Key city metrics
City of Atlanta Bicycle Infrastructure Mileage
| Bicycle Facility Type | Miles - Jan 2017 | Miles - Jan 2018 | Miles - Jan 2019 |
| Bike Lane | 43.5 | 46 | 47 |
| Buffered Bike Lane | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Multi-Use Path | 36 | 42 | 40* |
| Protected Bike Lane | 2.7 | 4 | 4 |
| Sharrows | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| Uphill Bike Lane/Downhill Sharrows | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Total | 104 | 116 | 118 |
Data provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Mobility Planning
*The figures presented in this report include corrections to calculation errors discovered in the City’s bicycle infrastructure data subsequent to the release of the 2017 report. Any inconsistencies between reports are due to those corrections.
Additional Resources
- City of Atlanta Bicycle Programs
- Cycle Atlanta Plans 1.0 and 2.0
- City of Atlanta Annual Bicycle Reports: 2017 & 2018
- Atlanta's Transportation Plan - City of Atlanta Comprehensive Transportation Plan (pending council adoption)
- Atlanta Regional Commission's Bike Walk Thrive plan
- More MARTA activities
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Goals from our 2017-2020 Strategic Plan
| Goal | Progress to date |
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The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition has 3,000 diverse and engaged individual members |
1,529 members; membership survey needed to assess diversity & engagement |
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All City of Atlanta residents live within 1/2 mile of the bikeway network |
According to research on our behalf by Alta Planning, this figure is currently 60% |
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Build 100 new miles of bike network, including 20 miles of protected bike lanes |
118 miles including 4 miles protected bike lanes |
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Increase percentage of people biking in the city of Atlanta by 15% annually |
2015: 0.7% of commutes are by bicycle alone |
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City of Atlanta allocates $2.5 million in the annual general fund line item to connect gaps, maintain, and improve the bikeway network |
Not included in City budget
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Bike share stations installed in Equitable Target Areas, as defined by the Atlanta Regional Commission |
2016: ABC, City, and partners create Bike Champions program to conduct community engagement around bike share 2017: 6 stations installed in West End 2018: TSPLOST approved $3M to add 500 bikes |
| City adopts goal that no one dies in traffic |
2015: Mayor Reed signed on to the "Mayors' Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets" 2018: Atlanta's Transportation Plan includes assessment of High Injury Network and calls for "Safer Streets" policy 2019: Reached 1,000+ signature goal on Safe Streets Pledge |
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Bike crashes with injury reduced by 25% annually |
Between 2014 and 2015 injury crashes fell by 16% (from 142 to 119) |
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Make rental housing on bikeway network more affordable by eliminating required car parking spaces for housing developments |