Atlanta’s transportation authority is building out a blueprint to enhance connectedness and work toward traffic solutions. And they want your 2 cents. 

Atlanta Department of Transportation officials have recently launched an “online engagement hub” that asks which upgrades to transit, bike pathways, and other infrastructure would most improve life in the city.  

The input will help shape ATLDOT’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan, which is expected to guide “every major decision from expanded sidewalk coverage to new transit connections and bike lanes” over the next 15 years, per officials. The results are set to be discussed at an upcoming open house. 

Our test-run of the CTP questionnaire section took about five minutes. 

A map-pinning section that allows Atlantans to pinpoint exactly where they’d like to see improvements had more than 240 contributions as of this writing. 

Elsewhere, a “fund-it exercise” gives users a make-believe, $100-million city budget and asks how that funding would best be spent. Options include “bicycle network,” “road maintenance,” “transit reliability,” etc.

A familiar scene on Atlanta's downtown Connector, which counts up to 15 lanes in this area. Shutterstock

The CTP will mark the first citywide transportation plan compiled since ATLDOT was formed in 2020. Its horizon year (2040) aligns with the city’s goal to achieve Vision Zero—or the elimination of traffic deaths and serious injuries by way of redesigned, people-focused transportation systems.  

The CTP will also determine which policies and projects “will most effectively advance transportation safety and mode shift goals,” in hopes of creating a “safer, more connected, reliable, and equitable transportation system for everyone,” per ATLDOT officials. 

Anyone who spends time trying to traverse this city by foot, bike, scooter, or car knows that seemingly small changes can have big impacts. 

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