Athens in Motion update highlights safety, new implementation tools
Planners previewed an updated Athens in Motion plan that refocuses a vision network for walking and biking, shifts from tiered lists to opportunistic delivery pathways, and urges completing high‑impact projects while expanding low‑cost fixes like sidewalk gaps and traffic calming.
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Presenters urged commissioners to adopt the Athens in Motion plan update and said it should be treated as a flexible implementation framework rather than a rigid design manual. "This is not a plan just for people who bike," the presenter said, adding that walking and bicycling infrastructure improves safety for drivers, too. The update re-centers safety and equity and maps a "vision network" that highlights corridors for separated bikeways, sidewalks and combined multimodal corridors.
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