Call for Nominations: Golden Shoe Awards
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P  EDS' Golden Shoe Awards Celebration honors outstanding projects, places and people who have contributed significantly toward making metro Atlanta safer, more accessible and enjoyable for pedestrians.
We need your help identifying potential award winners. Projects for consideration must be completed or almost completed during the past 12 months or be part of an ongoing program. The nomination form is available online. Nominations must be received in PEDS' office by Friday, September 21.
Awardees will be recognized at our 13th annual Golden Shoe Awards Celebration. The event date and location will be announced soon.
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September 24 Designing for Pedestrian Safety Workshop
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 Designing Streets for Pedestrian Safety is a highly visual, hands-on workshop hosted by PEDS and customized for metro Atlanta. Topics include street connectivity, access management, road diets, complete streets, intersection design, access to transit, and the nuts and bolts of creating safe crossings.
Instructor Michael Ronkin is an internationally recognized expert on pedestrian facilities design and has presented training sessions in over 60 cities. Visit the event website for more information and to register.
Space is limited, so register soon. The deadline for early bird discounts is September 10.
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Buford Highway Pedestrian Road Safety Audit
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PEDS recently launched a project promoting increased use of safety tools the Federal Highway Administration has identified as "proven safety countermeasures." These include road diets, medians, median refuge islands, and driveway consolidation.  | |
Buford Highway has little car traffic, even at rush hour, which makes it a good candidate for a road diet.
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As part of this project, PEDS is conducting a Pedestrian Road Safety Audit on a 1.3 mile segment of Buford Highway from Afton Lane to Dering Circle in DeKalb County. A multi-disciplinary team will meet later this week to discuss stakeholder needs. On Buford Highway, signalized intersections are few and far between. And even these can be quite dangerous to cross.
"Cars are going that way and this way, if you don't have eyes in the back of your head you will be hit," a pedestrian crossing at Clairmont Road told us. "Cars will not slow down to let you go." The northern leg of the intersection is closed to pedestrians. As a result, people have to cross 18 lanes of high speed traffic, partly without a walk signal, to reach the other side of the street. PEDS thanks FHWA for the grant that helps enable us to encourage transportation agencies to make Georgia's high speed, multi-lane roads safer for people on foot. The FHWA grant expires September 3 0, so please help us maintain the momentum for Buford Highway safety improvements by making a special contribution to PEDS.
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Help make metro Atlanta walkable!
PEDS is a member-based advocacy group dedicated to
making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians.
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