercial,
and industrial development in terms of short- and long-range transportation facility
improvements, including social, economic and environmental considerations,
population growth and business growth.
4. Evaluate proposed Senate and Assembly bills pertaining to highway planning.
5. Estimate future land use activities (e.g. corridor delineation) including identification
of high growth areas. Coordinate the activity with the growth center development
patterns during the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Planning
(SDRP) process, and “Smart Growth” grants.
6. Assist with the development and update of CMS corridors and strategies.
Task IV - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. Develop and maintain a GIS-based Highway Asset Management database.
2. Field collection of highway asset data.
3. Participate in DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering
committee meetings, as needed.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices.
2. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. A federally approved TIP to maintain with DVRPC.
4. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
5. Inventory and status of TIP projects.
6. Aerial photographs, DVRPC CMS and PMS updates, sign and signal management
data updates.
Beneficiaries:
Camden County, municipalities, state, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$44,015

$0

$0

$0

$44,015

2024

$44,015

$0

$0

$0

$44,015

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $44,015 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-030

Gloucester County: Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program

Responsible Agency: Gloucester County Planning Department
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by participating in subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities,
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings, and
other meetings with federal, state, regional, and local transportation agencies.
2. Prepare and submit the Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
3. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Gloucester County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
4. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
5. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
6. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
2. Provide feedback to the state and DVRPC on the TIP and Statewide TIP (STIP).
3. Maintain and provide to DVRPC an inventory of project candidates to be
considered for inclusion of the local capital improvement program.
4. Maintain channels of communication with DVRPC, NJDOT, and the public
regarding TIP project status.
5. Assist with the coordination of DVRPC Work Program projects as necessary (e.g.
TCDI grant process).
6. Review and provide feedback on NJDOT Capital Program Screening Committee
(CPSC) and Capital Program Committee (CPC) project requests
7. Participate in project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate, including
DVRPC competitive programs.
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Task III - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Coordinate county transportation policies with the regional and state long-range
plans.
2. Monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed land development on existing and
proposed highway and transit facilities.
3. Monitor certain state highway improvements and proposals.
4. Update the Gloucester County Official Map.
5. Maintain an update of the functional classification system.
6. Review regional, state, and municipal transportation policies for consistency with
the county’s plan.
Task IV - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. Prepare and maintain a traffic volume map using data supplied by DVRPC as well
as counts taken by the county and share traffic count data with interested parties.
2. Maintain data files supplied by NJDOT as a data source for the transportation
efforts.
3. Maintain information on Management Systems such as Bridge, Pavement, Safety,
etc.
4. Take traffic counts at selected locations to support transportation studies and to
maintain the county's traffic map.
5. Develop and maintain a GIS database for traffic counts.
6. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices.
2. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
3. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
4. A federally approved TIP to maintain with DVRPC.
5. A brief report on the activities that were undertaken in the planning/implementation
of TIP projects.
6. Current and up-to-date version of the Official Map of County Highways and related
transportation planning documents, as necessary.
7. Traffic Information available for public use.
8. Updated traffic counts at selected locations to support transportation planning
efforts.
9. County project proposals for consideration in next year's UPWP, if available.
Beneficiaries:
Gloucester County, municipalities, state, region, and public.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$39,100

$0

$0

$0

$39,100

2024

$39,100

$0

$0

$0

$39,100

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $39,100 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-040

Mercer County: Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: Mercer County Planning Department
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation core planning efforts.
Description:
This is a continuing project that provides for county participation in the regional
transportation planning process and the maintenance of county-level plans,
programs and data to support the regional transportation planning effort. It ensures
local government and citizen coordination of regional and county planning activities
and provides technical assistance to local governments on regional, state, and
county-level transportation projects.
Tasks:
Task I - Program Administration and Coordination
1. Attend monthly DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee meetings, and
other meetings with federal, state, regional, and local transportation agencies.
2. Prepare and submit the Quarterly Progress Reports/Invoices.
3. Participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and Mercer
County SRHPP for next fiscal year.
4. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
5. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
6. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
7. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
1. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
2. Provide feedback to the state and DVRPC on the TIP and Statewide TIP (STIP).
3. Identify locations and mitigation concepts for safety- and congestion-related
capital projects.
4. Maintain and provide to DVRPC an inventory of project candidates to be
considered for inclusion of the local capital improvement program.
5. Maintain channels of communication with DVRPC, NJDOT, and the public
regarding TIP project status.
6. Assist with the coordination of DVRPC Work Program projects as necessary (e.g.
TCDI grant process).
7. Review and provide feedback on NJDOT Capital Program Screening Committee
(CPSC) and Capital Program Committee (CPC) project requests
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8. Participate in project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate, including
DVRPC competitive programs.
Task III - Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Develop and maintain a master plan for improvements to transportation facilities
under County jurisdiction.
2. Coordinate local governments' land use and transportation policies with the
regional and state long-range plans.
3. Communicate with the public about the master plan.
4. Review master plans being updated by municipalities to determine their
consistency with the county transportation plan and resolve any differences, and
ensure alternative modes of transportation are considered and compatible with the
regional transportation system.
5. Prepare modifications as required to the master plan and present to the planning
board for public hearing and adoption.
6. Review regional, state and local plans, particularly with respect to long-range
plans, as required.
7. Review land development proposals for conformity with the master plan and with
the County’s highway design standards.
Task IV - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. Review and compile statistical data and inventories as provided by state agencies,
DVRPC, and private sources.
2. Manage enterprise GIS to support transportation planning, transportation asset
management, and land use planning.
3. Compile and analyze land use, economic and demographic data to support
transportation planning.
4. Create and update transportation-related maps.
5. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports and invoices.
2. SRHPP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. A federally approved TIP to maintain with DVRPC.
4. Highway data and analysis to the county and other governmental agencies,
developers and citizens.
5. Correspondence on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
6. Highway project analyses as they relate to new highway construction, functional
classification and future planning activities.
7. Selective reports and new technical data files.
8. County project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year’s UPWP, if available.
9. Maps, data, and/or studies used in planning transportation improvements

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Beneficiaries:
Mercer County, municipalities, state, region, and public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$34,130

$0

$0

$0

$34,130

2024

$34,130

$0

$0

$0

$34,130

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $34,130 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-050

City of Camden - Supportive Regional Highway Planning
Program

Responsible Agency: City of Camden
Program Coordinator: Amani Bey
Project Manager: Patricia Elkis
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by participating in
subregional transportation planning efforts.
Description:
Manage and maintain the general administration of the program and maintain
coordination and cooperation with federal, state, regional, and local agencies.
Maintain public participation in the transportation planning process. Identify,
prioritize, and analyze a capital program of federal and state-funded transportation
improvements reflecting local input and coordination with state and regional
agencies. Monitor implementation of the capital improvements. Assess impact of
proposed land use on transportation facilities and recommend Camden City’s
position on certain regional transportation improvements and programs. Maintain
and update data files required for the comprehensive transportation planning effort.
Monitor various transportation indicators (e.g., traffic counts and turning
movements). Retrieve and disseminate information as required.
Tasks:
Task I - Administration
1. Perform general and contract administrative duties.
2. Prepare quarterly progress reports, expenditure reports, annual completion report,
and participate in the development of the DVRPC Planning Work Program and
Camden City SRHPP for the next fiscal year.
3. Perform public participation as appropriate.
4. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide feedback.
5. Attend meetings, including DVRPC monthly RTC meetings, quarterly progress
report meetings, Planning Work Program meetings, and special meetings as
required. Present data to Camden City for its use.
6. Respond to information requests.
7. Conduct interagency liaison and coordination.
8. Attend Training Modules, Workshop, and Seminars – CEU opportunities.
Task II - Transportation Improvement Program
1. Monitor Federal Aid and STATE-DVRPC Program progress.
2. Maintain and inventory TIP projects and update project status. Maintain channels
of communication with DVRPC, NJDOT, and the public regarding project status.
3. Participate and assist in the TIP update and maintenance processes.
4. Review and provide feedback on NJDOT Capital Program Screening Committee
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(CPSC) and Capital Program Committee (CPC) project requests
5. Participate in project selection and evaluation processes, as appropriate.
Task III – Transportation Plan Maintenance
1. Monitor and evaluate the impact of proposed land development on existing and
proposed highway and transit facilities.
2. Monitor certain state improvements.
Task IV - Transportation Planning Data and Analysis
1. NJDOT’s Safety Voyager or NJDHTS’s Numetric Crash Analysis tool. Maintain
data supplied by NJDOT as a data source for transportation planning effort.
2. Maintain information on roadways and bridges, such as condition, cartway width,
rights of way, age, etc.
3. Attend DVRPC IREG, future Imagery Acquisition, and other steering committee
meetings.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress and expenditure reports.
2. Brief reports on meetings and seminars attended related to highway planning.
3. Annual completion report.
4. SRHPP for the subsequent fiscal year.
5. Adopted Transportation Improvement Program
6. City project proposals for consideration in next fiscal year's UPWP, if available.
Beneficiaries:
Camden City, Camden County, residents, businesses, and the region.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$24,000
$24,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$0
$0

$0
$0

Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

Other
$24,000
$24,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $24,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-060

Trenton Safe Streets for All Implementation

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Cassidy Boulan
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Christopher Mulroy, Kaylen Phillips
Goals:
Support the City of Trenton in advancing and implementing the Trenton Complete
Streets Design Handbook, the Trenton Vision Zero Plan and Our Streets: A Trenton
Bike Plan for All
Description:
Work conducted under this program will help to implement the planning goals and
policies of Trenton250, Trenton’s adopted comprehensive plan, by assisting Trenton
City advance the goals of recent studies completed in Trenton designed to promote
access, safety, equity, and multi-modalism. The purchase of materials, service,
and/or equipment may be required to complete this project.
Tasks:
1. Finalize Our Streets: A Trenton Bike Plan for All planning process and any final
products, including sharing with stakeholders, planning board, etc. Assist city staff
with identifying initial implementation steps.
2. Provide technical analysis in support of the Trenton Vision Zero plan, bike plan
(Our Streets), and Complete Streets implementation, as needed.
3. Support for the Safe Streets for All Committee. Tasks may include participating in
the committee, facilitating process for identifying department actions, providing
training on the role of committee members, how to utilize the Complete Streets
Design Handbook, and other associated topics, assisting with producing annual
report and other responsibilities as laid out in the Complete and Green Streets
ordinance. Assistance may also include setting up systems, processes, and
templates that will allow the committee to continue efficiently without support.
4. Advise City of Trenton staff on preparation of applications for funding and/or
technical assistance to advance Vision Zero and Complete Streets in Trenton.
5. Support ongoing public outreach and engagement for the Vision Zero plan and
the Our Streets plan.
6. Coordinate with assistance provided to advance the Trenton Trails Plan provided
through the DVRPC Regional Trails Program.

