05/20/2022 | News release | Archived content
The Fairhill Neighborhood Slow Zone is now complete, marking it as the first completed slow zone in Philadelphia.
Launched in 2018, the Neighborhood Slow Zone Programsupports the City's Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Responding to Philadelphia residents' common concerns about speeding on their neighborhood streets, the program expands residents' traffic calming options from single-block solutions to entire zones of residential streets.
Community Design Process
In 2019, the HACE Community Development Council (CDC) applied to the Slow Zone Program and was selected based on scoring criteria described in the Neighborhood Slow Zone Program Score Reportevaluating crash history, community spaces (like schools or churches), and vulnerable populations living in the area.The City then worked hand-in-hand with the Fairhill neighbors to design their Slow Zone through co-design meetings where community members selected safety improvements from a toolkit and determined how to spend the project budget.
Safety improvements in the Fairhill Slow Zone were implemented on the blocks between N. Second and Fifth Streets and Allegheny and Glenwood Avenues.
Improvements included:
Next Steps
The City looks forward to expanding the Neighborhood Slow Zone program and bringing more traffic calming and slow zones across Philadelphia.