Petition for Parking-Protected Bike Lane on 47th St

"This is very necessary! I used to live at 47th and cedar for a year and there were 3 car accidents at that intersection during that time. We need traffic to chill out all over West Philly on our side streets!"

"connect Philly with safe bike lanes!"

"I am one of so many West Philadelphians who have been injured by reckless driving while biking in this neighborhood. It's time we take further steps to protect bikers in this city!"

"My boyfriend has been hit on Baltimore and I fear for both of our lives on our bikes. 47th street is only a start!"

"When will the parking protection come back to 48th just north of Baltimore?? Why set it up before paving the street??"

"47th st bike lane!"

"Please protect cyclists & pedestrians!"

"I see cars speeding up to make the light at 47th and Spruce and I know of at lease 1 accident where a car on Spruce was T-boned. Also, there is really no room for Bikes to ride safely on 47th St."

"As a cyclist living on 47th street, I'd feel much safer with a protected bike lane. Philly could be one million times better if we began shifting away from car dependence."

"West Philly has the potential to be one of the most bikeable neighborhoods in the entire country! The continued development of protected bike lanes is great for the safety of bikers, pedestrians, and drivers."

"I live on Hazel Avenue in between 46th and 47th streets. I drive, park, bike, and walk on 47th street on a daily basis. We desperately need to calm the car traffic and protect our community from aggressive and careless drivers. I fully support the redesign!"

"Please let’s just make 2024’s first common sense political choice!"

"Please make our bike ride to school safer by making this protected bike lane. Make our streets safer for everyone by making it one way and ensuring there are cross walks. We need to move forward from the car-centric Fossil Fuel era of the 20th century to a community-centric, people first sustainable future."

"I work at a preschool on 47th Street and would really appreciate a safer road for both the kids and my commute! Thank you!"

"As a pediatrician, parent, cyclist and pedestrian along 47th street, I strongly support these calming measures to ensure safety as the highest priority."

"I am on my bike with my nine-year-old most days of the week, I use the 22nd St. bike lane, as well as Spruce, Pine, Market, and Washington, sometimes Chestnut and Spruce in West Philly as well. Protected bike lanes are so essential, especially commuting with a young family! Thanks for what you can do."

"This is so vital especially now that 48th street no longer has a southbound bike lane."

"the city needs more bike lanes and a process to keep them clean and clear."

"I commute daily by bike from Center City to Cedar Park - the 48th St bike lane has been a great addition to mobility in West Philly, but a paired bike lane on 47th is greatly needed!"

"Bike riders, pedestrians, and people who live and work on the street should have a safer street to travel on which would be possible with a bike lane."

"We need streets that make all kinds of transportation modes safe!"

"Please expedite the 47th bike lane!! Thank you!"

"Please add bike lane! I ride my bike all the time."

"I am SUCH a big fan of the bike lane set up on 48th St. I feel safer biking on that street than most of them in Philadelphia. Drivers are extremely aggressive towards cyclists the past few years, and having a buffer like this is the best solution."

"This would make my commute way safer!!"

"As someone who lives and bikes in the neighborhood, I feel so much safer with the protected bike lane on 48th. Unfortunately, it only going northward still leaves residents vulnerable on half of their journey. A southbound bike lane on 47th would help all of us feel much safer, help prevent accidents, and help more people feel confident choosing to bike (which is important for our health and climate). Thank you!"

"Please put in better bike lanes!! It makes me really sad how many people have been injured by reckless driving when it’s so easily preventable."

"Local residents hoping for additional safety that will come with installation of protected bike lane!"

"It’s a no brainer to make a southbound bike lane on 47th match the northbound one on 48th. This will allow everyone to be able to safely commute in both directions. I love the new 48th st and 47th st should have this too!"

"as a resident of 47th street, i FULLY support this."

"This would make it much safer and more convenient to travel through West Philly and to get from West Philly to South. When the bridge connecting the river trail to the grays ferry trail completes it would also connect southwest to the rest of the city's bike infrastructure much better."