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Products:
Planning/policy documents, datasets, maps, white papers, training documents and/or
presentations, promotional materials and/or memorandums with findings and
recommendations, as appropriate.
Beneficiaries:
City of Trenton, bicyclists, pedestrians, transit users, and the traveling public
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$78,000

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$0

$0

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$78,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $78,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-070

Camden County Traffic Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Obtain data needed for transportation, engineering, and pavement management
studies.
Description:
Camden County has requested that DVRPC perform a travel mode counting
program. This information will be used for the county’s transportation, planning,
engineering and pavement management studies. DVRPC will provide vehiclular,
bicycle, pedestrian and crosswalk count information at locations determined by the
county’s planning and engineering staff. This program also supports ongoing
equipment needs and maintenance costs for permanent bicycle and pedestrian
counting stations in Camden County.
Tasks:
1. Schedule meetings with Camden County representatives to determine locations
for conducting counts.
2. Collect travel data at selected locations, for vehicle volume and intersection
turning movement, pedestrian, bicycle and crosswalk counts where required.
3. Process data and develop annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT) based on
a continuous 48 hours of an average week (motorized) or annual average daily
bicycles (AADB) / annual average daily pedestrians (AADP) based on a week of
data for non-motorized travel.
4. Check field data for accuracy.
5. Prepare annual summary data in tabular form and also present data individually
by location with counts for individual hours.
6. Prepare and send data to Camden County for their use.
Products:
1.Detailed tables showing hourly counts, turning movements, and AADT, AADB, or
AADP for selected locations.
Beneficiaries:
Camden County, Camden City, NJDOT, residents, businesses, and DVRPC project
managers.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

2024

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $60,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-080

Gloucester County Traffic Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Obtain data needed for transportation, engineering, and pavement management
studies.
Description:
The Gloucester County Planning Division has requested that DVRPC continue to
perform a traffic counting program within Gloucester County. This information will be
used for the county’s transportation, planning, engineering, and pavement
management studies. DVRPC will provide vehicular, bicycle, pedestrian, and
crosswalk count information at locations determined by the county’s planning and
engineering staff. This program also supports ongoing equipment needs and
maintenance costs for permanent bicycle and pedestrian counting stations in
Gloucester County.
Tasks:
1. Schedule meetings with county planning and engineering representatives to
determine locations for conducting counts.
2. Collect travel data at selected locations, for vehicle volume and intersection
turning movement, pedestrian, bicycle and crosswalk counts where required.
3. Process data and develop annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT) based on
a continuous 48 hours of an average week (motorized) or annual average daily
bicycles (AADB) / annual average daily pedestrians (AADP) based on a week of
data for non-motorized travel.
4. Check field data for accuracy.
5. Prepare annual summary data in tabular form and also present data individually
by location with counts for individual hours.
6. Prepare and send count data for the county’s GIS file and prepare traffic count
map showing new locations.
7. Update the county’s GIS traffic count file and map.
Products:
1. Detailed tables showing hourly counts, turning movements, and AADT, AADB, or
AADP for selected locations.
2. An updated traffic information file and GIS map.
Beneficiaries:
Gloucester County, municipalities, NJDOT, residents, businesses, and DVRPC
project managers.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

2024

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $60,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-090

Mercer County Traffic Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Obtain new traffic count data and compare with existing data in GIS format for
transportation, engineering, and pavement management studies.
Description:
To supplement existing counts in the Transportation Development District, the
county needs DVRPC to annually collect approximately 200 counts throughout the
county.
In addition to vehicular counts, DVRPC will provide requested bicycle, pedestrian
and crosswalk count information at locations determined by the county's planning
and engineering staff.
Additionally, the county will incorporate developer traffic study count data into the
County’s GIS system so that the traffic count data collected as a result of this
project will be linked to that produced by others. In this way the county will obtain
the most accurate representation of traffic flow in the county. Once compiled, this
data will be shared with municipalities in order to enhance their transportation study
efforts.
This program also supports ongoing equipment needs and maintenance costs for
permanent bicycle and pedestrian counting stations in Mercer County.
Tasks:
1. Schedule meetings with county planning and engineering representatives to
determine locations for conducting counts in addition to cyclical vehicle counts.
2. Collect travel data at selected locations, for vehicle volume and intersection
turning movement, pedestrian, bicycle and crosswalk counts where required.
3. Process data and develop annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT) based on
a continuous 48 hours of an average week (motorized) or annual average annual
daily bicycles (AADB) / annual average daily pedestrians (AADP) based on a week
of data for non-motorized travel.
4. Check field data for accuracy.
5. Update the county’s GIS traffic count file and map.
6. Prepare and send count data for the county’s GIS file and prepare traffic count
map showing new locations.

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Products:
1. Detailed tables showing hourly counts, turning movements, and AADT, AADB, or
AADP for selected locations.
2. Maps, tables, and text for transportation element of the master plan.
Beneficiaries:
Mercer County, municipalities, NJDOT, residents, businesses, and DVRPC project
managers.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

2024

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $60,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PROJECT: 24-61-100

Burlington County Traffic Counting Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Jonathan Ferullo
Goals:
Obtain data needed for transportation, engineering, and pavement management
studies.
Description:
Burlington County has requested that DVRPC perform a travel mode counting
program. This information will be used for the county’s transportation, planning,
engineering and pavement management studies. DVRPC will provide vehicular,
bicycle, pedestrian and crosswalk count information at locations determined by the
county’s planning and engineering staff. This program also supports ongoing
equipment needs and maintenance costs for permanent bicycle and pedestrian
counting stations in Burlington County.
Tasks:
1. Schedule meetings with Burlington County representatives to determine
locations for conducting counts.
2. Collect travel data at selected locations, for vehicle volume and intersection
turning movement, pedestrian, bicycle and crosswalk counts where required.
3. Process data and develop annual average daily traffic volumes (AADT) based
on a continuous 48 hours of an average week (motorized) or annual average daily
bicycles (AADB) / annual average daily pedestrians (AADP) based on a week of
data for non-motorized travel.
4. Check field data for accuracy.
5. Prepare annual summary data in tabular form and also present data individually
by location with counts for individual hours.
6. Prepare and send data to Burlington County for their use.
Products:
Detailed tables showing hourly counts, turning movements, and AADT, AADB, or
AADP for selected locations.
Beneficiaries:
Burlington County, NJDOT, residents, businesses, and DVRPC project managers.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

2024

$60,000

$0

$0

$0

$60,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP - DB #X30A - $60,000 STBGP-PHILA

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PA Transit Support
Program

PA Transit
Support Program
(TSP)

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 4A: PA Transit Support Program
24-63-001

Bucks County Transit Planning and Programming

277

24-63-002

Chester County Transit Planning and Coordination

279

24-63-003

Delaware County Transit Planning and Coordination

281

24-63-004

Montgomery County Transit Planning and Implementation

283

24-63-005

Philadelphia Transit Planning and Programming

285

24-63-006

Philadelphia Short-Range Planning

288

24-63-007

Technical Assistance in Support of SEPTA Forward

290

24-63-008

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Planning and Technical Assistance

292

24-63-009

Transit Survey Program for Southeastern PA

294

Table
Table 8: PA Transit Support Program

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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program
Table 8: PA Transit Support Program
Core Projects
Project Number

Agency

Project

FY 2024 Budget
Cash

Match

Total

24-63-001

Bucks County

Transit Planning and
Programming

$61,734

$15,434

$77,168

24-63-002

Chester County

Transit Planning and
Programming

$46,069

$11,517

$57,586

24-63-003

Delaware County

Transit Planning and
Programming

$87,504

$21,876

$109,380

24-63-004

Montgomery
County

Transit Planning and
Implementation

$77,400

$19,350

$96,750

24-63-005

Philadelphia
Office of
Transportation,
Infrastructure,
and Sustainability

Transit Planning and
Programming

$98,535

$24,633

$123,168

24-63-006

Philadelphia City
Planning
Commission

Short-Range Planning

$119,758

$29,940

$149,698

$491,000

$122,750

$613,750

Subtotal

Special Studies
Project Number

Agency

Project

FY 2024 Budget
Cash

Match

Total

24-63-0071

SEPTA/DVRPC

Technical Assistance in
Support of SEPTA
Forward

$185,000

$46,250

$231,250

24-63-0081

DVRPC

Southeastern PA
Transit Planning and
Technical Assistance

$144,000

$36,000

$180,000

24-63-0091

SEPTA/DVRPC

Transit Survey Program
for Southeastern PA

$80,000

$20,000

$100,000

Subtotal

$409,000

$102,250

$511,250

Program Total $900,000 $225,000 $1,125,000
1

Project work will be performed by DVRPC staff. An in-kind match ($17,042) will be added to all PA core agreements.

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PROJECT: 24-63-001

Bucks County Transit Planning and Programming

Responsible Agency: Bucks County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
Examine the need for public transportation services, specifically in areas of rapid
traffic volume increases and escalating traffic congestion. Advocate and coordinate
the implementation of activities and services that support public transit usage and
help improve suburban mobility.
Rapid development and minimal public transportation services have led to an
overburdened highway network in Bucks County. The county’s geographic location
between the New Jersey to New York corridor to the east, Philadelphia to the south,
and the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton areas to the north guarantees that
development pressures will continue. Bucks County’s comprehensive plan aims to
guide and coordinate development to minimize its adverse impacts.
This project will allow staff to examine opportunities to minimize traffic impacts and
enhance suburban mobility through an expanded public transportation system.
Public transportation objectives will be pursued through coordination with local
governments, the business community, and area service providers.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Program administration and inter-agency coordination to include general program
correspondence and public information requests.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Assist the business community in identifying unique transportation needs and
provide information as to public transportation alternatives.
2. Review existing and proposed development to identify areas capable of
supporting public transportation services or areas in particular need of expanded
transit services.
3. Review county and municipal growth management policies to ensure that access
to public transportation services are included where feasible.
4. Review existing paratransit services for evaluation and compliance with ADA
Requirements.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Maintain liaison with the Bucks County Transportation Management
Association.
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Products:
1. Monthly and quarterly progress reports.
2. Quarterly invoices.
3. Expanded and/or modified transit service proposals.
4. Recommendations for improving transit services throughout the county.
5. Proposed TSP Work Program for next fiscal year.
Beneficiaries:
Operating agencies and utilities; economic development agencies; private sector;
and municipalities.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$88,210

$61,734

$26,476

2024

$94,210

$61,734

$32,476

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$32,476 Local SILOC Match ($15,434 for 24-63-001, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-002

Chester County Transit Planning and Coordination

Responsible Agency: Chester County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
The purpose of this project is to provide comprehensive planning, programming,
monitoring, and coordination of transit services in Chester County. It provides for
staff support to respond to requests for technical and policy assistance on regional
public transportation issues and projects. It enables staff to coordinate with
PennDOT, SEPTA, TMACC, GVFTMA, Amtrak, and other public transit service
providers and stakeholders.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Prepare quarterly progress reports and invoices.
2. Participate in DVRPC’s Annual Planning Work Program development.
3. Perform general administration and respond to information requests.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Monitor existing transit services and evaluate the need and potential for new
public transportation services. Participate in various transportation study advisory
committees related to public transit.
2. Participate in developing and amending the Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP).
3. Review and provide input to SEPTA's capital budget, operating budget, and
annual service plan. Monitor service changes and capital projects.
4. Monitor transportation funding programs and opportunities.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Participate in meetings of regional or multi-county interest to discuss issues
related to public transportation services or policies. Coordinate with DVRPC,
SEPTA, Amtrak, PennDOT, TMACC, and other organizations that plan or provide
transit and paratransit services.
2. Provide technical assistance and policy input to the county commissioners and
SEPTA board members.
3. Participate in meetings and activities of the TMA of Chester County and Greater
Valley Forge TMA.

