A weeklong pop-up bike lane in Midtown was praised for its safety and criticized for causing more traffic congestion, city officials said, citing results from a survey they conducted.
About 73% of those surveyed said they felt safer taking the temporary bike lane, a westbound lane on 10th Street, said Cary Bearn, the city’s chief bicycle officer.
“You just don’t feel as safe if you’re sharing a lane with a big car, ” she said. “They’re big, heavy, and scary, and you’re just going to have to trust that they’re going to follow the law.
”The city created a bike lane pop-up back in October as part of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ $5 million plan to triple Atlanta’s network of protected lanes for bicycles and scooters by the end of 2021.
The plan, which was unveiled in September, will add eight miles of newly protected lanes and make other safety improvements to an additional 12 miles of roads.
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