About Walk ATL – Oakland City
Walk ATL is Propel ATL’s neighborhood-centered program that supports residents in identifying pedestrian safety challenges and leads them through planning, design, and action to transform their streets with community-driven solutions.
In Oakland City, neighbors came together to explore ways to make walking safer and more comfortable along key streets like Merrill Avenue and Oakland Drive. This included collecting data, conducting a neighborhood walk audit, holding workshops, and developing a safety action plan.
A key part of this work is tactical urbanism, a community-led, low-cost, short-term approach to testing changes in public space that can lead to longer-term improvements. Tactical urbanism projects help residents and city agencies explore what works, build support, and make immediate safety improvements while longer-term infrastructure is planned.
The Walk ATL – Oakland City timeline below shows how this neighborhood’s efforts progressed from planning in 2023 to the implementation of a tactical urbanism project in 2026.
Walk ATL - Oakland City Updated Program Timeline:
- May - July 2023: Planning Committee recruitment
- May 2023: Planning Committee Kickoff Meeting
- June 2023: Planning Committee meeting
- August: UrbanTrans hired to provide transportation planning services
- August 2023: Planning Committee Meeting - Oakland City State of Walkability
- September - November 2023:
- Collect data on existing conditions
- Create and approve engagement materials
- December 2023: Planning Committee Meeting - Designing Pedestrian Safety for Your Community
- December 2023: Neighborhood Walk Audit
- December 2023 - January 2024:
- Share community survey
- Conduct stakeholder interviews
- February 2024: Stakeholder Workshop (open to the public)
- March 2024: Project priority review with ATL DOT
- April 2024: Deliver Pedestrian Safety Action Plan to Oakland City
- August 2024: Community approval of Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
- October - November 2024: Start application and project design process
- November 2024: Community approval of project design
- December 2024 - March 2025: Secure required insurance for project build
- April 2025: Tactical Urbanism Project permit application submitted
- May - November 2025: Continued insurance search, secure materials, continued community engagement
- December 2025: TUP permit application approved
- January 2026: Neighborhood implements walk lane tactical urbanism project - Click here to learn more or volunteer
Walk ATL - Oakland City Program Documents:
- Walk ATL - Oakland City overview
- Designing Pedestrian Safety for Your Community
- Project Recommendations
- Walk Lane Site Plan
Walk ATL - Oakland City Committee Members:
- Kimberly Carter
- Daniel Drake
- Isa Harrison
- Marcus Huff
- Allison Myrick
- Jessika Nelson
- Camille Sears
- John Sears
- Kohl Smith
- Ariel Taylor
- Kimberly Tuttle
- Tera Washington
Propel ATL Point of Contact: Sagirah Jones