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Products:
1. Quarterly progress reports and invoices.
2. Proposed TSP Work Program for next fiscal year.
Beneficiaries:
State, county, municipalities, transit operating agencies, the private sector, and
Chester County residents and employees.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$82,128
$74,628

$0
$0

Transit PL
Program
$46,069
$46,069

Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$28,559 Local SILOC Match ($11,517 for 24-63-002, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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Other
$36,059
$28,559

PROJECT: 24-63-003

Delaware County Transit Planning and Coordination

Responsible Agency: Delaware County Planning Department
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
This project will enhance the mobility of the residents of Delaware County by
providing comprehensive planning, programming, monitoring, and coordination of
transit services in the county.
Tasks:
1. Administer project and prepare required invoices, progress reports, and
completion reports.
2. Continue to build and maintain a transit database/needs improvement inventory.
3. Monitor transit service through performance analysis and service improvement
requests.
4. Provide input to SEPTA operating budgets and determine impacts on fares,
subsidies, and levels of service.
5. Provide input to SEPTA and PennDOT capital budgets and monitor capital
projects and subsidies.
6. Promote transit initiatives through marketing strategies, service planning, and
travel demand management.
7. Prepare public transit components of County Comprehensive Plan and municipal
comprehensive plans.
8. Review land development proposals and provide recommendations for improved
public transit access.
9. Plan and coordinate paratransit services.
10. Maintain liaison with SEPTA, PennDOT, Community Transit, The Delaware
County TMA, and private providers.
11. Management of County Employee Transportation Programs: develop a strategy
for how the DCPD Transportation Planning staff could assist with the management
of County employee transportation programs for employees working in Media,
including streamlining the RideECO enrollment process and providing relevant
transit information through transit fairs, new employee packets, etc.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress reports
2. Quarterly invoices
3. Closing report
4. TSP Work Program for next fiscal year
5. Strategy for how the DCPD Transportation Planning staff could assist with the
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management of County employee transportation programs for employees working in
Media
Beneficiaries:
Member governments, operating agencies, the private sector, and citizens.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$120,422

$0

$87,504

$0

$32,918

2024

$126,422

$0

$87,504

$0

$38,918

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$38,918 Local SILOC Match ($21,876 for 24-63-003, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-004

Montgomery County Transit Planning and
Implementation

Responsible Agency: Montgomery County Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
The purpose of this project is to partially fund staff participation in transit planning
with SEPTA, DVRPC, and Pottstown Area Rapid Transit (PART). It will fund
planning activities dealing with route and service modifications, new route planning,
capital and operating budget review, policy development, and data gathering and
analysis.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Prepare TSP submittal and participate in DVRPC’s annual Planning Work
Program development.
2. Prepare quarterly progress and financial reports and general correspondence and
respond to public information requests.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Provide policy analysis and liaison with county commissioners and SEPTA board
Members.
2. Review new or modified transit service proposals and review subdivision and land
development plans for transit access.
3. Enforce the county comprehensive plan, and WalkMontco and BikeMonto plans,
as well as assist in the preparation of the upcoming new county comprehensive plan.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Participate in the activities of the Greater Valley Forge and The Partnership TMAs.
2. Provide inter-agency coordination with DVRPC, SEPTA and PART.
3. Participate in various transportation study task forces.
4. Participate in the development of new transit services and improved facilities.
5. Establish and communicate the county's capital priorities for SEPTA and PART.
6. Participate in the development of the Transportation Improvement Program.
7. Review SEPTA and PART operating and capital budgets.
8. Organize and lead meetings among departments to implement the county’s
Complete Streets policy.

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Products:
1. Monthly progress and financial reports.
2. Route and service plans.
3. County transportation plan update.
4. TSP Work Program for inclusion in next year's DVRPC Planning Work Program.
5. County project proposals for annual UPWP.
Beneficiaries:
Operating agencies, the private sector, county, and municipalities.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$107,792

$0

$77,400

$0

$30,392

2024

$113,792

$0

$77,400

$0

$36,392

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$36,392 Local SILOC Match ($19,350 for 24-63-004, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-005

Philadelphia Transit Planning and Programming

Responsible Agency: Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
The major purpose of this program is to reimburse the Philadelphia Office of
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS) for expenses incurred as a
result of its input and participation in the regional transit planning and capital
programming processes.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Participate in DVRPC’s annual Planning Work Program development.
2. Prepare TSP quarterly progress and financial reports.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Manage, analyze, develop, and evaluate the City of Philadelphia’s short-range lowcapital-intensive transportation projects that are under various stages of
implementation, with emphasis on coordination with the city’s neighborhood and
commercial corridor improvement programs.
2. Prepare necessary inputs into the regional transportation plan and Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP)
a. Assist in the development and coordination of city and regional transit plans.
b. Assist in planning for compliance with, and implementation of, strategies related to
the Clean Air Act Amendments and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
c. Participate in the development of regional TSM planning.
d. Review and evaluate short-range transit plans.
e. Participate in the Commission’s transit planning projects.
f. Participate in SEPTA’s transit planning technical studies and projects such as
route analysis and comprehensive bus network redesign.
g. Participate in transit planning studies sponsored by other agencies, such as the
Delaware River Port Authority, New Jersey Transit, PennDOT, and the Center City
Philadelphia TMA.
h. Participate in the development of a City of Philadelphia transit plan and
subsequent planning work.
3. Make field trips to examine sites as required.
4. Identify and resolve issues requiring coordination with the Commission and
member agencies.
5. Collect data for each city transit improvement project, including purpose,
justification, physical description, status, and implementation schedule.
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6. Prepare and review the City of Philadelphia's long-range Capital Budget and
Program for transit projects.
7. Update and present to the Commission and member agencies the City’s portion of
the regional TIP updates and updates to the state Twelve Year Transit Capital
Program.
8. Assist with local asset data collection, as requested.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Long-Range Transit Planning Process: Assist in updating and/or modifying the
transportation elements of DVRPC’s Long- Range Plan Update.
2. Attend transportation-planning-related meetings and conferences sponsored by
FTA, PennDOT, APTA, TRB, PTI, NACTO, IMPACTS, or other transportation
organizations.
3. TIP Coordination and Development:
a. Review and analyze the current regional TIP, including the status of the current
budget year and the two- to six-year program of the City of Philadelphia’s
Transportation Capital Budget and Program.
b. Coordinate the TIP’s progress and status with the Commission and member
agencies.
4. Review and analyze the draft regional TIP in light of the Long-Range Plan.
5. Prioritize and stage the elements of the TIP within fiscal funding constraints.
6. Make suggestions to improve and revise the city’s and SEPTA’s Transit Capital
budgeting process.
7. Participate in the preparation and coordination of city submissions for
Transportation Enhancements, CMAQ, TCDI, and TCSP funding.
8. Provide assistance to the Commission’s staff in analyzing the City of
Philadelphia’s TIP projects and implementation thereof.
Products:
1.Transit Capital Project element of the city’s long-range Capital Budget and Program.
2. TSP Work Program for inclusion in next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
3. Updated regional TIP.
Beneficiaries:
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, SEPTA, PATCO, and NJ Transit.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$145,459

$0

$98,535

$0

$46,924

2024

$140,210

$0

$98,535

$0

$41,675

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$41,675 Local SILOC Match ($24,633 for 24-63-005, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-006

Philadelphia Short-Range Planning

Responsible Agency: Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To support the Philadelphia City Planning Commission's (PCPC) transportation
planning and programming efforts at both city and regional levels, and to develop
recommendations on specific issues, as needed.
Description:
The City of Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter requires that the City Planning
Commission prepare an annual Capital Program and Budget. This work also
provides input into the development of the regional TIP. Support is needed for the
proper analysis, ranking, and determination of cross-functional priorities of the
projects submitted for review, as well as for continued capital program maintenance.
The City Planning Commission is also required by the Charter to prepare and
maintain a Comprehensive Plan for the City. Staff supports the integration of interdepartmental transportation needs and priorities into the citywide and district-level
stages of this work. Support is also needed for analyses of proposed developments,
as well as the development of transportation improvement proposals for immediate
implementation. This project will also include participation in the regional planning
process.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Develop, prepare, and submit quarterly invoices and progress reports for TSP.
2. Participate in DVRPC’s annual Planning Work Program development.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Evaluate requested transportation projects and make recommendations about
their inclusion and level of funding in the city’s Capital Budget and Program and
regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
2. Develop supporting data, tables, and text for the Capital Program and contribute
to Capital Program maintenance, including the evaluation and processing of
Modifications and Amendments.
3. Review and make recommendations regarding studies and plans for
transportation capital projects. These recommendations may include recommended
improvements based on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
4. Work with the CONNECT: Transit First Subcommittee in its efforts to improve the
effective operation of surface transit.
5. Continue non-motorized transportation planning activities, including updates to the
Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan, Trail Master Plan and projects like the Wissahickon
Gateway, Poquessing Creek Trail Feasibility Study, and Mule Bridge, particularly as
they relate to transit access.
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6. Evaluate proposed development projects for potential impacts on transportation
systems, through Complete Streets Reviews for Civic Design Review cases.
7. Data collection and technical analysis for existing internal multimodal projects.
8. Assist with providing existing local asset data collection, as appropriate.
9. Evaluate transportation related projects for consistency with the city’s
comprehensive plan and provide letters of plan compliance for grant funded projects.
10. APA and AICP individual membership for David Kanthor to help meet program
tasks and goals.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Participate in the development and maintenance of the transportation elements of
the city’s comprehensive plan and district plans.
2. Provide City Planning Commission input to DVRPC’s transportation planning
projects, including the maintenance of the Long-Range Plan.
3. Attend transportation-planning-related meetings and conferences sponsored by
organizations such as PennDOT, FTA, Urbanism Next, NACTO, and TRB.
4. Review plans and participate in planning efforts of other agencies, including
SEPTA, the Streets Department, OTIS, PennDOT, PATCO, Clean Air Council, the
Central Philadelphia TMA, and University City TMA.
5. Participate in the Regional Technical Committee of DVRPC and the SEPTA citycounty meetings.
6. Participate in the development and maintenance of the regional Transportation
Improvement Program.
Products:
1. Recommended Capital Budget and Program.
2. Final Capital Program Report.
3. Memos and reports on individual transportation issues.
4. TSP Work Program for inclusion in subsequent year DVRPC Planning Work
Program.
5. Updated regional TIP.
6. SEPTA Bus Revolution
Beneficiaries:
General Public/Citizens, DVRPC, and SEPTA
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$171,989

$0

$119,758

$0

$52,231

2024

$166,740

$0

$119,758

$0

$46,982

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$46,982 Local SILOC Match ($29,940 for 24-63-006, $17,042 for special
studies projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-007

Technical Assistance in Support of SEPTA Forward

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Bernknopf
Project Manager: Cassidy Boulan, Sarah Moran
Goals:
Support transit planning, design, and analysis work for SEPTA's Strategic Plan 20212026: SEPTA Forward: A Vision for a Stronger Future.
Description:
SEPTA is currently progressing a series of large-scale planning efforts as a part of
SEPTA Forward and efforts to create a Lifestyle Transit Network that serves all
types of trips, not just 9-to-5 commuters. This work includes Bus Revolution,
Reimagining Regional Rail, Project Metro, Trolley Modernization, and King of
Prussia Rail. SEPTA anticipates additional and more detailed studies will be
required as these major projects continue to progress. DVRPC is uniquely
positioned to support these more detailed studies as they advance. DVRPC staff will
assist in modeling analysis for transit corridors and Mobility Hub concept planning,
to meet SEPTA's need in advancing SEPTA Forward.
This project may include the purchase of services and/or equipment to complete the
work.
Tasks:
1. Traffic Modeling Analysis: SEPTA’s recent engagement efforts highlight the
importance of fast and reliable transit service. DVRPC will support traffic modeling
and signal coordination efforts that align with SEPTA’s transit corridors, limited to 1-2
corridors depending on the length and required effort. Modeling analysis will include
refinement of corridor concept designs and coordination with the roadway owner.
Tasks may include collection of traffic counts and other relevant data to analyze
existing conditions, the development of a network for analysis in Synchro or Vissim,
and analysis of future scenarios with specific improvements.
2. Mobility Hub Concept Planning. SEPTA is focused on creating a lifestyle transit
network that is better integrated with other mobility options. SEPTA’s ongoing
projects, including Bus Revolution, Reimagining Regional Rail, and the Microtransit
Playbook, will identify key transfer locations and “mobility hubs” that present an
opportunity for greater integration with other mobility options. DVRPC staff will assist
SEPTA in planning for a temporary or “pop-up” project that supports multimodal
access as a proof-of-concept. The pop-up project would be situated on SEPTA
property, and be funded and installed by SEPTA, and/or others as identified and
appropriate. Project includes identification of an appropriate site, program, concept
design, performance measures and coordination with stakeholders.

