"No-Cruising" Ordinance on Columns Drive
Last word: a blog posting on the single-file ordinance
Columns Drive in Cobb County is one of the most popular places to ride a bike in metro Atlanta, with wide bicycle-friendly shoulders. A "No Cruising Zone" targeting bicyclistswas proposed by a County Commissioner. It would have prohibited all vehicles, including bicycles, from circling the road more than two times in an hour.
This quote is from a letter sent from Cobb County.
"Additionally, the Board will soon hold public hearings regarding revisions to the Cobb County Codes, which may include a proposed "No Cruising Ordinance" on Columns Drive. Two public hearings are scheduled. The dates are Tuesday, January 23, 2007 and Tuesday, February 27, 2007. The hearings will begin promptly at 7:00 pm prior to the beginning of the regularly scheduled BOC meetings. The public hearings and BOC meetings will be held in the BOC Meeting Room, 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta, GA 30030."
If you live in Cobb County or use this road, please attend one of the two hearings being held for public comment.
Or send your comments by e-mail to Laraine Vance, Planning Division Manager, at lvance@cobbcounty.org.
Athletes upset over proposed anti-cruising measures
A proposed ordinance to limit traffic from cyclists, roller-bladers and inline skaters on Columns Drive has drawn applause from residents and ire from athletes who use the road as a training ground.
Click the following links to read some of the stories that have appeared in the Marietta Daily Journal - online edition.
http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/01/23/268/10245063.txt
http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/01/24/89/10245081.txt
http://www.mdjonline.com/articles/2007/01/24/96/10245102.txt
Click here for an article about the Columns Drive issue that appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constituttion on January 24, 2007.
This photo shows Columns Drive running along the Chattahoochee River past a dense collection of new homes.
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