"47th Street is dangerous and unpleasant for me as someone who crosses it multiple times daily as a pedestrian and frequently bikes and drives on or across it. I fully support a protected bike lane, daylighting, speedbumps, increased signage, and other traffic-calming measures, and to the extent this makes parking a little less convenient, oh well—streets are for people, not publicly subsidized storage of private property."

"More bike lanes would make everyone safer!"

"Founder of metamorphosis collective interested in helping"

"Please help keep bikers safe!"

"I would feel so much better traveling from west and south"

"Bike lane now bitch"

"Please have more bike lanes Philadelphia"

"It's common sense. Keep everyone safe!"

"I ride my bike as my main way to get around and I need protection from reckless and aggressive drivers!"

"Great idea to add a parked car protected bike lane on 47th st. The parked car protected bike lane on 48th st has changed my life for the better. Thanks"

"it just makes sense"

"Because people drive so incredibly recklessly, we need protections for those not in cars. I’ve lost count of the amount of near misses I’ve had with terrible drivers. Something, ANYTHING, needs to be done. Let’s start with a bike lane."

"I’m100% in favor of s protected bike lane. I live on S 47 Street and walk my dog in the neighborhood. We’ve almost been struck by vehicles too many times to count - in the 9 months living here!!!! The bottom line is: Drivers are terrible in this city. A protected bike lane would be helpful…but only to a small degree unfortunately. The gigantic speed humps on S 48 Street barely make a difference, vehicles still speed and weave over and through them, causing near-miss mayhem."

"I bike on 47th street sometimes and would feel much safer with a parking protected bike lane."

"Safer streets now, for all! No more half measures, protected bike lanes are a minimum requirement moving forward, anything less is a failure to cyclists and pedestrians."

"We need a safe way to bike to and from the grays ferry bridge. This is an essential improvement"

"Protected bike lanes (with PHYSICAL infrastructure) help save bike/scooter users and pedestrians alike while also are proven traffic calming measures. Let's make Philly streets safe for everyone!"

"As a bike commuter, I often have to reevaluate which routes might be the safest to travel through at given times, and which to avoid. As much as I wish I could take the fastest route to work and to Temple, that route is the most dangerous I face. Having a better network of safe, separated bike lanes makes a commute faster, easier, and much less stressful for me and many others who ride long distances within Philly."

"We can prevent crashes that kill our community members and destroy their homes and businesses. This does not have to be our new normal!"

"It's a shame that the bike lane on 48th st has been effectively removed! We need bike lanes for both North and South, it would be good to have a lane on 47th st."

"I live off of 47th and want to be safe biking by myself and with my young children. I would commute by bike more often if there was more protected bike infrastructure. Also, if I take the 48th st bike lane I should be able to come back the way I came on a protected lane. Only protecting one way has limited effectiveness."

"I want to feel safe when riding in my neighborhood!"

"I need a protected bike lane on 47th to take my kid to school."

"This is an important component to allow cyclists to ride safely in the South direction. There are many cyclists that use 47th street including me since 48th street is very busy with traffic constantly. Please implement this important street improvement quickly."

"I used to live by the intersection of 47th and Springfield and as a cyclist I had so many close calls with reckless drivers on 47th. I also witnessed absolutely bonkers acts of reckless driving on that street while riding my bike or walking on the sidewalk. The city has a moral duty to take this opportunity to make this corridor safer for everyone."

"I use this route regularly and would like to see it safer- I’m honked at by drivers who think they have priority"

"I am a Philadelphian who lives a few blocks away from S 47th St and a biker who has gotten into too many accidents in this city. We urgently need more protected bike lanes. A safer city is a better city for all!"

"I have an indego annual pass and I really need a parking protected bike lane on 47th."

