It might be the depths of summer’s lull on Georgia Tech’s campus, but there’s no shortage of activity afoot when it comes to the implementation of safe-streets infrastructure.
Construction hasn’t fully wrapped, but in conjunction with the recently finished section of Midtown’s new 5th Street Complete Street, protected riding on two wheels from Spring Street to the western fringes of Georgia Tech’s campus is now possible, for the most part.
By our calculations, that’s a distance of roughly 1.2 miles.
The point where construction on phase three of the cycle track began last summer. It's now complete and open. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
The 5th Street Complete Street section in question was opened earlier this year. Eventually, it will span about ½ mile from Williams Street near the Connector in Tech Square to Myrtle Street in Midtown’s residential Garden District.
Today it links with Georgia Tech’s Ferst Drive Realignment and Cycle Track. That’s part of nearly 2.5 miles of new bicycle infrastructure going in across campus—an effort to maintain Georgia Tech’s status as a Gold-level Bicycle Friendly University, as determined by the League of American Bicyclists.
To help paint the picture, we recently traveled the combined routes for photos, as taken on a Hades-hot weekend afternoon in July.
Head up to the gallery for a tour, starting in Tech Square and traveling through campus to Marietta Street. No profuse sweating required.
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