![]() ![]() “By the time the cars are doing donuts and there are 400 people there, we’ve already lost,” Rowan said. In theory, these deterrents will keep the rowdy gatherings from happening there altogether. ![]() Rowan also said he’s considering protecting the existing bike lanes along Edgewood Avenue. Now, though, officials see an opportunity to solve a problem with a smart, shared street design - one that doesn’t give free rein to motorists. “Let’s see if we can’t go kill that space with our barricades,” Rowan said.įor years, the dilemma Edgewood Avenue faces on weekends has been seen as a law enforcement issue. So, to combat a years-long problem that’s frustrated local business owners and nearby residents, Rowan had the city’s transportation department quickly cobble together a makeshift median on Edgewood Avenue, between Jackson Street and Boulevard, where most of the local bars are settled.Ĭhopping the road into just two narrow lanes by splitting the center lane with water-filled plastic barricades should make reckless driving much more difficult, the logic goes. “There’s a lot of room for silly stuff,” he told SaportaReport in a recent interview, citing the burnouts, donuts and occasional drag racing taking place on and around Edgewood Avenue’s nightlife strip. ![]() So says Josh Rowan, the City of Atlanta’s transportation chief. Transportation officials install barriers on Edgewood Avenue to curb car stunts - SaportaReport CloseĪtlanta’s car-centric urban design might be contributing to the rash of stunt driver-style behavior on Sweet Auburn’s Edgewood Avenue. ![]()
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