Experts Debate: Will BRT Transform Philadelphia?

Its the most expensive option, but it could completely transform how people travel in northeast philly. Heres how the numbers stack up: A subway would cost $11. 6 billion for the neighborhood boulevard model and $15. 8 billion for the capped version. Officials hope to transform the design of roosevelt boulevard by 2040. Four open meetings with septa and city officials will examine six options, including to build a northeast philly subway.

In conjunction with the city of philadelphia and septa, penndot has initiated additional studies to refine the 2040 alternatives to transform the boulevard. According to the penndot study, a subway under the boulevard will produce more than twice the reduction in vehicle miles traveled on it than the most optimistic projections for light rail and.