Transportation
Chester County Complete Streets Policy (2021)
Chester County's Complete Streets Policy provides guidance for how streets may be planned, designed, retrofitted, and maintained to facilitate travel in a safe, convenient, and comfortable manner for all users regardless of their transportation mode. A complete street is more than adding facilities to accommodate pedestrians. Complete streets in Chester County represent an updated method of thinking about how our roadway corridors are utilized. View Policy
Chester Valley Trail West — Feasibility Study/Master Plan (2018)
This feasibility study and master plan continues the planning work from the Chester Valley Trail (CVT) Extension to Downingtown study and recommends the primary routing for the remainder of the CVT westward through Chester County. Once complete this trail will connect Downingtown, Coatesville, Parkesburg, Atglen and points in between with the future 29-mile multi-use Enola Low Grade rail trail currently being developed in Lancaster County. This trail will ultimately be an integral part of a continuous Philadelphia to Harrisburg trail connection. The study identifies potential linkages to nearby points of interest and examines "Trail Town" precedents for using a long-distance multi-use trail to spark recreation-centered economic development.
Phoenixville Region Multimodal Transportation Study (2018)
The Phoenixville Region Multimodal Transportation Study addresses the limitations of the current conditions for walking, biking, and transit use and focuses on ways to handle key challenges, including gaps in the network, lack of connections between urban and suburban centers, and lack of access to public transportation. The study identifies 26 total and 13 priority capital improvement projects as well as programming initiatives to increase the safety and efficiency of the transportation network regardless of age, ability, or mode of travel. Short, medium, and long term multimodal solutions serve as a starting point for the Phoenixville Region's municipalities to implement the recommendations outlined within the study. View Publication
Chester Valley Trail — Extension to Downingtown Feasibility Study/Master Plan (2017)
This plan recommends the future extension of the Chester Valley Trail to adaptively reuse the currently inactive Philadelphia and Thorndale low grade rail corridor between Exton and Thorndale. This unique corridor is a hidden gem and will provide for a safe, completely grade separated trail that will attract many users due to its scenic and historic quality and proximity to regional rail stations including Exton, Whitford, Downingtown and Thorndale. Once implemented, there will be an additional 10.1 miles of trail including three new trailheads and connections to the existing Struble and East Branch Brandywine Trails in the Downingtown area. View Plan
Multi-Modal Circulation Handbook for Chester County, PA (updated 2016)
A consolidated reference guide on how to incorporate all transportation modes into contemporary land development site design. View Publication
Chester County Public Transportation Plan — Update (2024)
This plan is an update to the Chester County Public Transportation Plan, adopted in July of 2014 as a policy element to Landscapes2. The plan update addresses many of the same issues identified in the previous plan, plus those that have surfaced since (primarily caused by the pandemic), as well as the goals and objectives of Chester County's current comprehensive plan, Landscapes3. Learn More