tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post6511555108929448078..comments2024-03-20T11:21:16.856-04:00Comments on Heneghan’s Dunwoody Blog: A Bicycle and Pedestrian Friendly Vision for the City of DunwoodyJohn Heneghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046846808671417720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-88123845690635163872010-04-08T22:10:21.623-04:002010-04-08T22:10:21.623-04:00America’s Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities - None in Ge...<a href="http://www.bicycling.com/topbikefriendlycities/home.html" rel="nofollow">America’s Top 50 Bike-Friendly Cities - None in Georgia</a><br /> <br />There are many important things a city can do to gain our consideration for this list: segregated bike lanes, municipal bike racks and bike boulevards, to name a few. If you have those things in your town, cyclists probably have the ear of the local government—another key factor. To make our Top 50, a city must also support a vibrant and diverse bike culture, and it must have smart, savvy bike shops.John Heneghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046846808671417720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-56880049015742874292009-08-27T11:37:58.354-04:002009-08-27T11:37:58.354-04:00I suggest we look to the The Netherlands which has...I suggest we look to the The Netherlands which has amazing bike trails, an excellent public transit system and more to get an idea of how bike paths can be integrated to help move people from place to place safely and efficiently. Many people in this European country use bikes to get to work, school, the store and many other places and their bike paths are not just an adjunct on the side of the road, but are able to hold bicycle traffic going to and fro.Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760977140751067542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-15824392707894501322009-06-25T09:42:35.026-04:002009-06-25T09:42:35.026-04:00Thanks to our own Jim Redovian and the rest of the...Thanks to our own Jim Redovian and the rest of the DeKalb school board nearly no kids will ride their bikes to elementary school in three of Dunwoody's four elementary schools. DeKalb School System butchered our local neighborhood schools by refusing to rezone and yanked 4th and 5th graders from three neighborhood schools and sent them to the new 4th/5th grade Dunwoody Elementary school, miles from home for many. I used to see lots of walkers and bike riders at Austin. Not this upcoming fall. DeKalb may as well come over and pick up the bike racks as no parent will let a third grader ride alone (without big brother or big sis or a neighbor in 5th grader riding along). With this new 4/5 school in Dunwoody traffic will increase a lot. Bike riding will vanish nearly 90% for Austin, Vanderlyn, and Chesnut and parents with kids in one of these schools and the new 4/5 school will not have time to walk to their local school. I like the idea of more bikes and walking, but it will take a huge effort to offset the loss we suffered at the hands of Jim Redovian and the rest of the school board.DunwoodyTalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830017380253003870noreply@blogger.com