LOWER MERION—Lower Merion and Narberth officials are seeking input on a study of a 7-mile stretch along Montgomery Avenue designed to reduce traffic fatalities and improve pedestrian, cyclist, and motorist safety from Spring Mill Road to City Avenue.
Now, township and borough officials are urging residents to participate in the Montgomery Avenue Corridor Safety Action Plan by completing its online survey and sharing their experiences and safety concerns. The survey should be done by Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Lower Merion officials describe their plan as a “bold, data-driven strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries across the township. Developed through extensive crash analysis, community engagement, and coordination with regional partners, the plan sets a Vision Zero goal of reducing roadway deaths and serious injuries by 50% by 2030.”
This joint effort is a federally funded grant of $340,540 through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program and is focused on improving safety and mobility for motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians along a seven-mile segment of this critical roadway.
The plan includes targeted infrastructure projects, policy updates, and safety initiatives rooted in the Safe System Approach—prioritizing safer roads, safer speeds, safer vehicles, safer road users, and improved post-crash care. The plan reflects our community’s shared commitment to creating a safer, more accessible transportation network for all.
“Data from traffic volume analysis, crash data, and roadway conditions will be used to develop implementation recommendations for safety improvements at over 30 intersections along a seven-mile stretch of Montgomery Avenue. Unlike previous studies that focused on individual intersections or shorter segments, this effort takes a comprehensive, corridor-wide approach to evaluate how changes in one area may impact others,” Narberth officials wrote about the study.
Last summer, Lower Merion officials approved a resolution to implement the township’s new Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
According to figures provided by Lower Merion, reportable crashes along the seven mile streach increased from 80 to 142 between 2020 and 2023, with a drop to 116 in 2024. In 2025, there were 101 reportable crashes along the section of Montgomery Avenue. A reportable Crash is defined as “A crash resulting in an injury in any degree, to any person involved; or crashes resulting in damage to any vehicle serious enough to require towing.”
There were also 34 pedestrian or bicyclist crashes from 2020 to 2024, with 28 being crashes involving pedestrians and 6 involving bicyclists.
For more information or links to the survey, go to www.lowermerion.org/Home/Components/News/News/5605/50. A printable survey is available at www.lowermerion.org/home/showpublisheddocument/31192.
The completed hard copies can be mailed to Lower Merion Township: Brandon Ford, assistant township manager, at Lower Merion Township, 75 E. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003. Or, they can be dropped off at either Narberth Borough’s or Lower Merion’s municipal building. The deadline to complete the survey is February 24th.