ATLANTA BICYCLE COALITION
889 Wylie St SE, Atlanta, GA 30316 www.atlantabike.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Our mission is to transform Atlanta into a more livable, accessible city by making biking equitable, safe, and appealing.

ATLANTA STREETS ALIVE PROGRAM HAD ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR. INCLUDING OUR FLAGSHIP PEACHTREE STREET ROUTE, WE CONNECTED A RECORD 30 ATLANTA NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THREE OPEN STREETS DEMONSTRATIONS, RECLAIMING 15+ MILES OF CITY STREETS AS PUBLIC SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA. THE PROGRAMS INAUGURAL CROSS-CITY DEMONSTRATION JOINED TWO OF OUR 2018 ROUTES FOR OUR LONGEST STREET ACTIVATION YET AND ATTRACTED ALMOST 145K ATLANTANS TO EXPERIENCE NINE MILES OF THE VITAL HOWELL MILL ROAD - DEKALB AVENUE CORRIDOR AS A SAFE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY SPACE TO RIDE, WALK, AND ROLL. OUR 2019 PROGRAM CLOSED WITH A VERSION OF OUR BELOVED SOUTHWEST ROUTE -- EXTENDED THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE DEMONSTRATION DREW ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR SAFER STREET DESIGN ON CASCADE AVENUE, ENCLOSED BY TWO HIGH-INJURY NETWORK STREETS THAT ARE IN THE TOP FIVE OF ATLANTAS STREETS WHERE THE MOST SEVERE INJURIES AND FATAL CRASHES OCCUR.

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN 2019, WE GREW OUR BICYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SECOND GRADERS, SHIFTING GEARS, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS FOUR PILOT SCHOOLS TO NINE PARTICIPATING ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS GROWTH IS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE ADOPTION OF TRANSPORTATION POLICIES THAT SUPPORT HEALTHY, ACTIVE KIDS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF. A COHORT OF NINE COMMUNITY BIKE CHAMPIONS DELIVERED THE SIX-LESSON UNIT ALONGSIDE TEACHERS AND WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MOBILIZING MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR SAFER STREET DESIGN ON A HIGH-INJURY NETWORK CORRIDOR THAT PROVIDES VITAL ACCESS TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. WE ALSO INCREASED THE REACH OUR FREE ADULT AND FAMILY BICYCLE EDUCATION CLASSES TO SERVE MORE THAN 750 PARTICIPANTS IN 2019. WE ADDED A TICKET DIVERSION CLASS, WHICH PROVIDED EDUCATION AND REMEDY FOR ROAD USERS WHO RECEIVED CITATIONS INVOLVING BICYCLES. WE ADDED ON-SITE, WORKPLACE CLASSES.

POLICY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED IN OUR PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND GAIN SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM FOR OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL CAMPAIGNS IN 2019. WE DEVELOPED AND STRENGTHENED ALLIANCES WITH LEADING LOCAL AND NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS, PARTNERING WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, PEDS, TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE, THE ATLANTA TRACK CLUB, AND AARP GEORGIA. AND, IN THE FALL, WE?D LAUNCHED AN ATLANTA CHAPTER OF FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS. WE ALSO SAW MAJOR ADVANCES FOR KEY LONG-TERM PRIORITIES: THE ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN AND LEADERSHIP THAT PLEDGE TO UPHOLD AN EMPHASIS ON SAFETY, MOBILITY, AND EQUITY AS WELL AS A DISTINCT PATH TOWARDS ADOPTING VISION ZERO AND PRIORITIZING PROJECTS ACCORDINGLY.

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