Trails, Trains & Traffic 2019 Transportation Forum

Chester County Planning Commission Environment & Infrastructure Division Introductions

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Chester County Comprehensive Plan

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Circuit trails

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Public transit enhancements

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Roadway network focus areas

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Transportation Funding Process

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 CONNECT Recommendation

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 • Every two years…

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Transportation Improvement Inventory (TII)

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TII Summaries:

2017 TII:  508 proposed roadway, bridge, bicycle and pedestrian, freight, and transit projects;  Estimated cost of $4.25 Billion. 2019 TII:  533 proposed roadway, bridge, bicycle and pedestrian, freight, and transit projects;  Estimated cost of $4.41 Billion.

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Interactive TII Map (new this year):

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Transportation Priority Projects Brochure

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Transportation Priority Projects Brochure

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Priority Projects Status

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Long Range Plan: TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP):

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Other Funding Opportunities:

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 County Trails Activity

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 CONNECT Recommendation

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 The Circuit

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Circuit trails

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Schuylkill River Trail

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Schuylkill River Trail - Phase 2

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Chester Valley Trail

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Harrisburg to Philadelphia

Map Source: Campbell Thomas & Co.

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Chester Valley Trail - Phase 4a

Main Street Oaklands @ Exton Corporate Center Proposed Bridge

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Chester Valley Trail - Extension to Downingtown

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Chester Valley Trail West

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Struble Trail

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Struble Trail Extension to Marsh Creek State Park

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Warner Spur and Devault Trail

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Devault Line Trail – Feasibility Study

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Warner Spur

Cedar Hollow Park/CVT

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Southern Chester County Circuit Trail Study

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Active Transportation Inventory (ATI)

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 CONNECT Recommendation

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Landscapes3 Survey Results

“Being able to walk or ride a bicycle in your community is essential.”

“Please make sure to include pedestrian crosswalks along [public transit] routes.I currently take the bus as my primary transportation to work and have a rather unsafe walk to the nearest bus stop.”

“Serious thought and planning should be devoted to providing safe paths all around the county for cyclists”

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 ATI – Facility Types

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Multimodal Circulation Handbook

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 ATI – Municipal Document Reviews

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Why important? (land development process)

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Resurfacing Program - Opportunity

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 ATI Project Deliverables

 County -wide summary report  Individual municipal reports  Trail mapping  Active transportation online tools

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 ATI Schedule / Next Steps

 Primary and peer reviews ongoing  Development of recommendations and reports – Winter 2020  Second public meeting – Spring 2020  Project to be completed – June 2020

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Keystone Corridor Improvements

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 CONNECT Recommendation

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Public transit enhancements

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Devon Station

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Paoli SEPTA/Amtrak Station

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Paoli SEPTA/Amtrak Station

Source: PennDOT / Michael Baker Corp.

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Frazer Station

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Exton SEPTA/Amtrak Station

Source: DVRPC

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Downingtown SEPTA/Amtrak Station

Illustration by the Hankin Group

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Coatesville SEPTA/Amtrak Station

Source: PennDOT / Plan the Keystone

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Coatesville – SEPTA Service

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Parkesburg Amtrak Station

Source: PennDOT / Michael Baker Corp.

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 West Chester Rail Service

Source: SEPTA

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Phoenixville Rail Service

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 West Chester Pike / Direct Bus

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Major Roadway Projects

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Roadway network focus areas

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Phoenixville Region Multimodal Study

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 US 202 Section 100 – PA 926 Intersection

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 US 202 Section 100 – Operations Analysis

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 US 1 Reconstruction

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 US 30 Bypass Reconstruction / Capacity Adding

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Downingtown Area Transportation Study

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Kennett Area Freight Plan

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019 Thank you!

Brian E. Styche, RLA, AICP Rachael Griffith, RLA Environment & Infrastructure Director Senior Trails & Open Space Planner [email protected] [email protected]

Brian Donovan Eric Quinn Transportation Planner Transportation Planner [email protected] [email protected]

610-344-6285 www.chescoplanning.org

TRAILS, TRAINS & TRAFFIC - December 4, 2019