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All of us who drive, ride, walk, and bus on Baxter St. have noticed the brand new pavement ACC recently laid down. While we always appreciate a newly paved road—riding freshly paved blacktop is one of life’s greatest pleasures—it’s also a bittersweet reminder of the long, strange history of Baxter bike lanes. Here’s a run […]
by Ally Hellenga Athens, Ga. — At a time when money was tight and gas prices were steep, one woman made a vow never to be dependent upon a car again. Lauren Blais had made $60 in tips waitressing—a really good amount for a Monday night, if you ask her. After a long shift at work she climbed in her […]
In advance of the Mayor and Commission Regular Meeting on Sept. 1, at which they will vote on the repaving of Chase Street between Rowe and Newton Bridge, we signed-on to the following open letter: “Dear Mayor Denson and Commissioners: The undersigned request that you suspend plans to resurface Chase Street until a more comprehensive […]
1. Apply Complete Streets to all projects. Despite well-stated goals, the Athens Complete Streets Policy only applies in limited situations—all new construction and reconstruction projects of local roadways, excluding resurfacing activities. This narrow scope restricts Complete Streets to expensive, infrequent projects. It also prevents Athens-Clarke County from implementing impactful (and inexpensive) small-scale enhancements, such as increased […]
ACC Public Forum with Implications for Bike Safety and Complete Streets UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who cam to the Public Forum!! Public Input is open here for 10 days–until August 3rd! On Wednesday, July 22, ACC is accepting comments on proposed changes to three streets in Athens (Chase Street, East Hancock, Riverbend Parkway), adding bike […]
At their Tuesday, June 9 work session, the Mayor and Commission will begin the process of defining implementation strategies for ACC’s existing Complete Streets Policy. These implementation strategies will affect every corner of the county for years to come. We encourage you to attend the work session and to familiarize yourself with Complete Streets concepts. More importantly, please write […]
BikeAthens Tees, now in the best colors–Red, White & Blue! It’s getting hot, hot, hot outside–time to get some new cool summer t-shirts. We have a whole batch of Green / Yellow t-shirts, plus a new run of Red, White & Blue just in time for the Fourth! Grab one or two or three and we’ll […]
Right before BikeAthens left for the National Bike Summit, we started a new blog: Bike Friendly Friday. Every Friday, we add new new post to further the discussion of how Athens can become a more bike friendly community. If you haven’t been following the posts, here is your chance to catch up, as we run […]
Week 5 Last week we talked about the need for Athens to better integrate bikes into arterial street design. With greater access to downtown, more people will ride downtown, and more people will be downtown. However, our focus on better access to downtown does not mean we think downtown and the downtown master lack opportunities […]
Week 4 The Downtown Athens Master Plan Implementation Committee is running full swing–just yesterday they discussed the possibility of creating TADs (tax allocation districts). We were surprised at the flexibility and fundraising of TADs. Their use could bring a lot of changes to downtown, and bring a lot of benefits to all of Clarke County. […]
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