2016 Bike Summit
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University hosted a one-day conference in April 2016 to explore how to make Atlanta a more bike-friendly community. The conference, titled “Unifying Atlanta Through Cycling,” focused on the potential of bicycling to improve the lives of Atlantans through increased physical activity, improved traffic safety, better air quality, and reduced noise and roadway congestion. It also explored the possibility of an expanded, improved and better integrated bike network to unify Atlanta.
Videos
Becky Katz, the city of Atlanta's chief bicycle officer, talks about how to unify Atlanta through better bicycling:
John Pucher, an internationally known expert in improving bicycling in cities and professor emeritus at Rutgers University, talks about how bicycling makes cities better:
Byron Rushing, bicycle and pedestrian planner for the Atlanta Regional Commission, talks about this commission's plan to make Atlanta more bikeable:
Neill Davis with MOBB ATL; Rebecca Serna, executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition; Dr. Roby Greenwald, assistant professor of environmental health at Georgia State; and Byron Rushing, bicycle and pedestrian planner for the Atlanta Regional Commission; discuss bicycling in Atlanta:
Local Bicycling Resources
• Atlanta Regional Commission Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
Cycling and Walking in the South
Presentation by John Pucher, Rutgers University, and Ralph Buehler, Virginia Tech
