The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has submitted three new proposals that aim to make the Roosevelt Boulevard corridor safer including a subway line that would run up to Neshaminy in Bucks County, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

In conjunction with the City of Philadelphia and SEPTA, PennDOT plans to narrow down its options for roadway configuration changes and public transit services that could be made on the corridor over the next year and a half.

Alternatives with a subway include a partially capped expressway with a subway, a neighborhood boulevard with a subway, and a blended roadway configuration with a subway line.

The Roosevelt Boulevard Route For Change program originated in 2016, but until now, it has not included a subway line in its list of possible alternatives. However, a PennDOT representative did mention last year that the agency planned to study a subway line as a possibility.

According to the recently released proposals, the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Line would be an extension of SEPTA’s Broad Street Line. It would start at Erie Avenue, travel through Northeast Philadelphia along the corridor, and end in Neshaminy.

Read more about PennDOT proposals for a Subway Line that would run up Roosevelt Boulevard to Neshaminy in the Philadelphia Business Journal.

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Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on BUCKSCO Today in October 2023.