Buckhead Group Says Bike Lanes On Peachtree May Not Happen
The Georgia Department of Transportation says it’s not confirming anything about the current state of the plan to put bike lanes on Peachtree Road.
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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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