OLNEY/OAK LANE

Community Input from Phase 1

Several hundred people participated in GreenPlan Philadelphia community meetings, responded to survey questions, and provided comments and suggestions on this website's blog. All of this public input has been cataloged and organized as an important step in the planning process, and is summarized below for this planning area and on a citywide basis for comparison.

The information presented here does NOT constitute recommendations of GreenPlan Philadelphia, but instead simply reports back what participants identified as important open-space issues, concerns, and/or locations they believe the plan should consider. Some of these suggestions will become plan recommendations, others—for reasons ranging from being too specific to financially infeasible—will not. For an in-depth look at what participants had to say, please download the full summary report for this planning area.

Next steps: This public input—along with various technical analyses (including demographic, public-health, and environmental factors) and research on best practices in other cities—is being "synthesized" into draft GreenPlan Philadelphia recommendations to be published in the fall. Check the website during the summer for updates and information on how you can review the recommendations when they are ready.

Top Issues of Interest

Olney/Oak Lane vs. Citywide
  • Improve transit system and infrastructure
  • Improve sanitation services
  • Improve lighting
  • Improve safety and security
  • Provide new community open space
  • Plant more trees
  • Increase funding for maintenance and operations
  • Improve hard surfaces and structures
  • Educate all ages on environmental matters
  • Invest in Streetscapes
  • Plant more trees
  • Provide new open space
  • Provide new community open space
  • Improve maintenance of park, recreation and other facilities
  • Change planning policies on new development
  • Improve neighborhood communication and coordination
  • Improve maintenance of vacant properties
  • Improve lighting
  • Improve appearance of transit stops and corridors
  • Improve access to parks by transit
  • Improve sanitation services

Most Frequently Cited Locations of Interest



Ellwood Elementary School
Broad Street
Fisher Park
East Oak Lane
Old York Road
Cheltenham Avenue & Old York Road
Ogontz Avenue
Roosevelt Boulevard
Roosevelt Expressway & Broad Street
Dorothy Emanuel Recreation Center
Olney & Feltonville
Awbury Recreation Center
West Oak Lane




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