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Products:
1. A report or process memo summarizing the findings of the analysis. This could
include narrative text, concept designs, modeling outputs, tables and graphs
supporting the recommendations and next steps in this effort.
2. A process memo summarizing the pop-up project and its results. This could
include narrative text, concept designs, tables and graphs summarizing the
performance measures, recommendations and next steps in this effort.
Beneficiaries:
Pennsylvania member governments, SEPTA, and the transit-riding public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$185,000

Highway PL
Program
$0

Transit PL
Program
$185,000

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$0

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PROJECT: 24-63-008

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Planning and
Technical Assistance

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Amy Bernknopf
Project Manager: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
Support transit planning, design, and analysis work for transit agencies and member
governments in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Description:
Work conducted under this program will help to implement the planning goals and
policies of Connections 2050, the region’s adopted Long Range Plan, while
assisting Southeastern Pennsylvania public transit agencies in the implementation
of their planning and project agendas. Work under this program may include tasks
or projects in their entirety, and may also supplement transit planning work by
DVRPC staff for projects funded under other programs.
Project tasks may include existing conditions analysis, identification of potential
transit improvements through conceptual design or evaluations of multimodal
access improvements, as well as evaluations of feasibility and network operations
impacts of proposed interventions. DVRPC will take advantage of skills and
expertise from across the agency in a collaborative effort to best meet the needs of
the project sponsor and to further the goal of establishing an increasinglymultimodal transportation system for Southeastern Pennsylvania. Completion of
work undertaken through this program may require the purchase of equipment or
services. This project will provide technical analysis to support the City of
Philadelphia's transit plan. Work conducted under this program may require the
purchasing of materials or equipment.
Tasks:
1. Provide technical analysis in support of The Philadelphia Transit Plan. This project
will involve collaborating closely with City of Philadelphia staff (OTIS and PCPC) to
identify, evaluate, and prioritize street-level improvements to increase transit
performance. Staff will develop and evaluate alternative concepts for a selected
study area, ultimately refining it to a preferred concept with input from partner
agencies and stakeholders. The work will result in detailed recommendations. Staff
will provide materials from the project that support the outreach and community
engagement work for the corridor.
2. Conduct technical analysis as required to support transit planning work by DVRPC
staff for projects funded under other programs.

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Products:
Planning/policy documents, datasets, maps, technical reports, white papers, and/or
memorandums with findings and recommendations, as appropriate.
Beneficiaries:
Pennsylvania member governments, SEPTA, and the transit-riding public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$144,000

$0

$144,000

$0

$0

2024

$144,000

$0

$144,000

$0

$0

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PROJECT: 24-63-009

Transit Survey Program for Southeastern PA

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Christopher Mulroy, Thomas Stead
Goals:
This project is part of a continuing multi-year project performing survey work, license
plate surveys, and/or observational data collection in order to better understand
passenger origins and destinations and identify future issues or needs, and assist in
meeting Title VI requirements.
Description:
The purpose of this project is to collect and analyze data from bus and rail services
in Pennsylvania in order to better understand passenger travel patterns, issues and
needs. DVRPC will assist SEPTA in identifying timely planning questions that can
be answered through survey and observational work at stops/stations.
This project might include one or more of the following methods:
- On-board passenger survey data collection on select SEPTA bus and rail routes.
This would update existing data and would support identification of travel patterns,
customer preferences, and operational issues or needs, and help meet Title VI
requirements. DVRPC will work with the transit agencies to identify routes to be
surveyed, design the sampling plan and survey instrument and agent schedules.
Collected data will be processed and cleaned to ensure high data quality.
- License plate surveys at transit stations. DVRPC will work with NJ Transit, PATCO,
and SEPTA to identify stations in which to survey, or record, license plates of the
vehicles that are parked at each station and map the addresses that are associated
with those plates. This data determines the geographic areas from which park-andride customers originate. Rider origins are obtained from license plates, address
matched by PennDOT/DMV, and mapped. The resulting station catchment area
information, from which personally identifiable information is removed, provides
clear and accurate data used to support planning functions by the transit agencies,
counties, and local municipalities for changes in marketing, route operations, and
capital planning (expansion of parking and station facilities)
- Observational data collection of passenger access and station facilities. DVRPC
will conduct on-site observations at stations that might include: passenger arrival
mode and path, existing sidewalk, bicycle facility, parking, lighting, and station
amenity condition. This data provides transit agencies with a window into the on-site
conditions passengers experience and the behavior that occurs at stations.
Data collected from this project will be used to update the regional traffic model.
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This project is coordinated alongside a parallel project, New Jersey Transit Survey
Program (24-63-026), for Pennsylvania.This project may involve the purchase of
goods and/or services.
Tasks:
Ridership survey, license plate survey analysis, park and ride passenger origin
mapping, and observational analysis as needed.
Products:
1. Survey and data collection recorded through photos, tables, web and narrative, as
appropriate.
Beneficiaries:
SEPTA, other regional transit agencies, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware,
Chester and Bucks counties, municipalities, and commuters.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total
$80,000

Highway PL
Program
$0

Transit PL
Program
$80,000

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other
$0

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Program

NJ Transit
Support Program
(TSP)

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 4B: NJ Transit Support Program
24-63-020

Burlington County Transit and Ridesharing

301

24-63-021

Camden County: Transit Planning and Programming

303

24-63-022

Gloucester County Transportation Systems Planning & Implementation

305

24-63-023

Mercer County Transit Planning and Programming

307

24-63-024

City of Camden Transit Planning Program

309

24-63-025

PATCO Knights Crossing Ridership Forecasts

311

24-63-026

Transit Survey Program for New Jersey

313

Table
Table 9: NJ Transit Support Program

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program
Table 9: NJ Transit Support Program
Core Projects
Project
Number

Agency

Project

FY 2024 Budget
Cash

Match

Total

24-63-020

Burlington County

Transit and
Ridesharing

$37,392

$9,348

$46,740

24-63-021

Camden County

Transit Planning and
Programming

$41,500

$10,375

$51,875

24-63-022

Gloucester County

Transportation
Systems Planning

$38,680

$9,670

$48,350

24-63-023

Mercer County

Transit Planning and
Programming

$33,284

$8,321

$41,605

24-63-024

Camden City

Transit Planning
Program

$20,800

$5,200

$26,000

$171,656

$42,914

$214,570

Subtotal

Special Studies
Project
Number

1

Agency

Project

FY 2024 Budget
Cash

Match

Total

24-63-0251

NJ Regional/
DVRPC

PATCO Knights
Crossing Ridership
Forecasts

$79,944

$19,986

$99,930

24-63-0261

NJ Regional/
DVRPC

Transit Survey
Program for New
Jersey

$135,000

$33,750

$168,750

Subtotal

$214,944

$53,736

$268,680

Program Total

$386,600

$96,650

$483,250

Project work will be performed by DVRPC staff. An in-kind match ($10,747) will be added to all NJ Core agreements.

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PROJECT: 24-63-020

Burlington County Transit and Ridesharing

Responsible Agency: Burlington County - Land Development
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
Carry out a comprehensive local transit planning program to improve the efficiency of
the region’s transportation network.
Description:
Identify, provide, promote, and maintain transit and ridesharing opportunities within
Burlington County by encouraging patterns that link use with transit. Work with NJ
Transit, NJDOT, the Cross County Connection TMA, developers, large employers,
and other agencies to promote and implement various types of transit and
ridesharing. These may include, but are not limited to: transit buses, local buses,
park and rides, and van or car pooling in areas of the county with severe congestion
problems and little or no transit. Make recommendations to NJ Transit, employers,
and developers for new services
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Participate in DVRPC’s annual Planning Work Program development.
2. Prepare TSP bi-annual progress and financial reports.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Assist NJ Transit in efforts to establish legal bus stops and install shelters
throughout the county.
2. Make recommendations to NJ Transit on sites and corridors with potential transit
ridership.
3. Work with large employers, developers, municipalities, the county government,
and CCCTMA to develop and encourage alternatives to the single occupancy
vehicle.
4. Work with municipalities, county government, and other appropriate agencies to
review, evaluate, and implement transportation control measures appropriate for the
county and the region in response to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
5. Review municipal master plans to ensure that transit services are considered and
are compatible with the regional transportation system.
6. Implement the transit portion of the Burlington County Transportation Master Plan.
7. Serve on the executive committee of the CCCTMA.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Coordinate programs with local, county, state, and regional agencies.
2. Draft regulations and sample ordinances that would implement TCMs at county
and municipal levels.

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Products:
1. Quarterly progress reports.
2. Approved legal bus stop and shelter locations.
3. Recommendations and implementation of improvements in the moving of people
within the transportation system, including preparation of the final report.
4. Transit section of Burlington County Transportation Master Plan.
5. TSP Work Program for subsequent fiscal year.
Beneficiaries:
Burlington County, local governments, private citizens, developers, transportation
engineers, and NJDOT.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$57,487

$37,392

$20,095

2024

$57,487

$37,392

$20,095

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$20,095 Local Match ($9,348 for 24-63-020, $10,747 for special studies
projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-021

Camden County: Transit Planning and Programming

Responsible Agency: Camden County - Department of Public Works - Division
of Planning
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve the efficiency of the region's transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
Maintain current local and regional transportation activities and provide the means
to develop future public transportation plans that meet changing local and regional
transportation needs. Do research and prepare reports on public transportation
matters as required, etc. Coordinate with Cross County Connection TMA, other
counties and state agencies. Serve on various corridor study task forces.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Administer the project, which includes submission of a progress report, final billing
and report.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Keep abreast of NJ Transit service within the county.
2. Assist communities in identifying their transportation needs and provide
information as to their transportation alternatives through participation in TMA
activities.
3. Provide technical assistance and program coordination with local, regional, and
New Jersey state agencies.
4. Participate in transportation planning meetings and conferences.
5. Develop and maintain GIS to include the development and update of asset
management data on county roadways.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Coordinate planning activities with various county and state agencies.
2. Provide technical support to the CMAQ Subcommittee of the DVRPC RTC.
3. Develop the Camden County Work Program for inclusion in the DVRPC Unified
Planning Work Program.
4. Respond to public information requests.
5. Continue to work with transit agencies to ensure that barrier free access and ADA
compliance is maintained around transit stops and shelters.