"I currently bike down 47th Street to get to the Grey's Ferry bridge on a regular basis and would love it if I were able to make this trip in a protected bike lane. It is currently especially scary at the crossing with Baltimore, where it's narrow, congested,low visibility due to the angle of the streets, and always feels like there's too many vehicles crowding you from all sides. Grey's Ferry bridge is the best way to get to South Philly without having to go across the South St bridge and then down one of the narrow number streets with cars on your tail, honking or speeding past way too close. I see tons on people using the 48th St protected bike lane and I know that based on how many of them are using it to go southbound despite it being a one-way bike lane, a 47th St lane would quickly become popular, too."

"Keep our cyclists safe!!!"

"Biking to Grays Ferry Bridge from my home in west philly is always a challenge: motorists drive too close, cut me off, and get angry when I take the lane on narrower streets and they have to slow down. It’s a dangerous situation for everyone. Having a protected bike lane along one of the major cycling arteries out of West Philly would be incredibly helpful for our community overall."

"Yes, let's!"

"I am a Philadelphian citizen and my ability to get around safety matters no less than anyone else’s. This is common sense measured that in turn will keep all of us safe."

"Please do the right thing and make this area safer for everyone. Thank you!!"

"My kids go to school at CCS on the corner of 47th and Kingsessing and it always feels like a risk when I'm taking them out of their car seats on 47th. We need traffic calming and a better setup than what we have now."

"I bike from my home to my office downtown every day - it's how I commute. There is a constant flow of traffic down 47th Street, some of which is respectful to bikers and some of which is not - lots of people rolling through stop signs. Having a parking protected bike lane on 47th Street would be a huge improvement!"

"I’d like to be able to use this bike line with a lower likelihood of being killed by a car! It’s pretty much as simple as that. Paint is not infrastructure. We deserve safe bike lanes and safe streets and a connected grid of those safe bike lanes for people to get around in the city. If the city is supposed to be getting “cleaner and greener” it is almost impossible to do without safer ways for people to get around without a car and without getting killed by one."

"too many cyclist and pedestrian estrian deaths! including my friend. please do everything you can to make safe and calm streets!"

"Let's make it safer for cycling. Thanks."

"Biking is the healthiest and most environmentally friendly mode of transportation in the city and we need to encourage it with the creation of more protected bike lanes."

"Putting in a new protected bike lane on 48th linking to the Grays Ferry Bridge is absolutely necessary. The expansion of the Schuylkill River Trail is nearly done and Grays Ferry will soon see a increase in bike users trying to get to and from the trail and the neighborhoods."

"Please provide safe protected bike infrastructure both for neighbors and residents alike. We demand protected infrastructure as vulnerable road users."

"I attended public meetings about getting a protected bike lane along 47 th St. What happened?"

"less cars in the city....more pedestrian and bicycle friendly roads and sidewalks"

"Please!! This route feels too dangerous to ride on even though I worked just on the other side of the Grays Ferry Bridge and lived a couple blocks from 47th street."

"Protect our bikers."

"We need more traffic calming and protected bike lanes in this city, and a road repaving is the perfect time to install them"

"let's increase and connect safe biking passages in our city!"

"This would save people from getting hurt or killed."

"My family and I live in West Philly close to 47th street. We are regular bikers in our neighborhood. We love the new protected bike lanes and feel so much safer biking and walking in the neighborhood. Please make protected bike lanes on 47th to provide a southbound bike route. This is a great way to improve safety and encourage people to travel in ways besides cars."

"There is currently no safe way to ride south... 47th Street, 48th Street, 49th Street... Please give us a bike lane on 47th Street to make riding South safe for bikers. I use my bike to get around this city and going south from Spruce Street, where I live, to my office, is always scary. Thanks for your attention to this"

"From age 4 to age 18 I lived at 47th and Kingsessing. I walked on 47th St daily. Improvements to the streetscape are desperately needed. My mother commuted by bike for most of my life, and I biked to school in Center City occasionally. Safer streets are essential in Philadelphia, and I couldn't be more excited to see some come to my old neighborhood. Thank you"

"As a homeowner on 47th street, cyclist and motorist, I support the creation of a protected bike lane on my street."

