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Aramingo Avenue traffic safety project


A Complete Streets project

About

The Aramingo Avenue project seeks to invest in multimodal safety and access improvements along the River Wards commercial corridor.

Community engagement helped shape the redesign of Aramingo Avenue between Allegheny Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane. The design features include:

  • Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs) and dedicated left-turn phases and phases at major intersections.
  • Center concrete median (with left-turn lanes at intersections).
  • One-way sidewalk-level bike lanes in both directions.
  • Corner bump-outs and/or raised crosswalks to slow down vehicles turning to and from intersecting streets onto Aramingo Avenue.
  • Trees, bus shelters, and other street furniture to improve the pedestrian environment.
  • Speed cushions throughout the corridor.

Efforts to obtain funding for construction are ongoing, and the project is moving into the engineering phase. Design features may change as the project progresses.

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Timeline

2023

Summer

Aramingo Avenue is repaved by PennDOT and separated bike lanes are installed with flexible delineator posts.

The City begins engaging community stakeholders on the redesign of Aramingo Avenue.

Fall

The City engages neighbors, community groups, and businesses to identify critical design elements and community priorities through a project survey.

2024

Spring/Summer

The City develops a conceptual redesign of Aramingo Avenue based on the community’s feedback.

A second project survey is distributed to neighbors, community groups, and businesses to confirm that the conceptual design reflects the community’s priorities.

Fall/Winter

Survey results show broad community support for the redesign of Aramingo Avenue. The City applies for design and construction funding for the redesign of the avenue.

If funding is acquired, the project may proceed as follows:

  • 2026–2027: Engineering begins on the project and funding is finalized.

The construction timeline will be determined when funding is confirmed.

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Partners

  • Department of Streets
  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

Staff

Name Job title Email Department
Yihong Hu Complete Streets Project Coordinator yihong.hu@phila.gov Office of Multimodal Planning
Sharon Zea Rincón Complete Streets Community Coordinator sharon.zearincon@phila.gov Office of Multimodal Planning
Andrew Simpson Complete Streets District Manager andrew.simpson@phila.gov Office of Multimodal Planning

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