City of Decatur, GA Community Transportation Plan and Rapid HIA (2007)
Timeframe: November 2006 to November 2007
Sponsor/Client: City of Decatur, GA
Project Scale: city
Partners: Sycamore Consulting, Inc. & Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc.
Active Living through active travel is the call to action for the City of Decatur, GA. Decatur, a city of approximately 20,000 residents located in the largely auto-oriented Atlanta metropolitan area, has chosen to take a decidedly different course than many of its neighboring cities. It has embraced the principles and research surrounding active living to craft a Community Transportation Plan. CQGRD partnered with Sycamore Consulting, Inc. and Kimley Horn and Associates to help the City of Decatur develop a Community Transportation Plan to make Active Living a serious part of their transprotation system. The Plan was completed in fall 2007 and already Decatur has taken policy actions to achieve their goals. Foremost, Decatur has created a new Active Living Division within the Department of Community and Economic Development. The Division will combine traditional recreation programs with quality of life programs like environmental sustainability, alternative transportation planning and efforts to encourage an active living lifestyle in our community. The International City/County Management Association, with an interest in encouraging active live through better government management, has recognized Decatur’s pioneering work and is already committed to track the outcomes and community benefits of Decatur’s Active Living Division in a two-year study that will identify performance measures and best practices for other cities.
Final Reports
Latent Demand Score Analysis: For Bike and Pedestrian Travel in the City of
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