This week, Mayor Andre Dickens released the proposed City of Atlanta budget for the next fiscal year (media release): a $3.0 Billion total operating budget, including $975 Million General Fund.  Read more to find out what's in it for transportation and how you can advocate for safer, more equitable Atlanta mobility. Read more

“You can get a suspect another day, but you can’t get a life back." These are the words of Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a policy think tank, quoted in a recent AJC article. Photo: erluko/Wikimedia Commons Read more

Today, lawmakers in Georgia passed the Stop Super Speeders bill, HB308, legislation that will allow judges to require speed-limiting technology in the vehicles of drivers who have been convicted of egregious violations like street racing. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Read more

Atlanta traffic was terrible. That’s why Satya Bhan never drove but instead walked or biked wherever he went. Sometimes, he rode his electric scooter. But on May 28, 2023, on the way home to Atlantic Station from a fun night out, a driver struck his scooter on a dark stretch of Cheshire Bridge Road, a four-lane thoroughfare lined with businesses and apartment buildings. Read more

Born and raised in East Atlanta, Géoving Gérard, II has biked almost all of the area within I-285 and gained a unique view of people as he documented new connections through photography. “I think the beauty of biking, walking, and other pedestrian-oriented ways of transportation is that I see you as a person,” Geo says. Read more

There was a moment in the ambulance when Veronica Watts stopped breathing. She had just been hit, in a Midtown crosswalk, by a speeding driver who failed to stop. The impact with the driver’s windshield had thrown her 38 feet into the air and sent her skidding across the ground. She awoke in Grady Memorial Hospital, eight hours later, with a tube down her throat and many of her teeth missing.  Read more

When 11 of Atlanta's 15 City Council voting members come together to sponsor a resolution on a controversial topic, it's worth paying attention to. Even more so when the resolution includes the following remarkable phrases:"the confusion reflects a failure of infrastructure design and the City’s indecision as to what Peachtree Street should be" "a decision that is reactionary and takes the path of least resistance over that which prizes Vision Zero principles" Read more

PropelATL's annual report on Metro Atlanta traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities, "The Human Cost of Mobility," was widely covered by area journalists. Highlights included the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Fox 5 (WAGA) television, the popular online outlets Decaturish and Axios, and an appearance on "Closer Look" with Rose Scott on WABE 90.1FM. Read more

Alexandria Miller could go on and on about why she loved Christmas: from the lights and poinsettias, to carolers and holiday movies. Alexandria rattled off this list of reasons to her mother, Kizzy Stewart, just five days before Christmas in 2023. Read more

🚨 ATL, WE NEED ACTION! 🚨 Pradeep Sood, a downtown business merchant, recently lost his life attempting to cross Peachtree Street at a faded crosswalk. Now, the City Council is voting on a resolution, introduced by CM Amir Farokhi (District 2) to bring the crosswalk back. Passing a resolution is a good start; we also need a timeline and commitment to installation. Read more

Read more for the good news on the Senate Study Committee to tackle pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, and what you can do to help these transportation bills cross over. Please take a few minutes of action right now in support of one – or all three! – of these efforts to address safety and improve transportation options in our state.  Read more

“The Human Cost of Mobility,” a new story map from Propel ATL, provides key geographic, demographic, and storytelling context for upward-trending Metro Atlanta traffic deaths, highlighting the human lives behind the statistics and providing recommendations for making our roads safer spaces for everyone. Read more

Noah is a member of the MARTA Riders' Advisory Council. Construction continues on MARTA’s Summerhill Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), or the Rapid A-Line as it is now branded, a 2.5-mile bus rapid transit route designed to provide a fast, reliable, and frequent connection to and from Downtown, Capitol Gateway, Peoplestown, Summerhill, and the Beltline. Although the route is expected to launch in late 2025, the success of this critical transit project – as well as the success of MARTA’s other BRT projects – largely hinges on the Georgia legislature. For the second year in a row, MARTA is asking the state legislature, known as the Georgia General Assembly, to pass legislation allowing MARTA to use automated camera enforcement to protect Summerhill BRT’s bus-only lanes. This legislation is critical to ensuring fast and reliable transit service by preserving bus lanes for buses and ticketing drivers who park or drive in the dedicated lanes.  However, with Summerhill BRT expected to open before the next legislative session, this may be the last chance to pass MARTA’s BRT bus lane legislation and guarantee that Summerhill BRT’s launch is a success.  Read more

For 2025, we’ve shaped a vision for an Atlanta where everyone can move safely, easily, and sustainably throughout the Atlanta metro. Who is the "we" in this sentence? This agenda comes from stakeholders, coalition members, volunteers on our advocacy committee, the advocacy staff on our team, and our audience, who all provided valuable feedback. Here’s how we plan to get there in 2025: Read more

In the Georgia State Legislature, several bills and initiatives are being discussed to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. A Senate study committee is being proposed to investigate pedestrian and bicycle safety following an increase in fatal crashes involving walkers and cyclists. There are also two bills addressing automated speed enforcement in school zones, with one aiming to ban speed cameras and the other suggesting reforms. Additionally, two bills could change how cyclists interact with traffic, including allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yields and enabling them to pass through malfunctioning traffic signals. Advocacy groups emphasize the need for infrastructure redesigns to ensure safer streets and better enforcement of traffic laws. Read more