The Peachtree Center Cycle Track, a separated, 8-foot-wide bicycle path that runs along the westernmost lane of Peachtree Center Avenue from Edgewood Avenue to Peachtree Street, officially opened to the public this morning.
“The City of Atlanta is committed to supporting cycling as an important mode of transportation,” said Commissioner Richard Mendoza, Department of Public Works. “The Peachtree Center Cycle Track is part of a citywide initiative to promote connectivity, as well as bicycle and pedestrian safety. This project is another step towards achieving Mayor Kasim Reed’s goal to make Atlanta a top city for cycling.”
The track features a two-foot wide buffer delineated by plastic bollards and green pavement markings indicating portions of the track that intersect with vehicular traffic. Cyclists will be able to travel both north and south along Peachtree Center thanks to special bicycle signal heads that will indicate when it is safe for those travelling south against vehicular traffic to cross intersecting streets; cyclists travelling north will obey normal vehicular traffic signals.
Once fully completed later this year, the Peachtree Center Cycle Track will connect with the Portman PATH, an east-west separated cycle track along John Portman Jr. Boulevard from Piedmont Avenue to Centennial Olympic Park. When complete, the Portman PATH will provide a critical link between the existing city cycling network to the east at Freedom Parkway and Centennial Olympic Park to the west.
To find our more about how to safely travel and use the Peachtree Center path, check out information from Atlanta Bicycle Coalition at this link.
