The primary traffic safety issues are:

• The high vehicle speeds observed along the corridor.
• Lack of safe pedestrian crossing to The Woodlands during high demand.
• Vehicles overtaking trolleys or other vehicles using the bike lane or empty parking lane.
• Lack of a separated bike lane for cyclists.

There are design concepts for a future pedestrian plaza on this block of 41st Street. However, this effort would happen separately from this project and possibly be led by partner agencies.

A plaza would likely be installed with temporary materials at first, allowing the possibility of upgrading with more permanent materials in phases if successful.

The City collaborated with SEPTA on transit priority improvements to include in the traffic signal design, particularly at The Woodlands intersection. Traffic modeling found no appreciable delays due to this traffic signal phasing.

SEPTA will build a designated bus pull-in by the Portal for the connecting bus routes as part of its trolley substation project. SEPTA will coordinate this effort with the Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS).

Between VA Driveway and The Woodlands, new trees will be planted on the north side of Woodland by the 40th Street Trolley Portal. These trees have the necessary space to be large canopy trees.

Between the 40th Street Trolley Portal and Chester Avenue, the existing trees on Woodland Avenue will have to be cut down since the walking zone width at these locations is below Complete Streets standards (6 feet). The root structure has also resulted in uneven, inaccessible paving, and numerous trees are in poor health. New trees will be planted on both sides of Woodland with expanded sidewalks to provide equal or better coverage.

Between Chester Avenue and 42nd Street, the trees by The Woodlands are also in poor health. Two healthy trees will be kept, while the rest will be replaced with oak varieties. The north side tree line is unaffected.

The brick sidewalk will be restored with as much reuse of existing brick as possible. The sidewalk width will not be narrowed, though the sidewalk may have to be shifted to accommodate the new two-way bikeway. The brick sidewalk is subject to review from the Philadelphia Historical Commission.