New bicycle lanes coming to downtown Atlanta
Creative Loafing reports today on some exciting news for alternative 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
