New App, Planned Projects Enhance Atlanta Bike Safety
Riders who use the app called Cycle Atlanta can provide feedback to help the city create more bike-friendly routes.
The City of Atlanta and Georgia Tech have teamed up to offer a new smartphone app to help cyclists in the city. The iPhone and Android version of the app called Cycle Atlanta is available for download and designed to allow cyclists to provide direct feedback to city transportation planning staff. “We want to know what bicyclists who use routes across the city consider to be barriers and obstacles to riding, said Commissioner James Shelby of the Department of Planning and Community Development. The Cycle Atlanta app will allow bicyclists to participate in the Cycle Atlanta Study. Once the free app is launched, cyclists tap “Start” to begin recording their ride. When the ride is over, they hit "Save" and add details such as the purpose of …
In this Article:
AtlantaTree Professionals
7:36 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
This is great, glad to see our leaders embracing technology. I certainly think if there was a way to make biking safer around town, more people would use it. But you would have to protect them. Because distracted drivers are dangerous and I don't think cell phones have helped cyclists in Atlanta. We have to remember also that transportation is the biggest contributor to pollution in America, … more ›