The plan to put bike lanes on Peachtree Road might be dead, according to a Buckhead business group.
But the Georgia Department of Transportation says it’s not confirming anything just yet.
According to a poll of 100 business leaders who are members of the Buckhead Coalition, 63 percent of them oppose bike lanes on Peachtree Road.
“Everywhere I go, the older people say they’re opposed to it, the younger people say they’re in support of it, so it’s very clear that it’s a generational thing,” said Sam Massell, the 88-year-old president of the group.
Massell said if GDOT asks the Buckhead community in another three years, it might get a different answer.
Rebecca Serna, executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, said her group supports bike lanes, but what she’s really excited about is the proposed two-way center lane on Peachtree Road.
“It’s really like the Wild West of Atlanta Streets. It’s not even a street; it’s almost more like a highway and the two left lanes. You sit in them and you just wait for someone to hit you from behind,” Serna said.
Serna said adding a two-way left-turn lane would make driving on Peachtree easier and bike lanes would provide a buffer between the streets and sidewalk.
The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition is also pushing for the project because it adds a center lane for left turns on Peachtree Road.
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