Comments on: Feet on Atlanta: Survey the Sidewalks! http://peds.org/2009/04/10/feet-on-atlanta/ Making metro Atlanta walkable, step by step. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lance St.Clair http://peds.org/2009/04/10/feet-on-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Lance St.Clair Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:48:59 +0000 http://peds.org/?p=2331#comment-7 I just saw this. Can you add Monroe Circle off of Monroe Dr near Trader Joe's to your list? Not only are the sidewalks extremely damaged, but people have been ripping the sidewalks out and right now it is at a tipping point. If it is not repaired and replaced soon, the sidewalks could be lost completely on this street. People have to walk in the road and due to illegally handmade painted parking spots it is very dangerous. Someone will likely be hit soon waking through to the grocery stores next door. I just saw this. Can you add Monroe Circle off of Monroe Dr near Trader Joe’s to your list? Not only are the sidewalks extremely damaged, but people have been ripping the sidewalks out and right now it is at a tipping point. If it is not repaired and replaced soon, the sidewalks could be lost completely on this street. People have to walk in the road and due to illegally handmade painted parking spots it is very dangerous. Someone will likely be hit soon waking through to the grocery stores next door.

]]> By: PEDS http://peds.org/2009/04/10/feet-on-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-6 PEDS Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:37:45 +0000 http://peds.org/?p=2331#comment-6 UPDATE: Volunteers surveyed sidewalks on more than 100 City of Atlanta streets and submitted results to PEDS by April 30, 2009. The winners of our two random prize drawings were Mairead Reid who won the $75 Phiddipides Gift Certificate, and Nancy von Neumann who won the 20-Trip MARTA Card. Congratulations to Nairead and Nancy, and to everyone who participated! Thirty-five percent of the sidewalks surveyed by PEDS volunteers are in need of repair or replacement. That’s 10% more than the City of Atlanta’s estimate. On some streets, such as Memorial Drive and Kirkwood Ave., as much as 75% of the sidewalks were broken. In newer sections of the City, the problem wasn’t as bad. In May, PEDS’ President Sally Flocks met with the City of Atlanta’s Director of Public Works Joe Basista to share our findings and discuss whether the City plans to offer citizens a bond referendum to fund sidewalk maintenance. Feet on Atlanta survey results helped make that meeting productive. You can count on PEDS to continue working to make Atlanta, and other metro area communities, pedestrian friendly. UPDATE: Volunteers surveyed sidewalks on more than 100 City of Atlanta streets and submitted results to PEDS by April 30, 2009. The winners of our two random prize drawings were Mairead Reid who won the $75 Phiddipides Gift Certificate, and Nancy von Neumann who won the 20-Trip MARTA Card. Congratulations to Nairead and Nancy, and to everyone who participated!

Thirty-five percent of the sidewalks surveyed by PEDS volunteers are in need of repair or replacement. That’s 10% more than the City of Atlanta’s estimate. On some streets, such as Memorial Drive and Kirkwood Ave., as much as 75% of the sidewalks were broken. In newer sections of the City, the problem wasn’t as bad.

In May, PEDS’ President Sally Flocks met with the City of Atlanta’s Director of Public Works Joe Basista to share our findings and discuss whether the City plans to offer citizens a bond referendum to fund sidewalk maintenance. Feet on Atlanta survey results helped make that meeting productive. You can count on PEDS to continue working to make Atlanta, and other metro area communities, pedestrian friendly.

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