Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

New data! Through DVRPC’s Multimodal Access to Tourist Destinations project, staff investigated visitation trends and transportation implications for select tourist destinations across the region’s eight suburban counties. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eF8FEexf Kudos to Derek Lombardi, AICP! Photo: Spencer Gober, DVRPC

Growing Greater Philadelphia, the regional comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS), focuses on the four key areas of Livability, Adaptability, Connectivity, and Prosperity as the foundation of a sustainable regional economy. Learn more about the CEDS at: https://lnkd.in/gF9by77D and watch this space for more details in the coming weeks! Photo by Spencer Gober, DVRPC

Join us on Wednesday, December 11, from 2:00 - 3:15 pm, for a webinar on “Adapting to Changes in the Retail Banking Industry.” Brick-and-mortar bank branches are closing at high rates across the country, due to changing consumer habits and a national shift in the retail banking industry known as the “Great Consolidation.” DVRPC staff will be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the Great Consolidation and how to anticipate and plan for the impacts of the changing retail banking industry. Speakers include Alaina Barca, Community Development Research Analyst, The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Varsovia Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, PA CDFI Network; and Karen Sweeney, Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer, TruMark Financial Credit Union. Register to attend: https://lnkd.in/eXGVMYE6

Q: What did you want to be growing up? A: Growing up I really wanted to develop apps and create the next big social media platform. I was inspired by the new way of communicating and people expressing themselves online. Get to know IT Analyst Tyrell Powell in the latest DVRPC staff profile! https://lnkd.in/eGffpBXC

New data! DVRPC has been assessing the composition of retail districts across Greater Philadelphia since 2013, and the recently updated Retail Districts of Greater Philadelphia web map allows users to see how these districts have changed over the past decade. Kudos to the project team: Spencer Gober, AICP and Colin Kirby! View the map: https://lnkd.in/epSBga9k Photo: Andrew Svekla, DVRPC

How do you GIS? From our Long-Range Plan and Transportation Improvement Programs, to Vision Zero, flooding, housing, equity, and more, DVRPC uses the power of GIS to help with data-driven decisions. Check out our maps and apps: https://lnkd.in/efx6jT4s #GISDay2024

There was a 17.3% decrease in fatalities and severe injuries on the region’s roadways from 2022 to 2023. However, this is still a 60.5% increase in fatalities and severe injuries on the region’s roadways from 2014, when the region experienced its lowest levels of roadway fatalities and severe injuries. This shows how important it is for the region’s governments to pursue Vision Zero strategies. Fortunately, the region continues to do better than it did 20 years ago in terms of public transit safety, when fatalities and severe injuries began to decline. Explore transportation safety data in today’s #TrackingTuesday:  https://lnkd.in/eJFsnY56

The 2024 round of the DVRPC Municipal Bridge Retro-Reimbursement Program made up to $20 million available to fund bridge rehabilitation or reconstruction projects using PennDOT's retro-reimbursement process. See which bridges were selected: https://lnkd.in/er6pEsPD

DVRPC is hiring interns to work in communications, equity policy, freight planning, and operations! Learn more about these opportunities: https://buff.ly/3KLhRr7

This Friday DVRPC Executive Director Ariella Rosenberg Maron will be joining The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia’s virtual event “Shaping Our Quality of Life: A Civics Issue Forum.” She will be joined by Valerija (Rija) Beares, Greater Philadelphia Market Leader, CBRE; Jodie Harris, President, PIDC; and Dr. David Wilk, MAI, CRE, Assistant Professor, Finance & Director, Real Estate Program, Fox School of Business at Temple University. The discussion will be moderated by Marc Collazzo, Executive Director, Fishtown Kensington Area Business Improvement District. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eYU2ZkVX