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Residents urge action on mid-block crossings and heavy trucks; committee and ATL DOT to follow up
Summary
Public commenters asked the Transportation Committee to block new dockless deployments, restore decorative mid-block barriers on Peachtree near Peachtree Center, and install traffic-calming measures and enforcement in Grove Park; the committee directed ATL DOT and APD to follow up.
During the public comment period at the June 25 Transportation Committee meeting, two residents raised separate safety concerns that committee members said staff would follow up on.
Peachtree mid-block crossing: A speaker introduced to the committee as Miss Brooks urged the committee to delay further dockless deployments and to reconsider a proposed crosswalk at Peachtree Center. Brooks said that decorative iron fences historically directed pedestrians to corners and that removal of those barriers during a tactical urbanism project encouraged unsafe mid-block crossings. “So that letter points to the failure of the…
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