It looks like the Broad Street Line (B) Reverse Signals Project will begin next year! One step closer to a world-class City Hall Station.

Tired of City Hall Station feeling cramped behind a forest of columns? Ready for an open, fully ADA accessible station that actually works for everyone? Good news: the funding is on its way. By the mid 2030s, City Hall Station will be world class.

Philadelphia built a mass transit system. Now let people live next to it. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Northeast Philadelphia's trail and bicycle network will feature two bikeways: the Pennway Trail, which runs along an electric utility corridor, and Roosevelt Boulevard, which will likely receive protected bike lanes on both sides of the street.

Roosevelt Boulevard originated as a grand parkway under the jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission, serving as a key connector within the city's network of park drives. It was substantially widened in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Did you know that Northeast has two distinct sewer systems?

We have reached out to PennDOT, and they confirmed that the locally preferred alternative has been delayed to 2027. This isn't a bad thing. We don't need to rush, as long as the project is shovel-ready by the 2030s.

Had Byberry been selected as the bicentennial site, the Northeast would have developed along markedly different lines.

Adams Station was simple, underground station underneath a massive parking deck. It existed for 27 years without seeing a single train.

This is Philly Mayor J. Hampton Moore, who refused to sign the December 1933 Public Works Administration application, which would have provided $3,300,000 in federal loans and grants to equip both the South Broad and Locust Street subways, leaving both lines sitting abandoned until the mid-1950s.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that construction on the U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) Crossover Improvement Project has started.

Construction Methods Along the Roosevelt Blvd Alignment.

The recent PennDOT Study moved the Oxford Circle station to Pratt Street to chase a Frankford connection. We think Oxford Circle is the better call.

We would like both N 9th and N 5th to get stations. If we had to choose only one, we recommend building a shell at N 9th for future use, which would help redevelop the Logan Triangle, while giving North 5th a fully operational station.

The first Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Town Hall 08\27\22 www.youtube.com/watch?v=byff...

Ridership By Station on the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

Waiting for PennDOT to cut these down from 6 alternatives to 3.

Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Brief: 2026 Edition. drive.google.com/file/d/1q4qr...

Here’s the timeline and something even bigger is coming soon. Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

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The ridership, travel time, and access metrics from PennDOT's 2024 Route for Change study reveal the subway's substantial mobility advantage over both the LRT and BRT alternatives.

Even the best version of the LRT on Roosevelt Boulevard falls short against the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway. We didn't even mention the street running segments on Pratt St and W Hunting Park Rd. The LRT will run in mixed traffic!

Today, traveling from Rhawn Street to City Hall by public transit takes 50 minutes. The Roosevelt Blvd Subway would cut that to approximately 25 minutes, a dramatic reduction that matches automobile travel times and makes transit a truly competitive option for the Northeast.

PennDOT will narrow six alternatives down to three whenever they finally hold their next meeting. The public has been waiting since December 2024.

The running times for the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway that PennDOT developed may be too conservative. Speeds were estimated at 23.3 miles per hour between stations, inclusive of dwell times. In practice, trains along the line would vary considerably, reaching speeds of 50 to 70 mph between stops.

Los Angeles opened its D Line Extension yesterday: four miles, three stations, $3.5 billion, along the city's busiest boulevard. The Philadelphia equivalent would be extending the Broad Street Line to Rhawn Street along Roosevelt Boulevard. LA built it. What are we waiting for?

In Half an Hour the impossible is happening, the first phase of the Wilshire Subway is opening. Sending Philly love to Los Angeles, very inspiring. We will get our Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

The 1999–2003 Roosevelt Boulevard Subway proposal wisely adopted a phased construction timeline, with segments opening incrementally over a ten-year period rather than requiring riders to wait a decade for a single ribbon-cutting.

Cottman Station (1948)

Had Construction began on the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway in 1969-1970, it would have been fully completed in under 5 years.

Why didn't the Roosevelt Blvd Subway happen in the 1970s? 1. By March 1970, cost estimates had climbed from $87 million to $112 million. 2. The Northeast Expressway was canceled, the subway had been planned alongside the expressway. 3. Money was redirected to the Center City Commuter Connection.

Build for the Future! Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway.

North 9th Street Station's 1968 design.

They've Known Since 1913! Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

Commutes will be cut in half by the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

Did you know?

The Roosevelt Boulevard Subway has a century of history!

Every study says the same: Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

We will accept nothing less.

The Roosevelt Boulevard Subway pulls nearly six times more cars off the road than a BRT.

Some think that this movement is somehow over, but we will finish what we started! The Roosevelt Blvd Subway will be completed.

Only One Option...

You can't compare the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway with a Bus Rapid Transit line.

62,200 Daily Riders

A look at the Road Diet on Market Street. Traffic is flowing steadily and pedestrian foor traffic is up on the corridor.

We can say with full confidence that Route 23 and 56 should have trolleys running today. How did new trolleys in 1995-1996 turn into soft abandonment?

It happened in 1996. It happened in 2026. And it will happen again. Every time I-95 closes, traffic floods onto Roosevelt Boulevard, turning an already dangerous thoroughfare into something truly treacherous. The real alternative is building the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway!

All of these could be applied to the Route for Change project. www.urban.org/urban-wire/u...

The debris piling up on SEPTA Metro tracks could soon be a thing of the past. SEPTA's latest budget includes funding for new vacuum trains designed to keep stations clean and trains running smoothly.

Transit advocates in the Northeast favored the Roosevelt Boulevard alignment (photo 2), which would serve the community's center. City planners preferred the Northeast Expressway alignment because it was tens of millions of dollars cheaper.