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(Athens) The BikeAthens Board of Directors is proud to announce, BikeAthens has again received a grant of $46,000 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). Using these grant funds, BikeAthens will continue to expand our bike safety seminars throughout 2016-2017 fiscal year. 2016 saw BikeAthens move to a bigger home, present Bike Rodeos to […]
From July 25-August 8, MACORTS, our local MPO, is accepting public comment on revisions to two planning documents (the 2015-2018 TIP and the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan) that touch on 3 projects: The Loop 10 / Lexington Interchange UPDATE (7.28.16): the proposed revision would accelerate the ROW-phase for this project from FY 19 to FY 17. […]
It’s only been about 10 days since we sealed the deal to move the BRP shop and BikeAthens HQ into 1075 West Broad, but we’ve accomplished a ton of work in that time. Our wonderful BRP volunteers disassembled the existing, dilapidated office, creating 0.85 tons of “garbage burritos.” A process that also uncovered a pair […]
Y’all may have heard rumors recently that BikeAthens is on the move–now it’s official! After 8 great years in the Chase Street Warehouses, BikeAthens and the Bike Recycling Program are moving to 1075 Broad Street! More excitingly, we’ll be sharing the building with board member, and friend of the program, Pedal Driven Cycles (and we may […]
UPDATE: Commissioner Melissa Link will likely introduce a Commission Defined-Option to address drivers’ concerns about the re-design of Chase St. between Boulevard and Rowe. We appreciate her work on the issue; here is our take on the year-long effort to improve Chase Street for all modes of travel. After a year of review, ACC recently […]
Here are 5 activities to get you ready for National Bike Month. National Bike Month officially starts May 1, but can’t wait that long so we are getting a jump on the festivities! Just look at what we have planned for next week…
UPDATE: The Mayor has called and gathered a Bike & Pedestrian Master Plan Committee–the first meeting will be Aug. 22nd, 2016 In 1999, to some fanfare, Athens prepared to stripe the county’s first bike lanes (this almost 25 years after Athens first attempts at a comprehensive bikeway system). Two years later, ACC approved a Bike […]
*Not as soon as we’d like In addition to the cool improvements to Lumpkin, here are updates about a few other local projects: Riverbend Parkway goes GREEN When ACC went to re-pave Riverbend Pkwy, they realized the lanes were veeeeery wide—almost 22 feet! With all that space, when they re-paved the street, they marked-in Athens […]
Yesterday, we posted a few photos of recent ACC transportation improvements. The pictures generated good discussion, and in response, we thought we should dive a little deeper and provide more information on how the new improvements—the “barnes dance crossing” at Baxter and Lumpkin and the GREEN Lane in front of the Tate Center—work. The GREEN […]
When people are riding their bikes, seeing a Share the Road sign is a powerful affirmation of their rights as operators of legal vehicles. When people drive, Share the Road can be a gentle reminder to always be courteous to people on bikes and to give 3-feet passing distance. However, rigorous examination of the sign’s […]
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