Moreland Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Cascade Road, Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard.
All of these streets are classified as “high-injury networks.”
According to the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, these streets have the most injuries and fatalities among the city’s roadways. The coalition has tracked the city’s Top 10 high-injury streets.
These networks also have another thing in common: They are located in neighborhoods with a high percentage of Black residents.
On Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look,” host Rose Scott spoke with Sagirah Jones of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition about a new program that aims to combat these traffic fatalities, particularly in traditionally underfunded areas of the city.