"These upgrades would create a much more pleasant and safe experience for all all road users: in vehicles, on bikes, and on foot."

"Now that 48th street is parked car protected, it’s only 1 way. Without 47th street the is a lack of options for south bound bikes."

"We need to do better- we need to be a city that is modern and safe and integrated for bikers and walkers and drivers alike. Bikers should be rewarded (and protected) for choosing an eco-friendly and healthy mode of transit - not fearful of their and their children’s lives !!"

"Please make the roads safer!"

"We need a southbound protected bike lane in West Philly!"

"Save cyclists and improve the neighborhood transportation safety for all!"

"Permanent car protected bike lanes benefit everyone.Greater safety means more bikes, fewer cars, less pollution, healthier people. Let's do it Philadelphia!"

"Biking is good for our health, the environment, and our community.We shouldn’t fear for our lives while doing it! Very much support this ask for traffic calming and protected lanes on 47th."

"Unsafe drivers in this neighborhood are a constant source of worry, especially as a parent. The city has a responsibility to do better here. This proposal is a step in the right direction."

"Let’s help keep people safe!"

"I don’t have a car and I transport my toddler by bike. Please make these roads safer for my kid and all kids and adults."

"I live on 47th Street and would love to have a safe bike lane on my block"

"A protected bike lane would be fantastic! As a 15 year resident of the neighborhood, I’m in enthusiastic support!"

"We need protected bike lanes. Otherwise, angry drivers (cars) will run you down. This will also encourage more people to use bikes, and fewer people to use cars, which is better for the city. This will create a more humane environment."

"I may live in south Philly now, but I previously lived along 52nd and 45th streets. West Philadelphia is fortunate to have wider streets that can accommodate bike lanes more easily than in South Philly, but that same width is also what empowers drivers to speed more dangerously. You will be improving the quality of life of every person who lives in the area and wants to travel safely through West Philadelphia."

"This would make this part of West Philadelphia safe to use for cyclists like me and others who are unwilling to use bicycles in current, unprotected lanes."

"I’m not a bicyclist but I support safer travel for all. 47th is home to many businesses, schools and play spaces - let’s make this happen to protect our community."

"We need more traffic calming and parking protected bike lanes. Respect life!"

"There have already been too many cyclist deaths this year. We must do more to protect people biking on our streets."

"I will feel safer when riding on this stretch of road if implemented."

"So many people bike in and through W Philly, and creating a safe connection to the Grey's Ferry bridge is a vital part of protecting our neighbors!"

"This would open up so many opportunities for safe biking connections and prevent deadly speeding near homes, schools, and parks. Please protect bike travel on 47th street."

"Protected bike lanes save lives and make our city a better place for everyone"

"Traffic calming measures, road diets, and protected bike lanes should be all over Philly - including 47th street."

"During my time living in west Philadelphia I rode this route often, though not as often as I would have liked due to the amount of glass often on the Grays Feery bridge."

"I've been using the 48th St bike lane to commute, and it makes me feel much safer to be on the road. This should, and can be, replicated on 47th St."

"Protected bike lanes make our streets safer for everyone."

"I used to live near the corner of 48th and Cedar, and the protected bike lane and other traffic calming measures made a noticeable difference in decreasing aggressive driving there. They should be implemented on 47th street too."

"As a Philadelphia bicyclist and environmentalist, I am in favor of any measures that increase bicycle and pedestrian safety. We should be always increasing alternatives to motor vehicle transport."

"Parking protected bike lanes are the 2nd best kind of lanes, beside those protected by concrete barriers. Please add these and other traffic calming measures to 47th and beyond."

"47th street can get a little bit crazy, especially coming off of Grey's Ferry ave Bridge. The bike lane on the bridge itself is great, but the west side has encroaching trees that could push cyclists into the traffic lane. meanwhile, people are flying across the bridge/taking the 47th street exit as if its the grand prix. 47th street itself between the bridge and ~ Baltimore is extremely hazardous. People drive fast as hell, leave mere inches of clearance, swerve wildly past you, etc. Every time I get on my bike (which is a necessity to get to work) I am facing down death. Protected 47th street would go a long way."

