There is a project starting 2022 that has yet to be approved that will change Washington Avenue from a 4/5 lane currently to a 2/3 lane roadway with 2 hour street parking. Washington Avenue is the main arterial street into Philadelphia from I95 highway and also a 80% commercial roadway with hundreds of businesses. This project prioritizes cyclists above businesses and commercial activities and hinders our only snow emergency route in the area. Traffic would flood off to neighboring residential streets making residential areas more dangerous for pedestrians. 

Let me be clear that we care for cyclists and the safety of the people. There needs to be a better way to make this work for everyone. Two hour parking and less travel lanes is not the answer.

Two hour parking damages businesses who's employees use that parking for work. Parking is already extremely limited and removing over 220 parking spaces and limiting them to 2 hour zones means businesses will rely on parking in residential areas! This hurts everyone that travels into the city for work and everyone that lives around Washington Avenue who owns a vehicle.

This is only a few of the issues out of the dozens of real complaints held by the businesses and the communities on and around Washington Avenue.

We must end this project until a proper plan is put before all the businesses on Washington, before it ends most of the businesses on Washington Avenue.