Overview

This page contains information about the 48th/47th Streets Traffic Safety & Complete Streets Project. The project area is 48th Street from Market St to Kingsessing Ave and 47th Street from Chestnut St to Paschall Ave. The project goals are to address the high rate of traffic crashes and install traffic calming measures on each street.

• 47th Street from Chestnut St to Paschall Ave sees a high number of crashes, and is on the City’s Vision Zero High Injury Network, which is the 12% of streets in Philadelphia that experience 80% of all  traffic deaths and serious injuries.
• 48th Street from Market St to Kingsessing Ave is excessively wide and has also seen many crashes. The street was repaved in 2023 and will be fully restriped in 2024 with a layout that results from project discussions.
• Two open houses occurred in September of 2023 with more than 350 attendees and more than 200 exit surveys collected with feedback.
• Traffic calming measures considered for the corridors include but are not limited to corner bump-outs, speed cushions, traffic signal to stop sign conversion, all-way stop sign conversion, and separated bike lanes.

Project Timeline

• September 2022:
  Neighbors reached out about a 48th Street Greenway Concept
• May 2023:
  Streets Department announced 48th Street repaving
• June-September 2023:
  City discussions with RCO & community leaders on traffic calming
• Fall 2023:
  Two open house meetings held in September to discuss options for each street
  Additional smaller community discussions to discuss options and trade-offs on both streets
• Winter 2023:
  48^th Street: Projected design decision for Spring 2024 restriping & additional community conversations
  47^th Street: Continued conversation towards traffic safety goals
• Spring 2024:
  48^th Street: Restriping of the new layout
  47^th Street: Continued conversation towards traffic safety goals