"Philly has the most chaotic and unsafe roadways I've ever experienced. As a cyclist I find myself often taking extra steps to protect myself that I don't always agree with, having to often take to sidewalks or walk my bike in areas of insane or crazy traffic. In almost every bike lane, drivers treat them like extra parking spaces or a place to put hazards on. This is assuming they aren't actively blocking it with their hazards on. Philly drivers can't be trusted with other drivers, much less, cyclists. We need protected bike lanes to prevent death."

"Bikers deserve to bike without having to fear for their lives!!!"

"Please prioritize the lives of people walking & biking in our neighborhoods, this is what makes a city a community."

"I'm about to move a block from 47th st and I hope to be able to bike there safely with my wife and future kids. I've had too many stressful encounters on the wild streets of Philly!"

"Bikers should not have to risk their lives to get around the neighborhood."

"I want safe streets and neighborhoods for my own family and for all Philadelphia families."

"As a neighbor and cyclist, I fully support this! I witness reckless driving all too regularly on 47th Street. A protected bike lane and traffic calming measures are urgently needed to make it safer for everyone."

"I live one block away. Another bike lane would be for keeping bikes off the sidewalks."

"The city needs to step up to protect its bikers and decrease the senseless deaths and accidents that could be avoided with a bike lane!"

"Please make 47th St. safer for pedestrians and cyclists! We particularly need a corresponding bike lane to match the one on 48th St., and daylighting around the intersections to prevent the kind of reckless driving behaviors that endanger neighborhood residents with the current layout."

"More protected (fully!) bike lanes in West Philly thank you!"

"Traffic calming measures and protected bike lanes save lives and make driving safer for everyone."

"The 48th St project has been a great success. Let’s finish the job on 47th St!"

"Putting in protected bikes lanes seems to be the only thing Philly can do regarding infrastructure that is environmentally friendly, so do more of it. Would much rather concrete barriers than parked cars as the barrier, so the drivers have good visibility of bikers and are not surprised at intersections. And increase SEPTA in every direction to reduce cars on the roads."

"Safer streets for bikes make safer streets for all!"

"We need a safer 47th street for the Lea Students who walk and bike to school, and the kids who cross Woodland Ave to the spray ground and park! Please implement OTIS plans for the safest option from Market Street to the Gray's Ferry Bridge!"

"I love helping out good people who are doing good things. Thanks for the effort! 🚲🚲🚲"

"Let’s get it done. We need a network of bike lanes and that means no more one way routes"

"We need family friendly streets that are safe, comfortable, and accessible to all."

"We need safer streets!!"

"End transportation violence! Our city needs more bike lanes and safer, pedestrian-friendly roads"

"We need safer streets for our city. I am lucky enough to live in a walkable neighborhood, but something as simple as walking has become hazardous in Philadelphia. Cars frequently speed down smaller streets and I can tell they have no intention of stopping until they see a pedestrian step out into the crosswalk. I have also nearly gotta hit by cars trying to run red lights when I had the right of way as a pedestrian (with a crosswalk sign and everything). Philly cannot realize its potential to become the walkable, cosmopolitan city that it can be with such dangerous traffic conditions. Please prioritize PEOPLE in our city, not CARS!"

"Please make 47th street safer! I experience it as unreasonably dangerous on bike and on foot. The 48th street redesign is amazing. Option 2 presented by OTIS last October and February needs to happen for 47th street too, giving us a needed southbound protected biking route, and speed bumps and one-way conversion for car traffic."

"I love biking but I am very hesitant to bike in Philadelphia because I don't feel safe. I have a friend who got into a pretty serious bike accident last year."

