baby steps. atlurbanist: New bicycle lanes coming to downtown Atlanta Creative Loafing reports today on some exciting news foralternative transit intown:  new bicycle lanes are planned for downtown Atlanta along part of the route of the upcoming streetcar:More bike lanes, sharrows coming to downtown A quote: Edgewood’s existing bike lane — which currently begins where the future streetcar line ends — is scheduled to extend a half-mile west all the way to Park Place Avenue, with additional “contra-flow” bike lanes cropping up on Jackson Street and Auburn Avenue. According to a spokeswoman with the city’s department of public works, the lanes are scheduled to be completed by spring of 2013. It’s not mentioned in the article, but I hope that the Edgewood Avenue bike lane is extended eastward on a route that connects with the Beltline path. It would have to connect on another road since Edgewood passes over the Beltline as a bridge. Photo of cyclists on Peachtree from Flickr user rod lewis

baby steps.

atlurbanist:

New bicycle lanes coming to downtown Atlanta

Creative Loafing reports today on some exciting news foralternative transit intown:  new bicycle lanes are planned for downtown Atlanta along part of the route of the upcoming streetcar:
More bike lanes, sharrows coming to downtown

A quote:

Edgewood’s existing bike lane — which currently begins where the future streetcar line ends — is scheduled to extend a half-mile west all the way to Park Place Avenue, with additional “contra-flow” bike lanes cropping up on Jackson Street and Auburn Avenue. According to a spokeswoman with the city’s department of public works, the lanes are scheduled to be completed by spring of 2013.

It’s not mentioned in the article, but I hope that the Edgewood Avenue bike lane is extended eastward on a route that connects with the Beltline path. It would have to connect on another road since Edgewood passes over the Beltline as a bridge.

Photo of cyclists on Peachtree from Flickr user rod lewis

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