Thank you for prioritizing safety on 48th St.

Starting in 2022, neighbors near the 48th St corridor in West Philly called on the Streets Department and Council Member Gauthier to improve the traffic safety of South 48th Street by adding a bike lane and traffic calming during the upcoming 2023 paving season. Over 600 people weighed in to get Council Member Gauthier’s attention. 

After a year of community meetings led by the Council Member and the City, securing funding and prioritization by the Streets Department, we are happy to announce that the northbound 48th St. parking protected bike lane from Kingsessing Ave. to Chestnut St. will be completed any day! But that’s not everything. This community engagement process sparked interest in adding a southbound parking protected bike lane on 47th St. from Chestnut St. to Kingsessing Ave.This project design is still ongoing and will have additional community meetings in the next year with the goal of construction in the summer of 2025. 

Along with the Parking Protected Bike Lane on 48th Street, the project also is scheduled to include freshly painted roadway markings and crosswalks, speed tables added from Haverford to Kingsessing on most blocks, repainted conventional bike lanes from Chestnut to Haverford, flexible delineator posts and planters added on some of the parking separated bike lane blocks to separate travel modes. More on the construction notice here. 

We want to say thank you to Council Member Gauthier, Streets Department Commissioner Kristin Del Rossi, Deputy Commissioner Richard Montanez, and Chief Highway Engineer Steve Lorenz for responding to the neighborhood's concerns and prioritizing safety for all users.

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