Transportation Planning

EACH YEAR, UCD WORKS with partners to address transportation issues including transit routes, traffic congestion, and bike and pedestrian safety. UCD, major institutions, local developers, the City, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission work together on a Transportation Management Association (TMA) that serves the neighborhood. This association formalizes work these partners have done for nearly two decades and opens new lanes to improve how people and goods get around. Together with

SEPTA, the TMA operates the Loop through University City (LUCY) bus that carries hundreds of thousands of passengers each year from 30 th Street Station to nearby jobs. In 2022, we worked with bikeshare program Indego to research and implement new stations for their bike docks, and helped the Streets Department connect with property owners to share news of ongoing and forthcoming roadwork and adjustments. Moving forward, the TMA will continue to assist in projects aimed at improving every mode of transit to benefit residents and commuters.

Data Analysis and Application

DATA DRIVES UCD’S WORK across all our departments. We use data to study pedestrian volume to help businesses adapt, to identify street and transit improvements, to evaluate crime patterns to map out deployment strategies, to monitor usage rates of our public spaces, to survey participants and partners in our Skills Initiative to deliver the best workforce training, and much more. In 2022, we presented data analyses in our online UCD Data Digest covering topics ranging from employment to park usage to pedestrian volume. Our data findings show up in stories from local media outlets, in targeted emails and blog posts, in internal and external presentations, and are a key element of our yearly State of University City publication.