This month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the City of Philadelphia will receive more than $5.3 million in funding for infrastructure improvements and education programs. The funds are part of the 2025 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Surface Block Grant Program. Together with awards made by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) Board in February, Philadelphia received a total of $9.3 million in 2025 TASA awards.

“These significant investments will improve the lives of Philadelphians across our City,” said Michael A. Carroll, Deputy Managing Director for Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS). “They will make our streets safer, expand access, and strengthen connections to transportation options – all priorities of Mayor Cherelle L. Parker. We are grateful to the Shapiro Administration and PennDOT for their continued investment in our communities.”

PennDOT awarded $74 million in funding for 72 projects in 38 counties across the commonwealth as part of this grant cycle. Additionally, the DVRPC in February voted to award $17.5 million in regional TASA funding, with $4 million going to projects in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia’s total awarded projects for this funding year include:

  • $1,000,000 to build 1.3 miles of ADA accessible trail connecting Fairmount Park to the Bala Rail Station in Lower Merion Township (West Philadelphia).
  • $593,218 to install a road diet on Hunting Park Ave between 15th and Old York Road, improve street crossings, and add a two-way bike facility. This will provide safe bike access to the park (Hunting Park).
  • $1,500,000 to add concrete separation to an existing parking separated two-way bikeway on Tabor Ave between Godfrey and Deveraux Ave. This project will also expand the signalized intersection at the Navy driveway (Lawndale).
  • $1,494,267 to replace and upgrade traffic calming devices around Willard Elementary (Port Richmond).
  • $450,000 to pilot a 2-year Bike Safety Program for Elementary students. This will equip children in under-resourced neighborhoods with cycling safety knowledge (Citywide).
  • $841,120 to construct concrete bus boarding islands on 48th St. They will be placed at locations where temporary bus boarding islands were installed when the street was paved in 2024 and a northbound parking-separated bike lane was created (Kingsessing).
  • $500,150 to expand the Indego bike share stations at four of nine planned locations. Two will be along the lower Schuylkill Trail, and two will be along Forbidden Drive (Citywide).
  • $1,500,000 to improve the Gay St. Staircase, a century-old pedestrian staircase, before it falls into disrepair and risks being decommissioned (Manayunk, Roxborough).
  • $1,500,000 to install a separated side path on Walnut Lane between the entrance to Blue Bell Park and Daniel St. This project will include a raised mid-block crossing approaching Park Lane on Walnut Lane, and install a two-way, concrete pill separated cycle track on Walnut Lane between Daniel St and Wissahickon Ave. The project will also install transit boarding islands along Walnut Lane and a shared use path on Wissahickon Ave between Walnut Lane and Rittenhouse Lane (Blue Bell/Germantown).

 

A full listing of Pennsylvania’s TASA awardees can be found on the PennDOT site.