Feb 29 Members Meeting: What matters most to you?
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Have you contributed to PEDS during the past year? If so, please join us at our annual members meeting on Monday, February 29 to share ideas on where we're headed next. The meeting also gives you an opportunity to elect people to serve on our board of directors.
PEDS is a member-based organization -- and
we're eager to know what matters most to you. Progress during the past 20 years is far more than we ever imagined. But many challenges remain. Broken sidewalks, missing ramps and unsafe crossings are just a few.
Monday, Feb 29
6:00 - 7:30 PM
The Bistro
Close to Peachtree Center MARTA station
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March 12 walking tour: Downtown daffodils
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Central Atlanta Progress has planted over 100,000 daffodils, which are part of a worldwide Living Holocaust Memorial to remember the 1.5 million children who died in Nazi-occupied Europe. The daffodils are a spectacular display of beauty you won't want to miss.
Please join us on Saturday, March 12 for a fun walking tour of downtown daffodils. We'll meet in front of the SE exit from the Peachtree Center MARTA station. From there, we'll enjoy blooming daffodils along a
two-mile loop downtown.
Peachtree Street & Ellis Street, Atlanta
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Salute the Walking Superstars!
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At our 20 Years Strong party in January, we celebrated two decades of walk-friendly transformation. More and more partners are now on board, far too many to name.
We're especially grateful to four Walking Superstars whose achievements have done so much moving walking from the margins to the mainstream.
- City of Decatur, for compact, mixed use development, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and plazas, and programs that have activated the streets
- Former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Planning and Development Michael Dobbins, for developing people-oriented design guidelines
- Midtown Alliance, for creating a vibrant, walkable community
- Atlanta Regional Commission's Livable Center Initiative, for inspiring quality growth in over 100 activity centers in metro Atlanta.
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DeKalb County SPLOST: Making a list and checking it twice
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In 2014 DeKalb County completed an outstanding updat
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to its Comprehensive Transportation Plan. We participated actively in the process and are pleased that the plan makes safe crossings on transit routes a priority.
One big problem: the county currently lacks funding to implement the plan.
We're thrilled that the county is considering a referendum asking voters to approve a special one-cent sales tax (SPLOST) increase that will enable it to implement transportation and other local projects.
PEDS members Gordon Kenna, John Keyes and Dave Sjoquist serve on the SPLOST
Citizen Review Committee, which is leading the public input process and developing a project list.
We've asked them to ensure that the list
- Divides funds equitably between all transportation modes, including walking, bicycling and transit
- Uses DeKalb County's Comprehensive Transportation Plan to prioritize projects. The importance of the location needs to be considered along with the severity of road conditions
- Incorporates safety improvements, such as median refuge islands, road diets, bicycle lanes and high-tech beacons in resurfacing projects.
We'll keep you posted about opportunities to let DeKalb County officials know what projects you want included in the list.
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