With spring upon us, and patronage for the Atlanta BeltLine, PATH400, and their multi-use trail siblings nearing high season, a survey has launched that allows Atlantans to help dictate how the local trail network continues growing and webbing together.

It’s part of a partnership between Atlanta’s Department of Parks and Recreation and the PATH Foundation to create a city-wide plan for multi-use trails called “Trails ATL.”

The goal is to build out and thoughtfully stitch together the budding system of trails Atlantans have said they want more of in recent surveys. Guiding principles are safety, equity, and trails that help neighborhoods thrive and city dwellers stay healthy, according to project leaders.

The first online survey is open through April 29. It consists of three parts, and according to our test run, takes precisely six minutes, as the Trails ATL website states.

Results from the survey—one of three planned this year—will be shared as part of Trails ATL public presentations in May and June.

The public input and planning forecast over the next year. Trails ATL

Trails ATL is sponsored by the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation as part of the Activate ATL Strategic Plan, with PATH contracted to provide organization. The public-input phase aims to learn from the Atlanta community what type of trails people want and where they should go.

A broader goal is to establish a detailed, 10-year implementation plan with projected costs and funding strategies, via a combination of local, state, and federal funds.

Another objective, which could be sweet music to the ears of ATL multi-use trail enthusiasts, is this: “Create a project conveyor belt where there is always a project in one phase of implementation: design, permitting, construction.”

What, dear readers, should be priority No. 1? And No. 2? And No. 3? 

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