Roosevelt Boulevard

The $78 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant will be used to modernize and upgrade traffic signals along Roosevelt Boulevard as well as reconfiguring intersections, putting up new median barriers and “pedestrian refuge” islands and installing designated bus lanes, officials said.

Philadelphia leaders now say they will have the money to make improvements on Roosevelt Boulevard, which has been the site of deadly crashes over the years. The money from the federal infrastructure bill will pay for upgrading traffic signals, reconfiguring intersections and more. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details.

The driver of a crashed car that Philadelphia police said was stolen just days earlier “limped away” from the wreck that left his teenage passenger dead on Roosevelt Boulevard late Monday night. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the story.

The driver of a crashed car that Philadelphia police said was stolen just days earlier “limped away” from the wreck that left his passenger dead on Roosevelt Boulevard late Monday night.

A passenger died after a car, which police said was recently reported stolen, slammed into another vehicle stopped at a red light on Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard overnight. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on what the driver did after the wreck.

A motorcyclist died early Saturday morning on Roosevelt Boulevard in Rhawnhurst, authorities said.  At around 2:45 a.m., the 35-year-old driver of the motorcycle was on the inner northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard between Hartel and Ryan Avenues when he struck a tree and was thrown from his bike, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:52...

Police say a man was driving erratically before crashing his car on Northeast Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has more details about the bizarre events police say that followed.

Philadelphia police are looking for a driver who fled the scene of a crash that killed a female passenger after trying to pry the license plate of the wrecked vehicle Friday morning.

A man could be seen pulling a woman out of a crashed car along Northeast Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard early Friday. Police said the man ran off after trying to pry the license plate off the crashed car. The woman died.

Speed cameras set up along Roosevelt Boulevard have caused a significant decrease in traffic deaths and speeding violations, but they aren’t planned to stay up much longer. NBC10’s Karen Hua has more on their impact, and what needs to be done to keep them around.

Philadelphia leaders are calling the pilot program for speed cameras on the Roosevelt Boulevard a “success” for curbing traffic deaths stopping speeding. Mayor Jim Kenney wants to keep the program going.

A water main broke at Goodnaw Street and the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia Monday morning, closing the inner lanes. NBC10 reporter Karen Hua has the latest from the scene.

A water main break caused flooding at Goodnaw Street and the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia during the Monday morning commute. NBC10 First Alert Traffic reporter Sheila Watko gets you around the mess.

Drivers slowly tried to get around a flooded section of the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia after a water main break sent water onto lanes of the busy roadway during the Monday morning commute.

Black communities have been hit especially hard amid a national surge in traffic fatalities. The sobering statistics could give new momentum to plans to redesign what is known in Philadelphia as the “corridor of death,” Roosevelt Boulevard.

The agency monitoring speed cams along Northeast Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard says data show the program is working so they are pushing to expand. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.

More than 900,000 speeding tickets have been issued along the Roosevelt Boulevard since the start of a speed camera program in June 2020. And, the agency monitoring the program says there are signs that electronic speed monitoring is slowing drivers down.

A man and a woman were critically injured while a second woman was hurt when their motorcycles collided on Roosevelt Boulevard, causing one of them to crash into a parked truck. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the story.

A man and a woman are fighting for their lives while a second woman is recovering after the motorcycles they were riding collided, causing one of them to strike a parked truck on Roosevelt Boulevard.

Police said a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe with five people inside was traveling at a high speed in the outer southbound lanes of the Boulevard at Adams and Whitaker avenues around 12:10 a.m. in Northeast Philadelphia when the driver lost control.