Or: why metered street parking is good, actually

TL;DR: Metered street parking dedicates valuable curb space to cars, excluding other modes of transportation. If we are dedicating physical space to cars, let’s dedicate the generated parking revenue to other modes of transportation and to overall safety by directing it to the City's Safety and Mobility Fund.

Drivers illegally parked in the bike lane and drivers in motion jockey for space on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta. Photos: Rebecca Serna/Propel ATL

The Atlanta Downtown Improvement District and the City of Atlanta have completed construction on the protected two-way bike lane along Peachtree Center Avenue (between Peachtree Street and Edgewood Avenue) to provide a safe north-south cycling route through the heart of Downtown. 

This protected bike lane will connect to other bikeways planned in Downtown on Peachtree Street, John Portman Boulevard, Edgewood Avenue and Auburn Avenue, as well as the citywide network proposed in Cycle Atlanta.