Major traffic changes coming to Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia

It's five lanes of speeding cars and bumpy roads heading east to west in South Philadelphia.

"My concerns are the traffic, congestion, the safety of the pedestrians," said Janet Anastasi, who owns Anastasi's Seafood on 9th Street and Washington Avenue.

Her concerns are an example of a few of the reasons the city is making major changes to Washington Avenue.

"It's had transportation chaos for a number of years for a lot of different reasons," said Michael Carroll, the deputy managing director of Philadelphia's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability.

The plan is to shrink the road from five lanes to three from 4th Street to Grays Ferry, except for a few blocks around Broad Street, and also put in two bike lanes. Read More