Rolling Street Fest Heads to Midtown to Promote Cycling and Walking
Last spring, Atlanta Streets Alive event drew hundreds of walkers and cyclists to N. Highland Ave. In 2013, the event will take over a section of Peachtree Street.
by Rebecca Serna At the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition’s Blinkie Awards earlier this month, Mayor Kasim Reed made a commitment of $50,000 to help bring Atlanta Streets Alive to Peachtree Street. As the executive director of Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, I cannot tell you how much this means, not only to members of our organization but to our city as a whole. Atlanta Streets Alive is an open streets initiative that the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition organizes for our community. Atlanta Streets Alive creates a vibrant experience of city streets for people on foot and on bike. This year, Peachtree Street will be opened to people and temporarily closed to cars, to celebrate human powered amusement and transportation. We are so excited to traverse Atlanta…
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6:20 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
According to the Atlanta Streets Alive website, the event will span Peachtree from Ellis St. in the Downtown area through Midtown to Spring Street. more ›