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Products:
1. TOD GIS data and reports.
2. Progress reports and final report.
3. Work Programs for DVRPC UPWP.
Beneficiaries:
Citizens, private sector, and operating agencies.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$62,622
$62,622

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

$41,500
$41,500

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$21,122 Local Match ($10,375 for 24-63-021, $10,747 for special studies
projects)

304 | NJ Transit Support Program

Other
$21,122
$21,122

PROJECT: 24-63-022

Gloucester County Transportation Systems Planning &
Implementation

Responsible Agency: Gloucester County Planning Department
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s public transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program to maintain current local and regional
public transportation activities and to provide the means to develop future public
transportation plans that meet changing local and regional needs. Serve on steering
committees and the Local Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee. Conduct
research and prepare reports on public transportation matters as required. Attend
meetings, seminars, and public hearings related to public transportation.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Administer project, which will include submission of quarterly progress reports,
quarterly invoices, and final report.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Monitor NJ Transit service within the county, perform detailed analysis, and
submit recommendations to NJ Transit.
2. Continue regional marketing and marketing activities.
3. Provide technical assistance and program coordination with regional, state and
local agencies.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Participate in transportation meetings, and conferences.
2. Respond to public information requests.
3. Assist NJDOT, NJ Transit, and DVRPC in the investigation of potential
transportation improvements.
4. Assist the business community in identifying their transportation needs and
provide information as to their transportation alternatives.
Products:
1. Service improvement recommendations.
2. Quarterly reports and billings and final report.
3. TSP Work Program for next fiscal year's DVRPC Planning Work Program.

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Beneficiaries:
Gloucester County, municipalities, the private sector, and citizens.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$59,097

$38,680

$20,417

2024

$59,097

$38,680

$20,417

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$20,417 Local Match ($9,670 for 24-63-022, $10,747 for special studies
projects)

306 | NJ Transit Support Program

PROJECT: 24-63-023

Mercer County Transit Planning and Programming

Responsible Agency: Mercer County Planning
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
Carry out a comprehensive local transit planning program to improve the efficiency of
the region’s transportation network.
Description:
Identify, provide, promote and maintain transit and ridesharing opportunities within
Mercer County by encouraging patterns that link use with transit. Work with NJ
Transit, NJDOT, the Greater Mercer TMA, developers, large employers and other
agencies to promote and implement various types of transit and ridesharing. These
may include, but are not limited to: transit buses, local buses, park and rides, and
van or car pooling in areas of the county with severe congestion problems and little
or no transit. Make recommendations to NJ Transit, employers, and developers for
new services including light rail where possible.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration
1. Attend DVRPC Board and Regional Technical Committee (RTC) meetings, RTC
Subcommittee meetings, and other meetings with federal, state, regional, and local
transportation agencies.
2. Prepare TSP quarterly progress and financial reports.
3. Perform general administrative duties, including liaison and interagency
coordination.
4. Review transportation reports and correspondence and provide responses.
5. Respond to information requests, including those from the public.
6. Perform public participation as appropriate.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Assist NJ Transit in efforts to establish legal bus stops and install shelters
throughout the county.
2. Make recommendations to NJ Transit on sites and corridors with potential transit
ridership.
3. Work with large employers, developers, municipalities, the county government,
and GMTMA to develop and encourage alternatives to the single occupancy vehicle.
4. Work with municipalities, county government, and other appropriate agencies to
review, evaluate, and implement transit specific transportation control measures
appropriate for the county and the region in response to the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990.
5. Ensure that transit services are considered and are compatible with the regional
transportation system by reviewing municipal master plans and state, county, and/or
local roadway projects.
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6. Work with municipalities, county government, and other appropriate agencies to
plan for bicycle and pedestrian improvements that are along or within 5 miles of the
existing transit network.
7. Participate in the development and maintenance of DVRPC’s annual Planning
Work Program, NJ TIP, TIP Evaluation Criteria, and DVRPC LRP.
8. Participate in CMP project meetings as appropriate.
9. Assist DVRPC with license plate survey data collection at NJTransit park-and-ride
lots.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Coordinate programs with local, county, state, and regional agencies.
2. Coordinate bi-annual CMAQ flex amounts for county paratransit services.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress reports and invoices.
2. Approved legal bus stop and shelter locations.
3. Recommendations and implementation of improvements in the moving of people
within the transportation system.
4. TSP Work Program for inclusion in next year's DVRPC Planning Work Program.
Beneficiaries:
Mercer County, Local Governments, Private Citizens, Developers, Transportation
Engineers, NJ Transit and NJDOT.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$52,352

$33,284

$19,068

2024

$52,352

$33,284

$19,068

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$19,068 Local Match ($8,321 for 24-63-023, $10,747 for special studies
projects)

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PROJECT: 24-63-024

City of Camden Transit Planning Program

Responsible Agency: City of Camden
Program Coordinator: Joanna Hecht
Goals:
To improve efficiency of the region’s public transportation network by carrying out a
comprehensive local transit planning program.
Description:
This project will enhance the mobility of the residents of the City of Camden by
providing comprehensive planning, programming, monitoring, and coordination of
transit services in Camden.
Tasks:
Task 1: Administration:
1. Administer the project and prepare required invoices and progress reports.
Task 2: Planning and Programming
1. Monitor and provide input for NJ Transit and PATCO capital projects within the
City of Camden.
2. Promote transit initiatives in the City of Camden as they pertain to residents,
employees, employers, developers, and event spaces.
3. Evaluate upcoming land development and recommend measures to increase
transit use.
Task 3: Coordination
1. Provide input into NJ Transit operating budgets and determine impacts on fares,
subsidies, and levels of service.
2. Participate in activities of the Cross County Connection TMA.
3. Maintain liaison with NJ Transit, PATCO, NJDOT, and other transit service
providers in the City of Camden.
Products:
1. Quarterly progress reports and invoices.
2. Closing report.
3. TSP Work Program for next fiscal year.
Beneficiaries:
New Jersey TMAs, NJDOT, and commuters in the DVRPC region in New Jersey.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$36,747

$20,800

$15,947

2024

$36,747

$20,800

$15,947

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
$15,947 Local Match ($5,200 for 24-63-024, $10,747 for special studies
projects)

310 | NJ Transit Support Program

PROJECT: 24-63-025

PATCO Knights Crossing Ridership Forecasts

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gates
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf
Goals:
Prepare and use DVRPC's regional travel demand model to produce ridership
forecasts for the proposed PATCO Knights Crossing Station in Camden, NJ.
Description:
A feasibility study was completed in January 2022 for a proposed PATCO Knights
Crossing station in the City of Camden between the Broadway and Ferry Avenue
stations. The preferred new station location includes potential future GlassboroCamden Line connection and is within a half mile of the Broadway PATCO station,
within the core transportation network, DVRPC's CMP Priority Corridor I-295 & NJ
TPK, and surrounded by road segments in traffic analysis zones with high/mediumhigh transit scores. Major employers currently in the area include Campbell’s Soup
Company, Subaru USA, and Cooper Health Sciences campuses. Cooper Health
recently announced a $2 Billion expansion. The project area will encompass a 1.5
million+ square foot planned urban office community with approximately 5 acres of
public parks and recreational paths that will directly impact mobility choices, travel
time, and the existing roadway and transit infrastructure. A new station is proposed
to reduce congestion, support TDM regional goals and the planned mixed-use TOD
development that will help revitalize the area, maximize the use of existing
infrastructure, and strengthen the local and regional economies. This project will
provide future-year ridership forecasts for the proposed station and PATCO HiSpeed line under No-Build and Build conditions.
Tasks:
1. Coordinate with DRPA, PATCO, Camden County, the City of Camden, and their
consultants to identify data and modeling needs.
2. Collect current ridership, travel time, and other data, as needed.
3. Create new zonal data forecasts, as needed, based on proposed land use and
new developments.
4. Determine opening and horizon years, define alternatives to model, and specify
modeling needs.
5. Calibrate DVRPC's regional Travel Demand Model on the study area.
6. Code and run future-year alternatives.
7. Prepare maps, tables, and figures as needed to transmit ridership forecasts.
8. Draft Process Memo documenting the travel modeling process and results.
9. Attend public meetings in support of the proposed project

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Products:
1. Ridership forecasts for PATCO Hi-Speed Line and proposed Knights Crossing
station.
2. Process memo documenting travel modeling process and results.
Beneficiaries:
DRPA, PATCO, Philadelphia and Camden counties, City of Camden.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$79,944

312 | NJ Transit Support Program

$0

Transit PL
Program
$79,944

Comprehensive
Planning
$0

Other

PROJECT: 24-63-026

Transit Survey Program for New Jersey

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Joshua Rocks
Project Manager: Amy Bernknopf, Betsy Mastaglio, Christopher Mulroy, John
Coscia, Matthew Gates
Goals:
This project is part of a continuing multi-year project performing survey work, license
plate surveys, and/or observational data collection in order to better understand
passenger origins and destinations and identify future service issues or needs, and
assist transit agencies in meeting Title VI requirements.
Description:
The purpose of this project is to collect and analyze data from NJ TRANSIT,
PATCO, and SEPTA bus and rail services in South Jersey in order to better
understand passenger travel patterns, issues and needs. DVRPC will assist NJ
TRANSIT, PATCO, and SEPTA in identifying timely planning questions that can be
answered through survey and observational work at stops/stations.
This project supports the following types of data collection, with specific methods
and locations varying year by year:
- On-board passenger survey data collection on select NJ TRANSIT and PATCO
bus and rail routes. This would update existing data and would support identification
of travel patterns, customer preferences, and operational issues or needs, and help
meet Title VI requirements. DVRPC will work with the transit agencies to identify
routes to be surveyed, design the sampling plan and survey instrument and agent
schedules. Collected data will be processed and cleaned to ensure high data quality.
- License plate surveys at transit stations. DVRPC will work with NJ TRANSIT,
PATCO, and NJ counties to identify stations in which to survey, or record, license
plates of the vehicles that are parked at each station and map the addresses that
are associated with those plates. This data determines the geographic areas from
which park-and-ride customers originate. Rider origins are obtained from license
plates, address matched by NJDOT/DMV, and mapped. The resulting station
catchment area information, from which personally identifiable information is
removed, provides clear and accurate data used to support planning functions by
the transit agencies, counties, and local municipalities for changes in marketing,
route operations, and capital planning (changes to parking and station facilities).
- Observational data collection of passenger access and station facilities. DVRPC
will conduct on-site observations at stations that might include: passenger arrival
mode and path, existing sidewalk, bicycle facility, parking, lighting, and station
amenity condition. This data provides transit agencies with a window into the on-site
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conditions passengers experience and the travel behavior that occurs at stations.
Data collected from this project will be used to update the regional travel demand
model. This project may involve the purchase of goods and/or services. This project
is coordinated alongside a parallel project, Transit Survey Program for Southeastern
PA (24-63-009), for our Pennsylvania counties.
Tasks:
Ridership survey, license plate survey analysis, park and ride passenger origin
mapping, and observational analysis as needed.
Products:
1. Survey and data collection recorded through photos, tables, web and narrative, as
appropriate.
Beneficiaries:
New Jersey Transit, PATCO, SEPTA, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer and Burlington
counties, municipalities, and commuters.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

2023

$89,000

$0

$89,000

$0

2024

$135,000

$0

$135,000

$0

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Government Projects

Other Member
Government Projects

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Fiscal Year 2024 | Unified Planning Work Program

Table of Contents
Chapter 5: Other Member Government Projects
24-53-300

PA/NJ Regional GIS Implementation

319

24-62-100

New Jersey Local Concept Development (3 Years)

321

24-64-100

NJ Regional Signal Retiming (2 Years)

323

24-66-100

New Jersey Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) - 2 Years

325

24-68-100

Concept of Operations for Traffic Operation Center- City of Camden (2 Years)

327

FTA Transit-Oriented Development Grant – Routes 11 and 13 End of Line Improvements Area Study

329

FTA Route Planning Restoration Program Grant – North Philadelphia West Bus Improvements Study

331

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PROJECT: 24-53-300

PA/NJ Regional GIS Implementation

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher Pollard
Project Manager: Mark Gatti, Sean Lawrence
Goals:
Advance the development and maintenance of GIS infrastructure to support
integrated and coordinated planning in the region.
Description:
This pass-through program enables the regional planning partners to expand their
GIS capabilities to maintain a level of technical sophistication that guarantees
interoperability and compatibility between NJDOT, PennDOT, DVRPC, and other
member governments. Transportation GIS data continues to be enhanced and
maintained by each planning partner as needed. Updates to these datasets and
subsequent data sharing are critical to effective decision-making throughout the
planning process. Efforts to promote and enhance GIS data sharing are
encouraged.
Completion of this project may require the purchase of equipment or services.
Tasks:
1. Provide input as it relates to project direction and focus as well as attend meetings
as needed.
2. Review submitted quarterly progress reports, including budgets and receipts.
3. Acquire and maintain GIS hardware, software, and training as approved for use in
the project.
4. Augment in-house staff as necessary to complete tasks.
5. Contribute existing transportation-related data as necessary.
6. Assist in development of new transportation-related data as required.
7. Ensure that all contributing data meets project standards.
8. Share methodologies related to effective and innovative use of transportation data
to project participants as requested.
Products:
1. Submitted purchase invoices and progress reports.
2. Hardware, software, and training necessary for project participation.
3. Regional transportation-related data available to all project participants to support
their GIS programs.
Beneficiaries:
State DOTs, member governments and operating agencies, and DVRPC.

