Streets are the great connectors of any neighborhood. They don’t just lead communities from one place to another in cars, they bring people together on bike rides, morning jogs, and evening strolls. However, in some parts of Atlanta, the opposite is true: streets are unsafe for people who walk, bike, or roll because there are so few bike lanes, sidewalks, curb ramps, or crosswalks. This not only limits our options for how to travel, but it also discourages being physically active. But that is changing.Voters recently approved TSPLOST, a proposal that secured $166,790,304 from a 0.4% sales tax increase during the next five years for a variety of street, sidewalk and trail projects inside the city, including the Atlanta BeltLine and the Atlanta Bike Share program. Specifically, the following was secured:
Complete Streets: $75,398,139
Atlanta Beltline / Multi-use Trails: $65,900,000
Multi-use Trails: $18,475,152
Sidewalks and Streetscapes: $69,611,838
Neighborhood Greenways: $4,017,013
Relay Bike Share: $3,000,000