The deadline to apply for the Neighborhood Slow Zone Program has been extended to February 15. The program, run by the Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (OTIS), invites neighbors to apply for traffic calming in an entire zone of residential streets. The City will work with successful applicants to bring traffic calming to an entire “Slow Zone,” which will include:

• Developing a plan for traffic calming that responds to critical safety issues;

• Lowering speed limits to 20MPH;

• Installing traffic calming tools, like speed cushions, and more.

Applications should be submitted by an organization or neighborhood champion that represents the people living within the proposed Slow Zone. While applications only need to be submitted by one organization or person, joint applications by several organizations or people, representing the neighborhood are welcomed.

Submitted applications will be considered complete only if all requirements are included. The City may request revisions to applications. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

For more information and to apply, visit the program website: https://slow-zone-phl.hub.arcgis.com/.

Slow Zone selections will be announced this spring.

The Spruce Hill Community Association is in the process of application for this project and is currently collecting signatures from neighborhood residents. To sign an online petition in support of a Neighborhood Slow Zone in Spruce Hill, go to this page.