Comments on: Decatur Wants Your Opinion on “Bike Suitability Map” Draft

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:14:50 +0000

At a recent East Lake neighborhood meeting, there was some discussion of changing the traffic light at Paden Circle to a 4-way stop. I think this would improve safety a lot, not just pedestrians, but also the homes near that intersection. The sharp curve of East Lake Road at Parkwood is banked the wrong way (to the *outside* of the turn). Fast-moving cars frequently slide off the road there into people’s yards. East Lake is due to be repaved next year by Georgia DOT so your safety comments to them may help influence their decision.

By: Revenue-Negative Household (a.k.a., My unruly brood is here to clog your sidewalks and erode your tax base.)

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:53:02 +0000

MUPpettes?

By: Henry Slack

Henry Slack — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:37:16 +0000

The BikeDecatur group held a ride about a year ago testing traffic signals to see if they’d change for bicyclists. We didn’t find any in the City that needed fixing, though we couldn’t test them all (some had too much car traffic to see if the bike tripped the signal._

By: Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:32:54 +0000

A lot of this depends on day and time. Sunday is a great day to do a North Decatur-Clairmont loop. Both are relatively flat.

Most bike maps base their ratings on whether a street is bike-friendly. I base mine on how busy it is, how wide it is (narrow is best) and how flat it is.

For that reason I love Pharr Road, and Spence south of the city border. I love Tupelo, and Maxwell St. I generally prefer the south side to the north side because it’s flatter.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:06:15 +0000

Maybe DM (or you) can send one email with the URL for this post.