Resolution 26-R-3242 Draft from February 25, 2026

Last week, the Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee unanimously advanced legislation calling on the Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLDOT) to honor the requests outlined in Resolution 25-R-3213 adopted in May 2025.

The 2025 resolution called on the City to reprioritize and “take all steps necessary” to begin the Peachtree Safe Streets project ahead of the larger STITCH project timeline. Specifically, it requests the installation of a pedestrian crosswalk, appropriate signage, and “any other measures necessary” to ensure safe pedestrian passage at 225 Peachtree Street.

The requests are grounded in the City’s commitment to Vision Zero, the city’s policy adopted in 2020 that aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets by 2040.

The new resolution, 26-R-3242, calls for the complete installation of these safety improvements before the City-sponsored Atlanta Streets Alive on Peachtree Street, which is scheduled for April 19, 2026.

Sponsored by Councilmembers Matt Westmoreland, Jason Dozier, Dustin Hillis, and Eshé Collins, the resolution advanced out of the City Council Transportation Committee and was adopted by the full Atlanta City Council on March 2, 2026.

The improvements requested at this location are not new ideas. 

Resolution 25-R-3213 was initially adopted in March 2025, requesting that these improvements be completed “no later than June 30, 2025.” ATLDOT representatives publicly committed to meeting that deadline in at least two public meetings, including a meeting of the Fatal Crash Review Commission and a departmental budget hearing. 

More than seven months have passed with no action.

That delay has been deeply frustrating for advocates, community members, and the family of Pradeep Sood, who was struck and killed while crossing Peachtree Street at this location.

Three weeks ago, Propel ATL and Atlanta Families for Safe Streets stood alongside Mr. Sood’s family at a press conference calling for faster action and urging the City to follow through on its commitments. 

Momentum for action

The Council’s renewed push reflects growing recognition that the City must move faster when preventable traffic deaths occur.

We appreciate the leadership of the Councilmembers working to move this project forward and ensure the City follows through on its public commitments.

But the real measure of progress will be delivery.

The plan is ready.

The commitment has already been made.

Now it’s time to build the crossing.

Installing these safety improvements before Atlanta Streets Alive would not only honor the City’s promise, but it would demonstrate that Atlanta’s Vision Zero commitment is more than words.

Because when a safety improvement is already designed, publicly promised, and supported by City Council, it shouldn’t take another year to deliver.

Vision Zero can’t wait.

District 4 City Councilmember Jason Dozier (center) addresses media representatives and supporters at the February press conference while Councilmember Matt Westmoreland., family members and advocates look on.