ATLANTA Infrastucture (Roads, Complete streets, Bike Lanes, Paths)

[testarossa50]

Originally Posted by Julien

No easy answers and certainly no way to please everyone but my "internet expert" opinion. Would like to see 2 lane traffic narrowed/no median (F green between cars)/offset between blocks for slow speed so most through traffic is moved to West P. and Spring. Of course WIDE/green pedestrian friendly (why put the green in the middle of cars when it should be by the sidewalk) with protected bike. It will NEVER be a world class street using the same old CAR FIRST and all else designed around that attitude.

Agree on all points.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Hizzoner has announced the remainder of the stations:

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-new...J26J56G3YJJ7I/

Krog, Boone, and Armour Yards are the other 3. Making a direct marta connection possible from each cardinal direction of the Beltline. A tangential benefit is now when the stations are built in these locations that they will now have access to the benefits of FAR bonuses and no parking minimums near the stations.

[trainiac]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Hizzoner has announced the remainder of the stations:

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-new...J26J56G3YJJ7I/

Krog, Boone, and Armour Yards are the other 3. Making a direct marta connection possible from each cardinal direction of the Beltline. A tangential benefit is now when the stations are built in these locations that they will now have access to the benefits of FAR bonuses and no parking minimums near the stations.

Good to hear! I wonder if the Boone station will be able to handle full-sized trains? I haven't heard much about the Bankhead platform expansion lately. Those two car trains must be a royal PITA

[shivtim]

Planning permit filed for trail (the city of Atlanta side of the Chattahoochee Riverlands, adjacent to the Silver Comet Connector) near the Chattahoochee.
"CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI-USE HARD SURFACE TRAIL ADJACENT TO PEACHTREE CREEK & INSTALLATION OF A CANOE LAUNCH AND ADJACENT PATHWAYS. THIS INCLUDES GRADING TREE REMOVAL"

Would connect to the northernmost stretch of the red line in this graphic:

[shivtim]

10th Street Bridge project starting soon

Contracting company F.S. Scarbrough was awarded a contract in June for the 10th Street Bridge project, a planned Complete Street spanning between Georgia Tech’s eastern campus and the heart of Midtown.
Atlanta Department of Transportation officials say the bridge conversion will create a “safe, beautiful, multimodal gateway” into Midtown, with bicycle lane connections, landscaping, lighting, decorative fencing, and safer intersection treatments, among other changes.

The cycle track will connect into a new cycle track on Williams Street, and a new shared multi-use path on Techwood.

[shivtim]

The latest graphic of Monroe/Virginia shows the slip lane behind Woody's removed, and lot of pedestrian improvements on Virginia.

[testarossa50]

Good. The slip lane is stupid.

It’s really annoying there are no bike lanes on Monroe north of here. The route is used by bikers a lot, often on the sidewalk. But it’s much more direct to take Monroe than the Beltline to get to the western side of Virginia Highland.

[shivtim]

Ferst drive cycle track getting closer to completion:

[clexmond]

I will always say that not aligning Virginia and 10th is such a missed opportunity. Would greatly ease traffic flow, make this entire stretch of Monroe safer and would even have allowed for better Beltline crossing options.

[shivtim]

PATH August 2024 newsletter

Page 4-5 has some dates for project starts and finishes. Lots going on with Path400, Beltline segments and spurs, and the Silver Comet Connector.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by clexmond

I will always say that not aligning Virginia and 10th is such a missed opportunity. Would greatly ease traffic flow, make this entire stretch of Monroe safer and would even have allowed for better Beltline crossing options.

Agree, the Philly place will not give in though.

[shivtim]

I'm not sure how that would work. Currently the Beltline only has to cross one road, Monroe, since Virginia crosses over on a bridge. If 10th was aligned to Virginia, wouldn't the Beltline then need to cross both streets? Also, it's really easy to go east/west here on foot or bike, I think aligning 10th and Virginia would only encourage car traffic here which is counterproductive.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Originally Posted by shivtim

I'm not sure how that would work. Currently the Beltline only has to cross one road, Monroe, since Virginia crosses over on a bridge. If 10th was aligned to Virginia, wouldn't the Beltline then need to cross both streets? Also, it's really easy to go east/west here on foot or bike, I think aligning 10th and Virginia would only encourage car traffic here which is counterproductive.

Amen, the disjointed intersection actually forces cars to slow down as they have to make multiple turns rather than just flying straight through.

[shivtim]

Via ATLDOT, Ralph David Abernathy upgrades. Cycle and pedestrian infrastructure being added.

[shivtim]

New rendering of the proposed pedestrian path linking Georgia Tech's science square across North Ave and the railroad tracks. via Philip Clinch

[shivtim]

Buckhead Community Improvement District gets $10,000,000 federal grant towards an elevated pedestrian bridge crossing GA-400 and Lenox Road.



I'm not sure I get this one. Good to add a pedestrian link where there currently isn't one, but will people use this? It's a big long bridge with nothing on it. if they do a good job of connecting it to PATH 400 is could be a useful bicycle connection.

[Street Advocate]

I’m no fan of the Buckhead bridge, however I’m confident people will use it. People are severely lacking safe access there and a raised bridge completely separated would get use.

Would they absolutely use a path adjacent a safer road? Also yes, however the exorbitantly expensive bridge is what’s funded so far it seems.

[cabasse]

this is basically the remnants of the hub404 cap thing, right?

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

No this had been proposed before hub404. And is designed to integrate with that project hence the similar design language

[mohaas05]

Not to knock this project, but does the adjacent MARTA bridge provide an adequate alternative crossing?