PBS Video Spotlights Buford Highway
Monday, August 9th, 2010A recent national TV feature called Blueprint America, a PBS initiative exploring the state of the nation’s infrastructure, spotlighted Buford Highway, Georgia’s deadliest road for pedestrians. Watch the 8-minute video here.
The video focused attention on what PBS reporter Jon Larson called a “Great American Mismatch”: suburban roads and the people who live along them. Contrary to stereotypes about inner city poverty, 85 percent of metro Atlanta’s lower income residents live in the suburbs. Buford Highway was built for cars. “Problem is,” Larson said, “many people here can’t afford them.”
To encourage a better balance between people and cars, PEDS honors outstanding projects, places and people who have contributed significantly toward making metro Atlanta safer and more accessible for pedestrians.