http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/7 http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/retrieve/422 http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/7 Search the Channel search http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/simple-search http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/4710 Title: Improving Freight Movement in Delaware Central Business Districts <br/> <br/>Authors: Scott, Marcia; Anderka, Sebastian; O'Donnell, Edward <br/> <br/>Abstract: Freight movement by trucks within a central business district (CBD) is often problematic for delivery drivers, pedestrians, automobile traffic, and downtown merchants. Freight pickup and delivery by trucks both contribute to and suffer from downtown traffic congestion. While the revitalization and economic sustainability of central business districts is paramount, the need for efficient freight movement, pedestrian access, traffic flow, and overall safety is equally important.A scan of federal, state, and local government freight-movement policies indicates that the regulatory focus has been primarily at the macro, rather than micro, level. Additional guidelines are needed to govern design and demarcation of downtown loading zones and facilities, development and enforcement of downtown loading zone/parking regulations, and development and placement of regulatory signage. To observe freight-movement issues first hand, field visits were made to ten Delaware municipalities with active CBDs. Many of Delaware’s small, historic CBDs are constrained by their physical environment and existing infrastructure that cannot be easily retrofitted for off-street loading bays or onstreet loading zones. Issues observed in Delaware CBDs included design problems (lack and condition of loading-zone facilities), lack of or unclear on-street parking regulations, and public safety concerns (e.g., intermodal conflicts and illegal or unauthorized parking). http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/4709 Title: Delaware's Transportation Agenda in the Northeast Corridor <br/> <br/>Authors: Edwards, Geoff <br/> <br/>Abstract: The fractionated governance structure of the entire Northeast Corridor (Warren 2009) is also evidenced within the Baltimore-to-Philadelphia portion, which contains the entire extent of Delaware’s claim to the corridor. Though comprising only a small segment of the overall corridor and a miniscule portion of Delaware’s total transportation infrastructure, this 25-mile stretch is fundamental to the state’s relations with transportation and economic networks at several scales, from regional to global. This report employs recent literature and stakeholder input to provide future researchers with an appreciation for the major issues that will hinder or enable Delaware’s regional, national, and international transportation relationships over the next five to ten years. http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/4708 Title: Scoping Out Delaware's Role Role in Facilitating Business Travel as it Relates to the Wilmington Redevelopment Area, Wilmington Train Station, and New Castle County Airport <br/> <br/>Authors: Franzen, Todd; Anderka, Sebastian; O'Donnell, Edward <br/> <br/>Abstract: If the Wilmington Redevelopment Area is to continue as an economic engine for job growth, a growing source of tax revenue, and a marketable residential area, travel access is critical. The Institute for Public Administration (IPA) is completing a project to study how to best facilitate travel access to the Wilmington Redevelopment Area by regional rail and air. Specifically, the project is studying how to maximize business travel to the Wilmington Redevelopment Area via the New Castle County Airport and Wilmington Train Station—via north/south Amtrak trains and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) R2 train route from Newark to Philadelphia). http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/4707 Title: Transportation Policy and Governance in the Northeast Corridor: An Overview of Major Public Agencies <br/> <br/>Authors: Beauchamp, David; Warren, Robert; Edwards, Geoff; Jiang, Xuan <br/> <br/>Abstract: The lack of systematic planning and policy-making to optimize the NEC’s overall transportation infrastructure is obviously not due to an absence of agencies and organizations that focus on the Corridor and its subareas. The opposite is true. A mosaic exists, and the intent of this report is to provide an overview of the array of public entities that, in addition to those of the national government and state departments of transportation, have formal responsibility for planning and policy-making for some portion of the NEC’s primary transportation infrastructure and service operations.