{"190471":{"#nid":"190471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cycling Improvements Come to Nearby Neighborhoods","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast week, the Atlanta City Council approved $2.5 million in funding for bicycle projects during the next two years \u2013 many of which will directly border or feed into Georgia Tech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Institute has gone to great lengths to improve our bike facilities on campus, installing hundreds of new bike racks, safer intersection treatments, and miles of new lanes and sharrows,\u201d said Aaron Fowler, campus transportation planner in Parking \u0026amp; Transportation Services. \u201cBut with this allocation of $2.5 million in bike improvements by the City of Atlanta, we get to take a major step in improving our bike connections into campus.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Midtown, bike lanes will be added to the 10th Street bridge refurbishment, between Fowler and Williams Streets, and from Piedmont Avenue to Monroe Drive, connecting to the BeltLine Eastside Trail. Lanes will also be added to Hemphill Avenue in Home Park between 10th and 14th Streets. Improvements will be made to bike lanes already present on West Peachtree, running from 10th Street to North Avenue, and Fifth Street, from Williams Street to Piedmont Avenue.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFurther southwest, the city\u2019s first bike boulevard will be created near Atlanta University Center on James P. Brawley Drive, from Jefferson Street to Greensferry Avenue. Downtown, improvements will be made to the Peachtree Street corridor, from Pine Street to Peachtree Center Avenue. Other projects will improve connectivity in Inman Park, Castleberry Hill, Grant Park and other eastside areas. Some projects will use cycle tracks instead of bike lanes, providing more separation from motor vehicle traffic than just a painted lane.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a 2012 commuter survey conducted by Parking \u0026amp; Transportation Services, 8 percent of the campus community commutes by bike; however, another 24 percent voiced an interest in biking if there were safer, more convenient bike paths available. Some of the slated city projects coincide with items in a proposed Campus Bike Master Plan and work with existing lanes and sharrows on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese projects will only further our mission in promoting sustainability on campus and will give people the commute alternatives they desire,\u201d said Fowler, who believes this is only the beginning of improved bicycle connectivity for Atlanta in the next few years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five City of Atlanta projects closest to campus include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFifth Street Bike Lanes ($65,715):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E This project will upgrade the existing bicycle lanes along Fifth Street that connect the Georgia Tech campus to the Peachtree Street corridor and Midtown residential district, one of the busiest cycling corridors in the city. Scope includes pavement patching, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHem\u003Cstrong\u003Ephill Avenue Bike Lanes ($55,019):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will install bicycle lanes along the northern section of Hemphill Avenue from 10th to 14th Streets. An on-street parking modification study will be conducted to determine the feasibility of reducing the roadway to two travel lanes and a single on-street parking lane. Scope includes pavement patching, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWest Peachtree\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EStreet Bike Lanes ($62,500):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will upgrade the existing bicycle lane along West Peachtree Street that connects the MARTA North Avenue Station to the Georgia Tech Campus and points north. Scope includes pavement patching, railroad crossing improvements, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10th Street Bridge Refurbishment with Bike Facilities ($125,000):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis funding will serve as the City of Atlanta\u0027s contribution toward the bicycle component of the Midtown Alliance 10th Street Bridge Improvement Project. This project will improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities, add lights, landscaping and decorative fencing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10th \u003Cstrong\u003EStreet Cycle Track @ Atlanta BeltLine Intersection ($122,159)\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will construct a two-way cycle track along the 10th Street corridor, from Charles Allen Drive to Piedmont Avenue to tie into the planned two-way cycle track between Charles Allen Drive and Monroe Drive, connecting the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail to Piedmont Park and Midtown. Due to right-of-way constraints, the section between Myrtle Street and Piedmont Avenue will likely consist of bicycle lanes. The project will be designed to meet the standards of the National Association of City Transportation Officials.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeveral bicycle projects approved by the City of Atlanta for 2013-14 will improve connectivity to campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Several bicycle projects approved by the City of Atlanta for 2013-14 will improve connectivity to campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-07 15:17:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"161631":{"id":"161631","type":"image","title":"Cycle Atlanta Photo 4","body":null,"created":"1449178908","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:48","changed":"1475894796","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:36","alt":"Cycle Atlanta Photo 4","file":{"fid":"195433","name":"cycleatlanta-004.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cycleatlanta-004_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cycleatlanta-004_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3843995,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cycleatlanta-004_0.jpg?itok=v8PmIi5k"}},"190441":{"id":"190441","type":"image","title":"City of Atlanta Funded Bicycle Projects","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"City of Atlanta Funded Bicycle Projects","file":{"fid":"196258","name":"2013-02-04_table26map_highprioritybicycleprojects_004_0.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2013-02-04_table26map_highprioritybicycleprojects_004_0_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2013-02-04_table26map_highprioritybicycleprojects_004_0_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":190512,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2013-02-04_table26map_highprioritybicycleprojects_004_0_0.jpeg?itok=C_Itjqn8"}},"190451":{"id":"190451","type":"image","title":"City Bike Projects Near Campus","body":null,"created":"1449179858","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:38","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"City Bike Projects Near Campus","file":{"fid":"196259","name":"screen_shot_2013-02-07_at_2.01.10_pm.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-02-07_at_2.01.10_pm_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-02-07_at_2.01.10_pm_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":516078,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2013-02-07_at_2.01.10_pm_0.png?itok=c1Lle7t3"}}},"media_ids":["161631","190441","190451"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8\u0026msa=0\u0026msid=202352003314919542950.0004d505231e9090c3fb2\u0026oe=UTF8","title":"Google Map of All Approved Bike Projects"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atlantabike.org\/2.5millionforbikeprojects","title":"About the Funding, from the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition"},{"url":"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/96ANg","title":"Google Map of Projects Near Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/bike.gatech.edu\/","title":"Bike GT"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181","name":"alternative transportation"},{"id":"12691","name":"Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee"},{"id":"778","name":"bicycles"},{"id":"13060","name":"biic"},{"id":"47071","name":"bikes"},{"id":"1134","name":"City of Atlanta"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"15611","name":"parking and transportation services"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}