City of Philadelphia
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission

Guided by the City of Philadelphia’s Vision Zero program to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes by 2030, the City’s Vision Zero Capital Plan 2025 identified the Hunting Park Avenue corridor as part of the High Injury Network. The Network represents only 12 percent of Philadelphia Streets, but accounts for 80 percent of severe crashes. Hunting Park Avenue is a four-lane arterial corridor that intersect three major roadways. Pedestrians often have to navigate through highspeed traffic with large distances between signalized crosswalks and bicyclists opt to ride along the wide sidewalks.

The City retained DVRPC to prepare a transportation study and recommended improvements for the corridor. Using their Indicators of Potential Disadvantage, they identified a high concentration of historically vulnerable population groups, making community engagement paramount to the success of the planning effort. A steering committee convened to establish baseline metrics and public outreach included events planned by community organizations and one-on-one conversations with community leaders and block captains. This formed the development of recommendations and later concept alternatives until the public agreed on a preferred design.

The final plan includes traffic calming measures like a center median, and pedestrian and alternate transportation measures including bump outs and a shared bike/ped path. The resulting plan is engaging and easy to read. It uses data to drive recommendations and leverage dollars. In December of 2023, the City was awarded S16.4 million in federal funding to implement two Complete Streets projects including Hunting Park. Further implementation of the plan will continue under the City through continued community engagement and planned improvements.