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Project Cost and Funding:
FY

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other

2023

$300,000

$0

$0

$0

$300,000

2024

$300,000

$0

$0

$0

$300,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
PA TIP - MPMS #115969 - $150,000 STU/Toll Credit Match;NJ TIP - DB
#X30A - $150,000 STBGP-PHILA

320 | Other Member Government Projects

PROJECT: 24-62-100

New Jersey Local Concept Development (3 Years)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: John Coscia
Project Manager: Daniel Snyder
Goals:
Improve the efficiency of the region’s transportation network by providing federal
funds to the New Jersey subregions to advance projects through New Jersey Local
Concept Development.
Description:
The purpose of this program is to provide federal funds directly to member
subregions for the advancement of projects through the Concept Development (CD)
phase by consultant forces. The CD Phase involves drafting a well-defined and welljustified Purpose and Need Statement focusing on the primary transportation need
to be addressed. CD Phase elements include, but are not limited to, data collection,
coordination with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Subject
Matter Experts/local stakeholders, risk identification, development of a reasonable
number of sensible and practical conceptual alternatives and investigation of all
aspects of a project. These aspects may include environmental, right of way,
access, utilities, design, community involvement, and constructability.
The major objectives of the CD Phase are to identify and compare reasonable
alternatives and strategies that address the Purpose and Need Statement and
select a Preliminary Preferred Alternative.
The CD Phase will provide the information to determine whether or not the study
can be advanced to the next phase of the Project Delivery Process and to procure a
designer to take the potential project through PE, Final Design (FD) and
Construction (CON). The CD Phase provides the framework for advancing the
project into the PE phase. Considerable Coordination among parties requires a 3year cycle for expenditure of these funds. Completion of this work may require the
purchase of equipment or services.
Current/New projects for Concept Development include:
1. Repaupo Station Rd (CR 684) & Paulsboro-Swedesboro Rd. (CR 653)
Intersection Improvements, Gloucester County
Tasks:
1. Select Consultant
2. Kickoff meetings
3. Stakeholder Meetings
4. Public meetings
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5. Perform data collection: traffic/crash data, management systems, utility
identification, etc.
6. Complete Environmental Screening. Initiate early coordination with SHPO, if
appropriate.
7. Perform analysis of collected data, review data, prepare collision diagram, and
other needed engineering analysis.
8. Perform HSM Analysis (when required)
9. Develop Conceptual Plans for Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA)
10. Confirm the environmental document that will be obtained in PE
11. Develop Construction Cost Estimates of various alternatives
12. Prepare CD Report
13. Project Management
Products:
1. Clearly defined Purpose and Need Statement for each project.
2. Concept Development Report for each project.
Beneficiaries:
Member and local governments and the traveling public.
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2023
2024

Total
$430,000
$400,000

Highway PL
Program
$0
$0

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP- DB #- X30A STBGP-PHILA

322 | Other Member Government Projects

Transit PL
Program
$0
$0

Comprehensive
Planning
$0
$0

Other
$430,000
$400,000

PROJECT: 24-64-100

NJ Regional Signal Retiming (2 Years)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher King
Goals:
Reduce congestion and improve air quality by optimizing progression on signalized
500 and 600 routes in DVRPC’s New Jersey counties.
Description:
Traffic signals play an important role in the transportation network, and county and
local arterial roadways are increasingly being called upon to carry more users.
FHWA estimates that many signals on these arterials could be improved by
updating equipment or by simply adjusting and updating the timing plans. Outdated
or poor traffic signal timing accounts for a significant portion of traffic delay on
arterials and traffic signal retiming is one of the most cost-effective ways to improve
traffic flow and is one of the most basic strategies to help mitigate congestion,
improve the mobility and safety of the street system, and contribute environmental
benefits. This type of improvement also promotes an integrated corridor
management approach, which looks at corridors as multimodal systems and makes
operational decisions for the benefit of the entire corridor, regardless of who owns
the signals.
The New Jersey Regional Signal Retiming Initiative Project will be used to make
improvements to the transportation network by optimizing select traffic signal
systems on signalized 500 and 600 routes in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and
Mercer counties. The chosen consultant will make improvements based on traffic
data, observed conditions, and input from stakeholders. Implementation of the
proposed timing plans is included with this project, but hardware upgrades are not.
After implementation, signal system owner-operators will be responsible for
maintaining the timing plan and implementing related physical improvements, if
recommended.
Tasks:
1. Form project teams for selected corridors.
2. Perform data acquisition and analysis.
3. Develop proposed signal timing plans.
4. Perform "before" and "after" analyses.
5. Implement signal timing plans.
6. Project management.
Products:
1. MOU (if required) and Concept of Operations for each corridor
2. Proposed and final signal timing plans
3. Implementation of signal timing plans
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4. A technical memorandum documenting the signal optimization analysis with
appropriate recommendations
Beneficiaries:
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Mercer Counties, various local cities, townships
and/or municipalities in New Jersey’s DVRPC Region, NJDOT, DVRPC, and
motorists
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

$380,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP- DB #- D1601 CMAQ/STBGP-PHILA

324 | Other Member Government Projects

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$380,000

PROJECT: 24-66-100

New Jersey Transportation and Community
Development Initiative (TCDI) - 2 Years

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Spencer Gober
Goals:
Implement Connections 2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia by proving funding for
early stage planning projects that advance the long-range plan and enhance the
region's multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
Description:
The Transportation and Community Development Initiative (TCDI) is a grant
program that supports smart growth in the individual municipalities of the Delaware
Valley through initiatives that implement the region’s long-range plan, Connections
2050 Plan for Greater Philadelphia. Central to the effort is the objective to enhance
quality of life choices by providing and maintaining essential infrastructure,
supporting local and regional economic development, and linking land use and
transportation planning.
TCDI provides a mechanism for our planning partners to undertake locally-directed
actions to improve their communities, which in turn implements their local county
comprehensive plans and supports the goals and vision of the region’s long-range
plan. This grant program seeks to support and leverage state and county programs,
by providing funding to undertake planning, analysis or early-stage design projects
which improve the efficiency of the regional transportation system.
Through a competitive selection process, DVRPC will award $600,000 to select
projects in the 4-county New Jersey region which includes the counties of
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer.
Tasks:
1. Distribute $600,000 dollars to selected projects within Burlington, Camden,
Gloucester, and Mercer Counties.
Products:
1. Contracts with selected consultants/project sponsors as a result of the competitive
selection process.
2. Progress reports from the selected consultants/project sponsors.
Beneficiaries:
Counties, municipalities, transit agencies, transportation professionals, community
development professionals, and economic development agencies, private sector and
public.
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Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$600,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP- DB #- D0204 STBGP-PHILA

326 | Other Member Government Projects

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$600,000

PROJECT: 24-68-100

Concept of Operations for Traffic Operation CenterCity of Camden (2 Years)

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Christopher King
Goals:
To reduce congestion on a day-to-day basis and during special events, improve air
quality, and manage the flow of all modes of travel throughout the City of Camden, all
contributing towards a safe and healthy downtown district.
Description:
As a result of the success of many redevelopment projects in the City of Camden
there is an identified need to manage the flow and operations of traffic through a
Traffic Operations Center (TOC). The implementation of a TOC is a strategy to
elevate the City’s ability to operate and manage a safe and efficient transportation
network and contribute to the management of the larger transportation network in
the Camden Region.
A TOC will allow for the centralization and real-time operations for the City of
Camden network and creates an opportunity for multiple agencies to coordinate and
collaborate on traffic operations and management strategies at the regional level.
Establishing a TOC will enable implementation of traffic management strategies to
reduce delay that travelers experience from congestion and uncoordinated traffic
signal timing, increase travel time savings, reduce emissions, and reduce traveler
frustration associated with congestion.
The objective of this project is to have DVRPC hire a consultant to assist Camden
County and the City of Camden to develop a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for a
Traffic Operations Center for the City of Camden. The concept of operations is
often the first detailed examination of the idea for implementing a TOC. It will help
provide answers to the questions “What do we want to do?” and “How do we do it?”
The ConOps will help define needs to be addressed, identify the concept and
functions that are needed, develop operational and system-level requirements
(staffing, procedures, training, etc.) hardware, and software specifications, allocation
of responsibilities between partner agencies, potential alternatives, preliminary cost
estimates and recommendations.
The consultant will coordinate with many of its partners such as the Camden County
Metro Police Department, NJDOT, NJ Transit, Camden County Municipal Utilities
Authority, and DRPA. Additional stakeholders include major traffic generators like
the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (a 25,000-seat entertainment venue which hosts
over 65 events per year), Rutgers University, the Port of Camden, and several
downtown employers.

