Would Cyclists like an audience with City Transportation Planners?

This isn't getting the buzz that I thought it might. The City of Atlanta's Bureau of Planning is developing a transportation plan, it started last fall, and the local cycling forums appear to have been quiet about it.

With the popularity of cycling on the rise in Atlanta, this is our opportunity to influence Atlanta's transportation planning.

There are a couple of ways cyclists in Atlanta can exercise their citizenship muscles:

1. Fill out an on-line survey telling the planners you use your bike, prefer walkable communities, and want to see public investment in accommodating a life-style that is less car-oriented. In only a few moments, you can help tip the scales in favor of cycling.
   
2. Attend open workshops that run for a week per neighborhood from 10AM to 8PM. For most intown residents, the meetings will occur at City Hall East during the week of March 24-27 (Mon - Thu).
   

We often lament that government isn't doing anything for the cyclist, but if we don't tell government what we want, how will it know? Government works best when its citizens are involved. I'm inviting you to 1) fill out the survey and 2) join me one evening to go down and talk with the planners at City Hall East.

We can even ride our bikes over there.