GET INVOLVED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD & NPU, AND GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
In a city of neighborhoods, safe streets for all begins at the neighborhood level. Here's how you can help make streets safer for everyone.
Join your neighborhood association
Find your neighborhood and attend meetings, speak up, and vote for policies and projects that will make streets safer for walking, biking, using wheelchairs, and taking public transit for your community. Find out if there's a transportation committee, and join if so. Many recommendations made at the committee level get approved by the neighborhood association.
Next, locate your Neighborhood Planning Unit or NPU, and attend monthly meetings. The City of Atlanta is divided into 25 NPUs: "citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues. It is also used as a way for citizens to receive information concerning all functions of city government."
Once you are familiar with what's happening at the neighborhood association and NPU level, you may want to step into a leadership role. Neighborhood chairs and other officers can join our Community Advocacy Network, a space for neighborhood transportation leaders to connect, share information, and learn from each other.
Get to know the elected officials who represent you
Because many of our calls to action involve contacting an Atlanta City Councilmember or other elected official, get to know yours ahead of time! Find your Atlanta City Councilmember, or Commissioner in DeKalb, Fulton, or Clayton Counties.
Send an email introducing yourself and sharing your desire for safe streets in your community. Follow them on social media to keep the conversation going!
Resources
How to Find Crash Data | Propel ATL
Project Dashboard: Moving Atlanta Forward | ATLDOT
Atlanta citywide sidewalk inventory data | ATLDOT: Sidewalks, Ramps, and Obstructions
Submit A Claim For Damages | City of Atlanta
GDOT State Functional Classification Map (ArcGIS Web Application)
Atlanta Vision Zero and Speed Limit Ordinance: 20-0-1239