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By providing this overall vision of the new TOC, it will help guide its development
efforts. And ultimately, the future success of traffic management will lead to City of
Camden neighborhoods being an attractive place to do business, open or relocate a
business, attend a concert or special event, and visit restaurants and retail shops.
Tasks:
1. Establish Steering Committee
2. Draft an RFP
3. Select Consultant
4. Kickoff & Stakeholder Meetings
5. Perform data collection to assess current network conditions
6. Conduct Needs Assessment
7. Define Concepts & Functionality
8. Define Operations
9. Define Physical requirements
10. Prepare Concept of Operations Report with recommendations.
11. Project Management
Products:
1. RFP
2. Concept of Operations Report with recommendations
Beneficiaries:
City of Camden, Camden County, NJDOT, Camden County Metro Police
Department, NJ Transit, DRPA and traveling public
Project Cost and Funding:
FY
2024

Total

Highway PL
Program

$275,000

FY2024 Other Funding Details:
NJ TIP- DB #- D2304 STBGP-PHILA

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Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$275,000

PROJECT Name: FTA Transit-Oriented Development Grant – Routes 11 and 13
End of Line Improvements Area Study
Responsible Agency: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Program Coordinator: Brian McFadden, SEPTA
Project Manager: Ryan Judge, SEPTA
Goals:
To identify physical improvements and policy changes that support transit-oriented
development at the ends of line of Trolley Routes 11 and 13.
Description:
The project includes planning and designing various improvements along an approximately 2.8mile corridor following alignments of Trolley Routes 11 and 13 in Darby, Yeadon, and Colwyn
Boroughs. The project will be compatible with and necessary for SEPTA’s Trolley
Modernization Program. The work will include a market analysis of the corridor, the study of
possibilities for transit-oriented development in the service area, based upon potential station
locations, land use, market potential and parcel size, evaluation of intermodal connections
particularly to the pedestrian and bicycle network and SEPTA’s extensive bus network, review
of flood mitigation and electrical infrastructure needs and preparation of public outreach
strategies. The deliverables will include a preferred concept plan for the corridors, market
analysis, density and massing studies, multi-modal network and land use integration, proposed
land use and zoning code changes, and project development documents.
This study is being funded by a grant through the Federal Transit Administration’s Pilot
Program for Transit Oriented Development. SEPTA is the direct recipient of the funding for the
project and will oversee the work of a consultant. DVRPC is not conducting this work, and the
funding is not passing-through DVRPC. Amending the DVRPC UPWP to include the project is
a requirement of the FTA grant program.
Tasks:
1. Project Management: SEPTA will hold regularly scheduled meetings that will involve the
project management team and other partners or stakeholders to perform an initial review of
existing conditions.
2. Existing Conditions: The study will explore the corridors’ demographic, economic, and real
estate market trends as well as regional forecasts in the study area. The study will also review
and incorporate completed and ongoing plans related to Trolley Modernization and transitoriented development in the study area, including SEPTA’s in-progress Darby Transportation
Center and Trolley Service Extension study.
3. Market Study: The project will include a market study that examines the corridors’ current
real estate market conditions and assesses future market demand by sector, including housing,
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retail, office, and industrial uses. This task will consider the region’s demographic and
economic outlook and projections, and compare the study area to regional and national peer
communities. The market study will identify relevant land use policies in the study area—
including zoning, permitting, and other regulations—that impact TOD potential.
4. Corridor Improvements: The study will identify potential improvements and policy changes
that support TOD within the study area. Proposed improvements and policy changes will reflect
the results of the Market Study and expected infrastructure and service changes as a result of
Trolley Modernization. Proposed improvements will be visualized and explained for
coordination with local stakeholders and outreach to community members.
Products:
Market Study report, Corridor Improvements recommendations and report
Beneficiaries:
SEPTA, DVRPC, Delaware County, Darby Borough, Yeadon Borough, Colwyn Borough
Project Cost and Funding:
Total project cost: $375,000 (Federal Transit Agency Pilot Program for Transit Oriented
Development grant of $300,000 to SEPTA, plus SEPTA match of $75,000)
As noted above, this study is being funded by a grant through the Federal Transit
Administration’s Pilot Program for Transit Oriented Development. SEPTA is the direct recipient
of the funding for the project and will oversee the work of a consultant. DVRPC is not
conducting this work, and the funding is not passing-through DVRPC. Amending the DVRPC
UPWP to include the project is a requirement of the FTA grant program.

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PROJECT Name: FTA Route Planning Restoration Program Grant – North Philadelphia
West Bus Improvements Study
Responsible Agency: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Program Coordinator: Brian McFadden, SEPTA
Project Manager: Ryan Judge, SEPTA
Goals:
To identify priority corridors for operational and roadway enhancements to improve bus run
times, frequencies, and transit quality in North Philadelphia West, a historically disadvantaged
neighborhood. These improvements will be in conjunction with SEPTA’s comprehensive bus
network redesign - Bus Revolution.
Description:
North Philadelphia West is an approximately two square mile area bounded by 18th Street and
33rd Street and Lehigh Avenue and Girard Avenue. It has approximately 38,200 residents, of
whom 93% are members of minority population groups, 44% have incomes below the local
poverty line and 51% do not own automobiles. It has a high level of transit connections, being
served by nine SEPTA bus routes and the route 15 trolley, which had a combined ridership of
55,427 in 2019. North Philadelphia West suffered especially severe service reductions early in
the lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when seven of the line bus routes were
temporarily suspended and frequency on an eighth route was lowered.
Several other significant planning projects with scopes of work that encompass the area are
being undertaken, including the Cecil B. Moore Avenue Vision Zero Study being conducted by
the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) and the Sharswood Blumberg
Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan being implemented by the Philadelphia Housing
Authority (PHA). SEPTA is also developing Bus Revolution, a comprehensive redesign of its
bus network that will affect service in the area.
This study is being funded by a grant through the Federal Transit Administration’s Route
Planning Restoration Program. SEPTA is the direct recipient of the funding for the project and
will oversee the work of a consultant. DVRPC is not conducting this work, and the funding is not
passing-through DVRPC. Adding this project to the DVRPC UPWP is a requirement of the FTA
grant program.
Tasks:
1. To conduct an analysis of existing conditions within the North Philadelphia West area. This
will include a review of existing transit performance in coordination with SEPTA's Bus
Revolution comprehensive bus network redesign as a basis for selection of priority corridors for
further analysis.

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2. On the basis of the analysis of existing conditions, to select the priority transit corridors for
further investigation and improvement as the focus of the study.
3. To develop bus routing, scheduling and stop spacing concepts for the selected corridors to
improve the operational characteristics of bus service.
4. In conjunction with the operational improvements in task 3, to develop complementary rightof-way improvements by developing concepts for roadway and intersection reconfigurations,
transit traffic signal prioritization and parking and delivery policies.
5. Selection of the priority transit corridors in task 2 and development of concepts in tasks 3 and
4 will be informed by regular public outreach through in-person and online consultation with
residents within the study area and along and near selected corridors.
6. After the operational and right-of-way improvement concepts for the selected transit priority
corridors have been developed, to prepare a full schedule of estimated costs for the preferred
treatments and materials identified in concept development as well as identify potential funding
sources.
7. To prepare preliminary schedule for implementation of the study recommendations and
prioritization of proposed improvements.
Products:
A full report summarizing the study’s findings.
Beneficiaries:
SEPTA, DVRPC, City of Philadelphia, residents, employees, and business owners within North
Philadelphia West and along transit routes that serve it.
Project Cost and Funding:
Total project cost: $500,000 (Federal Route Planning Restoration Program grant of $500,000 to
SEPTA)
As noted above, this study is being funded by a grant through the Federal Transit
Administration’s Route Planning Restoration Program. SEPTA is the direct recipient of the
funding for the project and will oversee the work of a consultant. DVRPC is not conducting this
work, and the funding is not passing-through DVRPC. Adding this project to the DVRPC UPWP
is a requirement of the FTA grant program.

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Continuing
Projects

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Chapter 6: Continuing Projects
Introduction

337

Tables
Table 10A: NJDOT Initial No Cost Time Extension List

337

Table 10B: NJDOT Multi-Year Projects

338

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Introduction
This chapter provides a summary of New Jersey Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) funded
projects that are conducted to benefit New Jersey Counties. These projects typically span over
multiple fiscal years due to project scope of work, consultant selection process, and extent of
review and approval required from various NJ member governments and municipalities. DVRPC
staff continues to work with various stakeholders to provide administrative and technical support
including competitive consultant selection process, project management, and communication to
ensure the project deliverables are met timely and within budget. These multi-year projects consist
of Local Concept Development (LCD) studies, NJ Regional Signal Retiming projects, Transportation
and Community Development Initiatives (TCDI), and other planning studies.
NJDOT Initial No Cost Time Extension List
Due to unforeseen delays, projects may require additional time beyond the original established
expiration timeline to ensure adequate completion of the approved scope of work. The progress of
these projects is driven by consultant planning studies in collaboration with member governments
from New Jersey counties. These continuing planning studies were originally funded in FY 2023 or
earlier, and they will be carried over into FY 2024. Table 10A provides a summary of these projects
including project number, project title, task order number, agreement number, funding amount,
carryover estimate, current project end date and requested project end date.

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Table 10A: NJDOT Initial No Cost Time Extension List*
Project
Number

Project Title

Funding
Amount

Carryover
Estimate

Current
End Date

Requested
End Date

Task Order
Number

Agreement
Number

$1,150,000

$300,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

PL-DV-21-01

Z230D00S389

21-62-000

NJ Local Concept
Development (2 years)

22-64-000

NJ Regional Signal
Retiming Initiative
Project (2 years)

$380,000

$200,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

PL-DV-22-01

Z40ED00S537
($350,000);
Z23ED00S537
($30,000)

22-65-100

NJ HSIP (2 years)

$220,000

$210,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

PL-DV-22-01

Z23ED00S539

23-52-190

Downtown Bike &
Pedestrian Plans for
Burlington County

$125,000

$80,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

PL-DV-23-01

D00S686

$1,875,000

$790,000

Total:

*Task orders from prior years that will continue into DVRPC’s Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024).

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NJDOT Multi-Year Projects
Multi-year projects are either initiated in the current Unified Planning Work Program (FY 2024
UPWP) or on-going projects that are expected to be carried over into FY 2024. Table 10B provides a
listing of multi-year projects from the FY 2024 UPWP, and projects that started in previous fiscal
years that will continue into Fiscal Year 2024. The listing contains fiscal year, project number,
project title, funding amount, current project end date and requested project end date.

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Table 10B: NJDOT Multi-Year Projects
Fiscal
Year

Project
Number

Funding
Amount

Current
End Date

Requested
End Date

2024

24-62-100

New Jersey Local Concept Development (3 years)

$400,000

6/30/2026

N/A

2024

24-64-100

New Jersey Signal Retiming (2 years)

$380,000

6/30/2025

N/A

2024

24-66-100

NJ Transportation and Community Development
Initiative (TCDI) (2 years)

$600,000

6/30/2025

N/A

2024

24-68-100

Concept of Operations for Traffic Operation Center Camden City (2 years)

$275,000

6/30/2025

N/A

2023

23-52-190

Downtown Bike & Pedestrian Plans for
Burlington County

$125,000

6/30/2023

6/30/24

2023

23-52-220

Camden County Guiderails (2 years)

$1,000,000

6/30/2024

N/A

2023

23-62-100

NJ Local Concept Development (3 years)

$430,000

6/30/2025

N/A

2023

23-80-100

Travel Options Program (TOP) Competitive (2 years)

$400,000

6/30/2024

N/A

2022

22-64-000

NJ Regional Signal Retiming Initiative Project (2 years)

$380,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

2022

22-65-100

NJ HSIP (2 years)

$220,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

2021

21-62-000

NJ Local Concept Development (2 years)

$1,150,000

6/30/2023

6/30/2024

Project Title

Total:

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$5,360,000

NJDOT Funding

NJDOT
Funding

Appendix | A-3

Schedule A: NJDOT Funding Summary

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Acronyms

Acronyms

Acronyms

CAAA – Clean Air Act Amendments

Commonly Used Terms in DVRPC’s
Regional Planning Process

CAC – Clean Air Council

AADB – Annual Average Daily Bicycles
AADP – Annual Average Daily Pedestrians
AADT – Annual Average Daily Traffic
AASHTO – American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials

CBD – Central Business District
CBNR – Comprehensive Bus Network
Redesign
CCCTMA – Cross County Connection
Transportation Management Association
CD – Concept Development

AB Model – Activity-Based Model

CDC – Community Development Corporation

ACS – American Community Survey

CEDS – Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy

ACT – American Communities Survey
ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act

CHSTP – Comprehensive Human Services
Transportation Plan

APTA – American Public Transportation
Association

CJTF – Central Jersey Transportation Forum

AQA – Air Quality Action

CMAQ – Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Improvement Program

AQP – Air Quality Partnership

CMP – Congestion Management Program

ATR – Automatic Traffic Recorder

CPTMA – Central Philadelphia
Transportation Management Association

AV – Autonomous Vehicle
AWDT – Average Weekday Daily Traffic
BCTMA – Bucks County Transportation
Management Association
BID – Business Improvement District
BIL – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
BRT – Bus Rapid Transit

