Between Your Bus Stop and Your Job — A Deadly Road
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If you take the bus to work, in most of America there's a cruel barrier at the end of your commute: a dangerous road between your bus stop and your job.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Atlanta
Who’s to Blame for Drive-to-Urbanism?
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Developments can have the trappings of a walkable place but still be very difficult to access without a car.
Public Schools Shouldn’t Undermine Walkability
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An Atlanta suburb wants to build a new school in a walkable setting, but with a huge surface parking lot.
The Campaign to Fix Atlanta’s Most Dangerous Street and Preserve Its Immigrant Cultures
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Can Buford Highway, the most dangerous road in Georgia, become a walkable place for the immigrant communities that call it home?
Advice for Turning Dangerous State Roads Into Safe City Streets
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It's extra challenging to redesign a city street for safe walking and biking when that street is controlled by the state DOT. That's the case with Memorial Drive in Atlanta, a dangerous state road that runs more than five miles across the city.
Atlanta Erases Major New Bike Lane Segment, Replaces It With Parking
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After a city installs a bike lane, there's typically some pushback for a while from people who object to the change. What's unusual is when a city loses its nerve and decides to remove the bike lane. But that's what Atlanta has done on a 1,000-foot stretch of Westview Drive.