Planning Policies
Landscapes3
Landscapes3 is the comprehensive plan for Chester County, and renews the county's commitment to balancing growth and preservation to foster vibrant communities. Landscapes3 is organized around six goal areas: Preserve, Protect, Appreciate, Live, Prosper, and Connect, and addresses land use, growth, and preservation as part of the Landscapes Map.
Transportation is addressed primarily within the following recommendations of the Connect goal area of Landscapes3.
- Advance implementation of transportation improvements
- Advance multimodal transportation
- Embrace smart transportation improvements for roadways
- Conduct a freight study
- Promote bus service within growth areas
- Expand regional rail service
- Create a countywide, interconnected trail network
Chester County Public Transportation Plan — Update
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