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Propel ATL
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Transforming Atlanta's streets into safe, inclusive, thriving spaces for people to ride, walk, and roll 👟 🚲♿️🚏🚍🚇🚊🛴🛹
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Across five metro Atlanta counties, traffic violence took more lives than homicides—this stat, more than any other in Propel ATL’s “The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024,” caught the attention of local media outlets.
December 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Rebecca Serna, Propel ATL's executive director, was a guest on WXIA's 11Alive Plus on the morning of Dec. 10, speaking live to viewers about "The Human Cost of Mobility, 2024."
December 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Behind every memorial shoe is a life, a family, a story.
This week, we remember those taken too soon — and recommit to preventing future loss.

Atlanta Families for Safe Streets is rebuilding a survivor-led community.

Learn more → bit.ly/atlantafss
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In 2022, voters put their support and taxes behind Moving Atlanta Forward. Now, three years later, how much forward momentum have we really seen on sidewalks, safer street crossings, protected bike and scooter lanes, trails, street repairs, recreation facilities, and public safety infrastructure?
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Propel ATL + Families for Safe Streets = survivors and advocates working side-by-side for safer streets.

Together, we’re rebuilding the Atlanta chapter of AFSS — a place for healing, connection, and action for those impacted by traffic violence.

Learn more or join today → bit.ly/atlantafss
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Key findings: even after widening the scope to encompass a broader swath of the region, inequitable trends still hold from prior reports: more than 61 percent of all traffic fatalities occurred in predominantly Black neighborhoods, which represent 43 percent of all tracts.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
While prior editions initially focused only on the City of Atlanta, then, last year, the MARTA service area of Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton Counties, this edition widens its scope to encompass Metro Atlanta’s five core counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This edition's stories focus on three individuals—Allen London, Barry Collier, and Tom Duncan—who lost their lives to preventable traffic violence, a small sample of the hundreds more who have been lost.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This story map provides key geographic, demographic, and storytelling context for upward-trending Metro Atlanta traffic deaths, highlighting the human lives behind the statistics and providing recommendations for making our roads safer spaces for everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The Human Cost of Mobility: 2024,” a new story map from Propel ATL, reveals that, across five core Metro Atlanta counties in 2024, traffic crashes (425) took more lives than homicides (410).
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Announcement: Your gift can have DOUBLE the impact this #GivingTuesday!

Thanks to a generous group of donors, the next $4,000 we raise will be matched, dollar-for-dollar. Donate today to help us reach our $12,000 Giving Tuesday goal!
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last week we witnessed something truly special. While teaching bike safety/skills classes to students in the after-school program at Thomasville rec center, we learned that one of our instructors, Jimmy Tyler, had been the 4th-grade teacher of Caleb, a rec center staffer assisting with the class. 🚲💜
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Support Over Silence.

Healing starts when we speak — and no one should have to navigate loss or trauma alone.

Atlanta Families for Safe Streets is a space to be heard, supported, and connected with others who understand.

Learn more: www.letspropelatl.org/atlantafss
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Do you want to make Atlanta’s transportation systems work better for people? Are you committed to building streets that are safe, inclusive, and thriving spaces for people to walk, bike, roll, and ride transit? Propel ATL is hiring a Communications Manager!
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Please show up Thursday (6 p.m., William Walker Community Center, MARTA Bus No. 183) and make your voice heard.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Greenbriar Parkway is a Vision Zero Triple Threat—one of the most dangerous corridors in Atlanta for people walking, rolling, biking, or accessing transit. The community has said for years that Greenbriar Parkway feels unsafe. The data confirms it. The engineering confirms it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yesterday was World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, a global moment to honor people killed and injured in traffic crashes, and to stand with survivors and families forever changed by traffic violence.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We can turn “before” streets into “designed for people” streets.

The South Boulevard Safe Street project just broke ground—a huge step toward a safer, more accessible connection between neighborhoods in southeast Atlanta. Your support helps us push for more projects just like this across the city.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Also partnering with @planetreimagined.bsky.social we relished the opportunity to talk about the role sustainable transportation plays in climate action, and asked visitors to tell us with stickers how they got to the show.
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
On Wednesday, singer/actress Reneé Rapp brought her "Bite Me Tour" to Atlanta's State Farm Arena, and Propel ATL was invited to host a table in the Reverb Action Village that focused on climate.
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For those seeking ADA Access and bike valet*: Please head to the pavilion located across from the Connally Hotel and call security: (770) 829-7282. Once inside, walk halfway down the long hallway and look to the left,
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Participants aren't required to sing songs about transportation, but we still want to know your favorites! Leave a suggestion in the replies and we'll make sure the DJ has it cued up!

To get there, enter down the stairs by Peachtree Fountains Plaza and follow the signs.
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Karaoke with Candidates takes place TONIGHT, 7 pm, at Underground Atlanta! The final event of Our Streets, Our Future: 2025 Candidate Forum Series, this series-capper promises a fun time getting to know a different side of our candidates & office-holders. Pizza and beverages available for purchase.
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The goal of this project is to match design to the posted 25 mph speed limit while providing bike lanes and other mobility upgrades for everyone using this corridor, which passes through the Grant Park, Boulevard Heights, and Benteen Park neighborhoods.
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
After nearly a decade of determined, grassroots advocacy, a long-awaited project to make Boulevard SE a safer, more neighborhood-oriented thoroughfare kicks off this FRIDAY!

Please join us at the ATLDOT groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m., at the intersection of Boulevard SE and Hamilton Ave. SE.
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM