West Side Streets Committee for Change
West Side residents organizing and advocating to make our streets safer, healthier, and more beautiful.
Daylighting
Daylighting uses paint, posts, planters and curb design to keep vehicles from parking within 20 feet of intersections and crosswalks, areas where it is already illegal to park but the law is not consistently enforced.
Volunteers and neighbors installed a pop up using temporary street paint and flexible posts to mark out a daylighting buffer zone at the Lancaster/Connell intersection to get feedback from road users, to show decision makers that it works, and to build momentum toward a longer term installation at this corner. Originally planned for a weekend only, the successful installation remained in place throughout the month of June.
Daylighting Pop-Up
Schedule
Friday, June 5
9 - 11 AM Installation
11:15 AM Ribbon Cutting
6 PM Community Gathering
Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7
Residents give feedback via survey
Monday, June 8
AM - observation
3 PM Conversations
Daylighting Pop-Up Gallery
Ways to Get Involved
Monthly Meetings
First Tuesday of the Month
6 PM
1512 W 4th St Suite 2
(enter from the back)
Zoom option available.
Timeline of Resident Organizing
West Side residents have been advocating for action to reduce accidents and property damage and to make our traffic corridors safer, healthier and more beautiful.
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Representatives from DelDOT, Public Works, and WILMAPCO came to 4th Street Visionaries Civic Association meetings to discuss resident concerns.
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Residents organized a petition to the City of Wilmington asking Public Works to conduct a traffic study centered on the intersection of Lancaster and Connell streets. (June 2024)
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Residents spoke out at a Public Works & Transportation City Council Committee meeting to ask why the petition was denied and for an alternative course of action. (March 2025)
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Residents connected to local civic associations with the goal of forming a working group made up of residents, DelDOT and the City to put together a plan for improvements.
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The coalition adopted the name West Side Streets Committee for Change.
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This coalition, including 4th Street Visionaries and West Side Coalition Civic Associations, sent a later to state and city officials asking for this working group and we are still waiting for a reply.
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In August 2025, residents visited Hoboken, NJ to see the city's Vision Zero implementations and worked with UD Bachelor of Landscape Architecture students to develop a design for "daylighting" at the corner of Lancaster Ave. and Connell St.
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At a West Side Grows Together Steering Committee in September 2025, Mayor Carney committed to supporting the working group.
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In October, 2025, residents participated in a WILMAPCO-hosted Walkable Community Workshop focused on Lancaster Avenue and 2nd Street.
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On May 5, 2026, WILMAPCO, City of Wilmington and DelDOT representatives met with the community to discuss the Walkable Community Workshop Report, recommendations and next steps.
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In June 2026, the West Side Streets Committee for Change implemented a month-long daylighting pilot in the Hilltop neighborhood. Residents, volunteers and elected officials painted a daylighting buffer zone and placed temporary flexible delineator posts in the area to prevent parking too close to the intersection of Connell St. and Lancaster Ave.
DelDOT spends millions of dollars on our roads. To succeed, we need to educate ourselves so we can advocate for the solutions and investment our communities deserve. We want better solutions than what they typically offer.