Editing Roosevelt Boulevard (section)

== Design ==

The boulevard's distinctive design features local lanes on each side for neighborhood access, flanked by central express lanes for through traffic. Cross-streets typically pass over or under the boulevard to avoid traffic light conflicts, though many at-grade intersections with traffic signals remain. The total width of twelve lanes plus medians and margins creates a roadway spanning several hundred feet.<ref name="penndot"/>

The wide roadway design encourages high speeds, while the mixture of local and express traffic creates conflict points. Drivers crossing between local and express lanes, pedestrians crossing the vast roadway, and vehicles entering from cross streets all create crash opportunities. The design, rational when conceived for lower traffic volumes, has proven deadly at modern traffic levels.<ref name="penndot"/>