"Paint doesn't do anything, we need concrete barriers to make us safe"

"I am someone who has lived in Spruce Hill for three years and vote in every election. I also get around my city primarily by bike, on foot, or on SEPTA. Too often, I feel unsafe and disrespected by fellow Philadelphians in cars disrespecting traffic laws in ways that endanger the lives of themselves and others, exacerbated by auto-centric infrastructure. Parking-protected bike lanes, a global and national best practice today, from Chestnut to Grays Ferry Bridge will make this journey safe for all roadway users in line with the city's Vision Zero commitment, and encourage everyone who is able to to make this trip using more sustainable, and accessible, modes of travel."

"Protect our kids, our community, with safer traffic"

"More non-car infrastructure is just a smart idea. As simple as that."

"Es necesario un carril para bicicletas"

"It's scary to be a pedestrian, a driver, AND a biker in this city - and we need safer infrastructure for everybody!!!"

"Philly needs more bike lanes"

"I would like more safe bike infrastructure"

"Please make it safe"

"Would love to see a protected bike lane here!"

"I’ve had countless near misses with cars even while being in the bike lane. Let’s make Philly safer!"

"Fucking cars"

"My sister and her wife live here. Please help keep them safe!!"

"I live on 48th and the lanes are a big improvement"

"The repainting of 48th St has been phenomenal. I feel much safer when walking and love the extra space for humans and bikes instead of cars. I would love to see this paint pattern extended to 47th st and beyond for the safety of our neighbors and to make Philly a more bikeable city!"

"This will make my commute home much safer as I won't have to ride against the direction of traffic."

"I have personally seen how protected bike infrastructure gets people out riding where previously they would have felt too unsafe doing so. Let's build on the progress we've already made and make cycling something all Philadelphians can enjoy!"

"Hi I bike by this route regularly and would like any chance for it to improve my morning commute."

"Walking and even driving on and around 47th St feels extremely unsafe. I worry for bikers, pedestrians, and children who have no protection against reckless driving. I live on 46th where speed bumps were recently installed. Many people still speed over them but it has calmed things down overall. 47th St needs protected bike lanes in both directions as does 48th."

"The 48th street bike lane is great, but the original plan that the neighborhood agreed to last year was for a northbound bike lane on 48th and a southbound one on 47th. What are we supposed to do with only a northbound bike lane? No one can do a full round-trip bike commute with only one bike lane going one way. The city needs to follow through. I have gone to nearly every meeting about these bike lanes and I can’t believe how easy it is for a minority of loud voices to obstruct commonsense solutions that other cities have long ago committed to and followed through on. Committing to building one lane and then going back on building the other is frankly ridiculous. Continuing this piecemeal, disjointed approach will yield piecemeal, disjointed results."

"Thanks to the 48th St protected bike lane I feel safe biking with my daughter all the way to the river. Thank you! Please make a southbound protected lane on 47th!! Ignore all the people whining about parking. The streets don’t belong to them."

"Protected bike lanes save lives!"

"A southbound protected bike lane is necessary now that 48th St only has a northbound lane. Bikers need to be able to safely travel in both directions."

"While the 48th Street bike lane has made northbound traveling safer for everyone, it has made southbound traveling cycling extremely unsafe. Drivers are yelling at me to get on the sidewalk and threatening to run me over. A Southbound bike lane is urgently needed."

"The southbound bike lane was removed on 48th street when the road was repaved. We have so few safe places to ride already. If you take away what little we have you need to have a plan to put it back. The lack of a southbound lane has encouraged some riders to travel the wrong way in the northbound lane, creating a dangerous situation for bike riders and motorists alike, who don’t expect people to be going against traffic. The City caused this situation to become more dangerous by failing to put back what was taken away in a timely and equitable manner. It’s time to fix this problem and build the southbound lane on 47th st."

"This is such an important opportunity to improve bike infrastructure in Philly which is practically non-existent."

"Bike lanes are essential for safe commuting in this City"

"Please consider this measure that would make biking viable in what is currently a very dangerous corridor."

