Roosevelt Boulevard Subway

A new connection for Northeast Philadelphia

The Roosevelt Boulevard Subway is a 12 mile extension of the Broad Street Line linking Northeast Philadelphia with the rest of the city.

First proposed in 1913.

Serving 500,000 Northeast Philadelphia residents.

Reducing deaths on the 3rd most dangerous traffic corridor in the country.

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Articles and press

by Jay Arzu

SEPTA Security, the Roosevelt Subway & Future of Philly Transit (City Cast Philly)
With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table (WHYY)
President Biden — Let's Get Philadelphia Moving Already (Streetsblog)
Can we afford the Roosevelt Blvd. subway? Maybe now is the time (WHYY)
Philadelphians have waited over a century for the Roosevelt Boulevard subway (Philadelphia Inquirer)

by others

Philadelphia's Ghost Subway Line that's Rising from the Dead (Alan Fisher, YouTube)
Meet the Man Who Brought the Boulevard Subway Back from the Dead (Sandy Smith, Philadelphia Magazine)
The Roosevelt Boulevard Subway Is Dead … Unless It Isn't (Sandy Smith, Philadelphia Magazine)

Previous sessions

RBS Workshop, 10/29/2022