The Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (OTIS) coordinates Philadelphia’s transportation and infrastructure policy, planning, and services. Based at City Hall-area offices at 1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, it leads a group that includes the Office of Multimodal Planning, the Department of Streets, and the Philadelphia Water Department, while working with local and national partners.1
OTIS’s work spans street safety, walking and cycling, public transit, water and other infrastructure. Its deputy managing director, Michael Carroll, P.E., leads the office and sets policy direction for its core departments and planning functions.111 The office also coordinates with agencies including SEPTA, PennDOT, Amtrak, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and PATCO.14
Its programs include Complete Streets, Vision Zero Philadelphia, Safe Routes Philly, and Indego, the city’s public bike-share system. Vision Zero aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030; Safe Routes Philly supports safer conditions for students walking, biking, or rolling to school.1 OTIS also works with PennDOT on long-term improvements to I-95, including the redevelopment of Penn’s Landing, and administers a two-year Zero Fare pilot offering free transit access to more than 30,000 Philadelphians with low incomes.1
The office’s current name reflects an earlier identity: a City document describes OTIS as formerly the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability.10 The available sources do not establish a founding year.110