The Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) is resuming community meetings that would help determine new traffic safety features for South 47th Street from Chestnut Street to Kingsessing Avenue. Blocks along 47th Street from Chestnut Street to Paschall Avenue is on the City’s Vision Zero High Injury Network (HIN) and the 47th Street Traffic Safety project aims to improve traffic safety for pedestrians, drivers and cyclists along the corridor.

This project, along with the 48th Street Safety project was first introduced to residents in 2023, but the redesign and repaving of the street were put on hold earlier this year as more public input was needed. The initial plan included such changes as the conversion of a portion of the street, between Paschall and Market, to one-way vehicle traffic.

The new series of community meetings include three focus groups and one general public meeting, co-hosted by Councilmember Jamie Gauthier (3rd District).

The focus groups, which are specifically geared toward residents and business owners on 47th Street and the 4600 and 4700 blocks of intersecting streets, kick off this Tuesday, Oct. 15:

Spruce – Baltimore Meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Renewal Presbyterian Church, 4633 Cedar Avenue

Chestnut – Spruce Meeting
Monday, Oct. 21, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
West Lofts, 220 S 47th Street

Baltimore – Kingsessing Meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 23 6:30 – 8 p.m.
St. Francis de Sales Auditorium, 917 S 47th Street

The general public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 6:30 – 8 p.m., at St. Francis de Sales School Auditorium (917 S 47th St.)

Repaving of 47th Street is expected to take place in 2025. For more information on the 47th Street Traffic Safety project, visit: https://www.phila.gov/documents/48th-47th-project.