PennDOT’s new handbook on “Improving Connectivity and System Function through Local Planning” provides guidance to municipalities on how to enhance vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian connectivity.  This companion training offers an overview of the handbook and includes strategies to effectively regulate and manage a connected transportation network within a community including a review of connectivity index   …

When new development, infill development or redevelopment takes place, it can be more fiscally responsible, aesthetically pleasing, and memorable when the form is right.  A form-based code approach will offer the opportunity to create placse that become immediate assets.  The ABC's of form-based codes will address the history and evolution of form-based codes, a menu   …

Land uses influence the size of your local government, the types of services it offers, the types of equipment it must purchase, and the taxes and tax rates it must levy. These impacts are significant not only because they affect taxpayers and local residents but because they affect the ability of local government to respond   …

Planning efforts, such as community visioning, municipal comprehensive plans and organizational strategic plans, can be used by communities and organizations to evaluate their current and projected conditions and prepare for their future. The ultimate goal of these plans is the implementation of the recommendations and policies that were developed during their creation.  However, following through   …

The PA Chapter is pleased that FEMA Region III is providing our contribution to the free chapters, divisions, and universities webcast series.  The National Disaster Recovery Framework and Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery session will be held on December 6th from 1:00 – 2:30 pm.  The National Disaster Recovery Framework is a guide that defines how   …