Wednesday, December 12, 2012
PEDS honors the city for McClure Bridge Road/Irvindale Road project improving pedestrian safety and walkability.
For the second year straight, Duluth was named the recipient of a Golden Shoe Award by PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, Inc.), a leading advocate for pedestrian safety. Duluth City Manager Tim Shearer accepted the award on behalf of the city at the 13th annual Golden Shoe Awards ceremony in November that celebrated people, projects and places that contributed significantly in 2012 to making metro Atlanta communities more walkable. Duluth received the Pedestrian-Friendly Suburban Retrofit Award for the McClure Bridge Road/Irvindale Road improvement project. The award was displayed at the Dec. 10 Duluth City Council meeting. Duluth was honored with a Golden Shoe Award in 2011 for improvements to Davenport Road that increased …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Project includes sidewalks, curb, gutter and improvements to the roadside shoulders along North Berkeley Lake Road west of Lakeshore Drive to Bush Road.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Under a contract approved Tuesday (Nov. 6) by the Gwinnett County Commission, more sidewalks will be built soon along North Berkeley Lake Road. The pedestrian safety project includes sidewalks, curb, gutter and improvements to the roadside shoulders along North Berkeley Lake Road west of Lakeshore Drive to Bush Road. When this project and the City of Berkeley Lake’s dam reconstruction project are complete, sidewalks will run continuously from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to Bush Road along North Berkeley Lake Road and along Bush Road from North Berkeley Lake Road to Medlock Bridge Road, according to a press release issued by the county. Johnson Landscapes Inc., d/b/a Vertical Earth of Cumming, was the lowest of six bidders at $455,269. …
Thursday, August 30, 2012
A recent report says the pedestrian death rate in Georgia is 25 percent higher than the overall U.S. rate.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Duluth residents spend a lot of time riding bikes, jogging and walking in their neighborhoods. But did you know that overall, Georgia is a dangerous state for pedestrians? Since 2001, the number of pedestrians killed rose each year through 2010, the Morris News Service has reported based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data. In 2010, 168 people were killed while walking, up from 146 in 2001. The 2001 total accounted for 9 percent of Georgia's roadway deaths. In 2010, pedestrians made up 13.5 percent of the state's fatality total. Things don't seem to be getting any better. In Metro Atlanta, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, 82 pedestrians had been killed by mid-August, compared with 63 through the same period in …
Dusty Graham
6:20 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Those of us who live along this route have had their homes and quality of life impacted in a very negative way as a result of this project. Personally, instead of looking out at a beautiful stand of trees, I now see an office complex and have lost all privacy in my backyard. I'm saddened that any organization would award this type of behavior. more ›