Residents, advocates, and community partners gathered for the Buford Highway Community Walk Audit Propel ATL hosted a community walk audit on Buford Highway on February 28, 2026, bringing together residents, advocates, and community partners to document what it is like to walk, bike, and access transit along the corridor. The audit was designed to capture real-world conditions on Buford Highway, where many people face missing sidewalk connections, difficult street crossings, and daily barriers that make even short trips feel unsafe or inconvenient. The findings confirmed what residents have long experienced: Buford Highway is not working well for people who rely on walking and transit. Participants described missing and narrow sidewalks, crossings that are hard to reach or take too long to navigate, and everyday trips to bus stops, stores, schools, and apartments that can feel stressful, disconnected, or unsafe. These conditions show why residents are asking for practical improvements that make the corridor easier to move through and more responsive to how people actually use it.

Each year, the Blinkie Awards recognize the individuals, organizations, and initiatives that are helping transform Atlanta’s streets into safe, inclusive, and thriving spaces for people to ride, walk, and roll. These sustainable transportation leaders are advancing this work in different ways — some through advocacy and community building, others through storytelling and public leadership. Regardless of their method, all winners share a commitment to creating an Atlanta where everyone can move safely, easily, and sustainably throughout the city.

Lately it seems all of Atlanta is under construction, in a flurry of last-minute cleaning for the international football party we’re hosting in June.  Some of it is good — curb ramps being installed that let people in wheelchairs or pushing strollers have safe access to sidewalks which are also getting repaired. Decades-long projects huffing it out over the finish line (looking good, Juniper and S. Boulevard!) Trail crossings were added a few years after the trail was completed (Arkwright over Moreland Ave). And Atlanta’s most iconic street-level photo booth (Jackson Street) no longer blocked by cars — plus a new spot for bridge pics opening up (Clifton Street).

Every day in Atlanta, someone walking, biking, taking transit, or simply crossing the street, doesn’t make it home. Behind every crash is a person, a family, and a story that doesn’t end when the news cycle moves on. For too long, many families in Atlanta have had to carry that loss, trauma, and confusion on their own. That’s why we’re bringing Atlanta Families for Safe Streets (AFSS) back together.

Safe. Free. Connected. Green. Transformational. Quiet. These are the words attendees used to describe what life after cars means to them. On Friday, March 13, nearly 300 Atlantans gathered at the historic Plaza Theatre to imagine just that. We had a full house, buzzing with energy, as we came together for Life After Cars LIVE, a community conversation about breaking free from car dependence and building safer, healthier, and more connected communities.

What if the street outside your home could become calmer, safer, and more welcoming, not years from now after a long construction process, but sooner through community action? That question brought more than 60 neighbors, advocates, planners, and community leaders together at the James Orange Recreation Center in February for Propel ATL’s Tactical Urbanism Workshop. The goal of the evening was simple: help residents turn concerns about dangerous streets into real, testable safety projects. By the end of the night, participants weren’t just talking about safer streets; they were leaving with ideas, potential project locations, and clear next steps to make change happen.