The symbol in The Delaware Valley Regional Planning our logo is Commission is dedicated to uniting the adapted from the official region’s elected officials, planning DVRPC seal professionals, and the public with a and is designed as a stylized image of common vision of making a great region the Delaware Valley. The outer ring symbolizes the region as a whole while even greater. Shaping the way we live, the diagonal bar signifies the Delaware work, and play, DVRPC builds River. The two adjoining crescents represent the Commonwealth of consensus on improving transportation, Pennsylvania and the State of New promoting smart growth, protecting the Jersey. environment, and enhancing the DVRPC is funded by a variety of funding economy. We serve a diverse region of sources including federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s nine counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Montgomery, and Philadelphia in and Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Camden, departments of transportation, as well Gloucester, and Mercer in New Jersey. as by DVRPC’s state and local member governments. The authors, however, are DVRPC is the federally designated solely responsible for the findings and Metropolitan Planning Organization for conclusions herein, which may not represent the official views or policies of the Greater Philadelphia Region — the funding agencies. leading the way to a better future. DVRPC fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. DVRPC’s website (www.dvrpc.org) may be translated into multiple languages. 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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 1 DVRPC’s Perspective on Transportation Planning............................................................................2 DVRPC’s Perspective on Transportation Planning: Congestion Management Process .............................................................................................................................................3 Applicable Regulations ......................................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 2 Cooperation and Coordination............................................................................................... 7 The CMP Advisory Committee ..........................................................................................................7 Coordination within DVRPC ..............................................................................................................8 Public Participation ............................................................................................................................8 Environmental Justice .......................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER 3 Evaluation............................................................................................................................... 15 Goals and Objectives ......................................................................................................................16 Regional Analysis ............................................................................................................................16 Updating Corridors ..........................................................................................................................18 Advancing from Objectives and Criteria to Strategies .....................................................................21 Range of Strategies to Reduce Congestion ....................................................................................23 CHAPTER 4 Congested Corridors and Strategies................................................................................... 37 DVRPC Congested Corridors..........................................................................................................38 Strategies Appropriate Everywhere.................................................................................................41 Very Appropriate Strategies by Subcorridor ....................................................................................41 CHAPTER 5 Next Steps ............................................................................................................................ 161 Conclusions and Ideas for the Future............................................................................................169 Figures and Tables Figure 1: CMP Corridors and Tracts with High Degrees of Disadvantaged Populations ..............................11 Figure 2: Comparison of 2006 and 2009 CMP Corridors..............................................................................20 Figure 3: Overview of New Jersey Corridors ................................................................................................39 Figure 4: Overview of Pennsylvania Corridors..............................................................................................40 Figure 5: NJ Corridor 1 – I-295, NJ Turnpike (N) ..........................................................................................42 Figure 6: NJ Corridor 2 – I-295, NJ Turnpike (S) ..........................................................................................45 Figure 7: NJ Corridor 3 – AC Expressway/NJ 42..........................................................................................48 Figure 8: NJ Corridor 4 – US 1 & US 206 .....................................................................................................52 Figure 9: NJ Corridor 5 – US 30 ...................................................................................................................57 i Figure 10: NJ Corridor 6 – US 130 ...............................................................................................................61 Figure 11: NJ Corridor 7 – US 322 ...............................................................................................................69 Figure 12: NJ Corridor 8 – NJ 31 ..................................................................................................................73 Figure 13: NJ Corridor 9 – NJ 33 ..................................................................................................................77 Figure 14: NJ Corridor 10 – NJ 38 ................................................................................................................80 Figure 15: NJ Corridor 11 – NJ 41, NJ 47, & NJ 55 ......................................................................................83 Figure 16: NJ Corridor 12 – NJ 45 ................................................................................................................85 Figure 17: NJ Corridor 13 – NJ 70 ................................................................................................................88 Figure 18: NJ Corridor 14 – NJ 73 ................................................................................................................91 Figure 19: NJ Corridor 15 – CR 571 .............................................................................................................94 Figure 20: PA Corridor 1 – I-276 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) ...........................................................................97 Figure 21: PA Corridor 2 – I-476.................................................................................................................100 Figure 22: PA Corridor 3 – I-76 & I-676 ......................................................................................................104 Figure 23: PA Corridor 4 – I-95...................................................................................................................108 Figure 24: PA Corridor 5 – US 1 .................................................................................................................113 Figure 25: PA Corridor 6 – US 13/MacDade Blvd/PA 291 ..........................................................................121 Figure 26: PA Corridor 7 – US 30 to Philadelphia.......................................................................................125 Figure 27: PA Corridor 8 – US 202, US 322, US 30, & PA 100 ..................................................................128 Figure 28: PA Corridor 9 – US 422 .............................................................................................................138 Figure 29: PA Corridor 10 – PA 3 & Center City .........................................................................................142 Figure 30: PA Corridor 11 – PA 113 Area...................................................................................................145 Figure 31: PA Corridor 12 – PA 132, PA 63, & County Line Road..............................................................147 Figure 32: PA Corridor 13 – PA 332 (Newtown Bypass) Area ....................................................................149 Figure 33: PA Corridor 14 – PA 611 & PA 309 ...........................................................................................151 Figure