Some Mayfair residents last week expressed opposition to a PennDOT Highway Safety Improvement Program plan to change the driving direction of the 3500 block of Ryan Avenue, between Leon Street and Frankford Avenue.
At present, Ryan Avenue is open to one lane of traffic for motorists heading west.
PennDOT is proposing that traffic, including the SEPTA Route 66 bus, instead come east. At the traffic light at Frankford and Ryan, under the HSIP proposal, there would be two lanes, and motorists would have a steady green arrow. Drivers in the left lane would turn onto Frankford and head north. Drivers in the right lane could either turn onto southbound Frankford or make a short right and then a left onto eastbound Cottman Avenue…