"We need more design changes to our streets that deter reckless driving. Li li Natte should not have had to suffer such emotional trauma of getting struck by a car, but she did. Please make our streets safer, NOW."

"My family and friends tell me they would be out on their bikes more if they had safer options to get around. It’s quite sad we’re turning people off a healthy lifestyle with unsafe infrastructure."

"A bike network requires safe routes that take people from where they are to where they need to go. Currently this area only has that in one direction. Everyone has to return home and this allows a safe way to do it."

"While the updated 48th bike lane is great, local cyclists lost a southbound path that I hope is regained by the work on 47th. I have seen too many accidents (and bad driving generally) at the intersection of 47/Baltimore that I think we are long overdue for traffic calming measures to make this heavy pedestrian area safer."

"With the dangers cyclists are facing it's unacceptable to be removing infrastructure for cyclists."

"I live right off of 48th Street and bike as my main mode of transportation - the new northbound bike lane increases my safety, joy, and quality of life almost every day! Unfortunately, now that the rest of the road is narrower, it is even more dangerous than before to be riding on 48th Street southbound. We NEED 47th Street to be our go-to, parallel bike lane, just like Pine and Spruce in center city! But this will be even better, because they would be parking protected! As a sonetimes-driver too too, I understand that the more predictable the streets are for bikers and drivers, the safer everyone will be. That is the beauty of bike lanes!"

"The protected bike lane on 48th St is great, but it's only half the solution since we need a protected lane going south! I used to live on 47th St and it's a highly trafficked road that is fortunately also wide enough to build in a protected bike lane without impacting parking. This is a no-brainer to protect pedestrians and bikers and move towards Vision Zero."

"I used to live in Spruce Hill and still travel to the area frequently to visit friends and businesses. We need safe streets for the numerous pedestrians and bikers in the neighborhood. Bike infrastructure has improved in West Philly, but it's hard to go N-S and there are major gaps. Please build off the incredible 48th Street bike lane with a new bike lane on 47th street and other street-calming measures to protect residents! Thank you!"

"I'd feel safer biking with my child on 47th st. with a protected lane. Please make our neighborhood safer!"

"The 48th st bike lane has been amazing! Let’s keep the progress coming."

"We need more protected bike lanes to keep us safe!"

"Please support more protected bike lanes while it's cheaper to add them instead of later! Protected bike lanes save lives!"

"The 48th Street bike lane has vastly improved my quality of life in West Philly, so long as I'm traveling north. When I told my neighbor how much I liked the lane, she said she hadn't even noticed it despite driving on the road the day before. People always think they won't like any road diets, but then it's always fine. Please please please make a matched lane on 47th!"

"I live between 50th and 51st, and ride on 47th almost every day. I don’t want to be injured or killed! Please make the street safer."

"I live right next to 47th Street and my partner's main form of transit is biking. A protected bike lane would massively improve safety for bikers who commute by connecting another north-south street to the east-west streets with bike infrastructure."

"I live off of 47th Street and we need traffic calming. I've been honked at and yelled at by drivers just for riding my bike. It shouldn't this dangerous and stressful just to get around the neighborhood. There needs to be a separated lane for bikes. Li li Natte was my neighbor and she deserved to live on a street that made people safe."

"This is right in my neighborhood. Being able to ride north on 48th is lovely, but having no safe way to ride south is disturbing. I would also like to use the Grays Ferry Bridge more, but do not feel safe accessing it from 47th St as it is now configured."

"Further protected bike lanes will save lives and decrease automobile congestion!"

"Biking is my main way of getting around the city. I've had so many close calls and minor crashes all revolving around motor vehicles causing me harm. Protected bikes lanes work and keep people safe. Philly deserves safe interconnected bike infrastructure"

"Protection needs to exist in both directions. It makes no sense to only make half a journey safe."

"Thank you for prioritizing the safety of all road users in the new redesign. I look forward to riding a protected 47th street bike lane for my delivery route."

"47th St. is the way I get to South Philly from home. I'm looking forward to being able to ride it without having to worry about my safety!"