CR – County Route
CTPP – Census Transportation Planning
Package
CZAC – Coastal Zone Advisory Committee
CZM – Coastal Zone Management
DBE – Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

Appendix | B-3

DCA – Department of Community Affairs
DCTMA – Delaware County Transportation
Management Association

FEMA – Federal Emergency Management
Agency
FHWA – Federal Highway Administration

DECZ – Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

FLMA – Federal Land Management Agency

DEP – Department of Environmental
Protection

FTA – Federal Transit Administration

DOD – Department of Defense
DOT – Department of Transportation
DRPA – Delaware River Port Authority
DRWI – Delaware River Watershed
Initiative
DVGMTF – Delaware Valley Goods
Movement Task Force
ECG – East Coast Greenway

FY – Fiscal Year
GHG – Greenhouse Gas
GIS – Geographic Information Systems
GMTMA – Greater Mercer Transportation
Management Association
GVFTMA – Greater Valley Forge
Transportation Management Association
HAV – Highly Autonomous Vehicle
HCTF – Healthy Communities Task Force

EDA – Economic Development
Administration

HDV – Heavy-duty Diesel Vehicle

EDD – Economic Development District

HOV – High Occupancy Vehicle

EJ – Environmental Justice

HPMS – Highway Performance Monitoring
System

ERH – Emergency Ride Home
ETA – Equity through Access

HSIP – Highway Safety Improvement
Program

FAA – Federal Aviation Administration

HSM – Highway Safety Manual

FAST Act – Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act

HUD – US Department of Housing and Urban
Development

FASTLANE – Fostering Advancements in
Shipping and Transportation for the Longterm Achievement of National Efficiencies

ICG – Interagency Consultation Group

B-4 | Appendix

ICM – Integrated Corridor Management

IDRuM – Interactive Detour Route
Mapping

MOVES – Motor Vehicles Emissions
Simulator

IIJA – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act

MPMP – Multimodal Project Management
System

IMTF – Incident Management Task Force

MPO – Metropolitan Planning Organization

IPD – Indicators of Potential Disadvantage

NAAQS – National Ambient Air Quality
Standards

IREG – Information Resources Exchange
Group
ITE – Institute of Transportation Engineers
ITS – Intelligent Transportation Systems
JARC – Job Access Reverse Commute
LCD – Local Concept Development
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LEED – Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
LEP – Limited English Proficiency
LOS – Level of Service
LRP – Long-Range Plan
LTAP – Local Technical Assistance Program
MAP – Mobility Alternatives Program
MAP-21 – Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century
MIRE – Model Inventory of Roadway
Elements
MIT – Municipal Implementation Tools

NACTO – National Association of City
Transportation Officials
NAICS – North American Industry
Classification System
NEPA – National Environmental Protection
Act
NETS – National Establishment Time Series
NHS – National Highway System
NHSL – Norristown High Speed Line
NJ BPAC – NJ Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Council
NJBPU – New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
NJCRC – New Jersey Coastal Resilience
Collaborative
NJ DCA – NJ Department of Community
Affairs
NJ DEP – NJ Department of Environmental
Protection
NJ DOT – NJ Department of Transportation
NJ OPA – NJ Office for Planning Advocacy
Appendix | B-5

NJ SAFR – NJ Southern Area First
Responders

PMC – Program Management Committee

NJT – New Jersey Transit

PMRPC – Pottstown Metropolitan Regional
Planning Commission

NJTA – NJ Turnpike Authority

POA – Point of Access

NJTPA – North Jersey Transportation
Planning Authority

PPA – Preliminary Preferred Alternative

OMB – Office of Management and Budget

PPAC – Pedalcycle and Pedestrian Advisory
Committee

oTIS – Philadelphia Managing Director's
office of Transportation and Infrastructure
Sustainability

PPTA – PA Public Transportation Association

PA DCED – PA Department of Community
and Economic Development

PSATS – PA State Association of Township
Supervisors

PA DCNR – Pennsylvania Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources

PTC – PA Turnpike Commission

PA DEP – PA Department of
Environmental Protection
PART – Pottstown Area Rapid Transit
PA SDC – PA State Data Center
PATCO – Port Authority Transit
Corporation
PEAs – Planning Emphasis Areas
PEL – Planning and Environment Linkages
PennDOT – PA Department of
Transportation
PL – FHWA and FTA Metropolitan Planning
Program funds
PM 2.5 – Particulate Matter 2.5 microns
B-6 | Appendix

PPTF – Public Participation Task Force

PTMA – Partnership Transportation
Management Association
PWP – Planning Work Program
RAC – Regional Aviation Committee
RASP – Regional Aviation System Plan
RCEDF – Regional Community and Economic
Development Forum
RCRS – Road Condition Reporting System
RideECO – Ride Easy Commute Options
RIMIS – Regional Integrated Multimodal
Information Sharing
ROW – Right-of-Way
RPO – Rural Planning Organization

RSLPP – Regional Streetlight Procurement
Program
RSTF – Regional Safety Task Force
RTAC – Regional Transit Advisory
Committee

SRTS – Safe Routes to School
SRTT – Safe Routes to Transit
STBGP – Surface Transportation Block Grant
Program

RTC – Regional Technical Committee

STIP – State Transportation Improvement
Program

RTSAP – Regional Transportation Safety
Analysis and Plan

STOPS – Simplified Trips-On-Projects
Software

SAR – Share-a-Ride

STP – Surface Transportation Program

SDRP – State Development and
Redevelopment Plan

STU – STP Funds Allocated to Urban Areas

SEPTA – Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority
SHSP – Strategic Highway Safety Plan
SILOC – Services in Lieu of Cash

SVC – Stored Value Card
TAMP – Transportation Asset Management
Plan
TAP – Transportation Alternatives Program

SIP – State Implementation Plan

TCDI – Transportation and Community
Development Initiative

SJCATF – Sustainable Jersey Climate
Adaptation Task Force

TCRP – Transit Cooperative Research
Program

SJTA – South Jersey Transportation
Authority

TDM – Transportation Demand
Management

SJTPO – South Jersey Transportation
Planning Organization

TDM – Travel Demand Model

SME – Subject Matter Experts
SOS – Strategies for Older Suburbs
SOV – Single Occupant Vehicle

TE – Transportation Enhancements
TIM2 – Travel Improvement Model Version 2
TIM3 – Travel Improvement Model Version 3
TIP – Transportation Improvement Plan

SRHPP – Supportive Regional Highway
Planning Program
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TMA – Transportation Management
Association, Transportation Management
Area
TMACC – Transportation Management
Association of Chester County
TMP – Traffic Management Plan
TOD – Transit Oriented Development
TOP – Travel Options Program
TOTF – Transportation Operations Task
Force
TPM – Transportation Performance
Measures
TPM – Transportation Performance
Management
TRID – Transit Revitalization Investment
District
TRB – Transportation Research Board
TSM – Transportation Systems
Management
TSMO – Transportation Systems
Management and Operations
TSP – Transit Support Program
TSP – Transit Signal Priority
UPWP – Unified Planning Work Program
US DOT – US Department of
Transportation

B-8 | Appendix

US EDA – US Economic Development
Administration
US EPA – US Environmental Protection
Agency
UWAG – Urban Waterfront Action Group
VOC – Volatile Organic Compound
VMT – Vehicle Miles Traveled
VPI – Virtual Public Involvement

Approved Work
Program Amendments

Approved Work
Program
Amendments

PROJECT: 24-52-180

Technical Assistance Funding to Support the PA
Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program

Responsible Agency: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Program Coordinator: Ryan Gallagher
Project Manager: Joseph Natale, Shawn Megill Legendre
Goals:
To provide technical assistance (TA) to build a strong, viable pipeline of TASA
eligible projects, particularly in Justice 40 communities; to accelerate completion of
the Circuit Trails; and to effectively manage projects post-award.
Description:
The IIJA allows 5% of statewide Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA)
funding to be dedicated to providing technical assistance (TA) for TASA projects.
DVRPC recognizes the importance, value and need for more TA to build a strong,
viable pipeline of TASA eligible projects, particularly in Justice 40 communities; to
accelerate completion of the Circuit; and to effectively manage projects post-award.
DVRPC coordinated with southeastern Pennsylvania partners including PennDOT
District 6 and Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties to
identify an appropriate strategy for technical assistance for TASA for our region.
This strategy will be supported by $450,000 each year for FY2024 and FY2025 from
PennDOT’s statewide allocation of TASA funds to support a consultant for TASA
engineering (pre-design) and planning services and to support work conducted by
DVRPC project implementation engineers, for the tasks below.
Tasks:
1. Consultant for TASA engineering and planning services for pre-design activities
(ROW, environmental clearances, developing credible cost estimates) to get good
projects across the region ready for applications. Activities could include, but are not
limited to:
• Development of detailed cost estimates.
• ROW deed or title investigations to support project sponsor ROW negotiations.
• Detailed environmental input pertaining to Historic Properties, Permitting,
Archeology, or any NEPA support.
• Marketing of the TASA program to Justice40 communities, and all potential TASA
project sponsors in our region.
2. DVRPC's Project Implementation team will expand their work with project
sponsors to develop stronger projects up front, provide attention and assistance to
Justice40 communities, and to manage post grant awards. Specifically, this project
will support these TASA tasks:
• Coordinate with partners across the region to identify good projects to advance,
with a particular focus on Justice40 communities.
Appendix | C-3

• Assist with the marketing of the TASA program to Justice40 communities, and all
potential TASA project sponsors in our region.
• Work with DVRPC staff and County Planners to identify specific TASA projects in
our region to support TASA applications.
• Meet with potential project sponsors in our region to ensure compliance with
Justice40.
• Help project sponsors understand and strategize for funding the pre-construction
phases of the design development process.
• Identify and revise project scope as needed in order to advance through the
requirements for PennDOT's Policies and Procedures.
• Support the advancement of projects and project concepts by local project
sponsors to submit applications to the TASA funding cycle.
• Help sponsors follow federal rules and delivery requirements post award.
• Craft an RFP, conduct a competitive solicitation process, procure the consultant,
and administer the contract.
• Oversee the consultant’s milestones and deliverables.
• Help interface between the consultant and project sponsors, prioritize needed
tasks, and convene regular progress meetings.
Products:
1. Marketing and outreach materials for the TASA program.
2. Lists of municipalities, including Justice40 communities, with candidate projects.
3. Support for project applications to the TASA program.
4. Materials needed for the procurement process to bring a consultant on retainer for
TASA program assistance.
5. Meeting minutes from coordination with member governments and project
sponsors.
Beneficiaries:
PennDOT, counties and municipalities in southeastern Pennsylvania, nonprofits with
the mission to promote the Circuit, Title VI and environmental justice communities.
Project Cost and Funding:
Total

FY
2024

$450,000

C-4 | Appendix

Highway PL
Program

Transit PL
Program

Comprehensive
Planning

Other
$450,000

Fiscal Year 2024 Unified Planning Work Program
Publication Number: 24001
Date Published: June 2023
Geographic Area Covered:
The nine county Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission region including Bucks County, Chester
County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, City of Philadelphia, Burlington County, Camden County,
Gloucester County, and Mercer County.
Key Words:
Unified Planning Work Program
Abstract:
This document contains all of the projects and related funding for FY 2024 as passed by the DVRPC Board in
January 2023.

Staff Contact:
Patty Elkis
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[email protected]

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