Join us on this transit and walking tour to Roosevelt Blvd with Dim Sum Lunch!

Featuring panelists:

• Jay Arzu, Ph.D. student in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
• Mingchu Pearl Huynh, Founder & President, Northeast Philadelphia Chinese Association (NEPCA)
• Will Tung, Volunteer / Organizer, 5th Square
• Matt Wysong, AICP, Roosevelt Blvd Program Coordinator / OTIS

We will be starting/ending at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Lobby with Dim-Sum Lunch at China Gourmet at 2842 St Vincent St., Feel free to join us at any point along this trip!

$20/person covers lunch -- pay your own transit fare.

Roosevelt Boulevard, 12 lanes wide, runs through northeast Philadelphia, carrying 90,000 vehicles and 20,000 people via bus per day. It is one of the deadliest roads in the country, with a crash every 4.5 hours by some estimates. Roughly a half a million people live along the route. While immediate work focuses on improving traffic signals and adding curb extensions and other pedestrian safety features, there’s a bigger conversation about alternatives for transforming the boulevard for the long term. One of the options is to revive a 100-year-old plan for a subway under Roosevelt Boulevard, transforming the street environment while reducing traffic and emissions, improving safety and spurring new housing and business development. Is this a moment for the big vision for what transit investments could be? Challenges include securing funding, obtaining regulatory approvals, and addressing community concerns. It’s a discussion that involves government agencies, transportation authorities and community groups. Get all the details and see the Boulevard.