Her work provides excellent documentation about the city's need to repair the sidewalks and to come up with a new maintenance policy. Pat, Midtown President Jim Holbrooke, and PEDS President Sally Flocks met with newly elected councilmember Cathy Woolard to determine an action plan. Atlanta City Councilman Lee Morris has drafted legislation that would authorize the installation of raised crosswalks on neighborhood streets. Raised crosswalks look like flat-top speed humps, but extend the entire width of the street and are often long enough that all four wheels of a car would be on top of it at the same time. They control speed and provide increased visibility to pedestrians.
Nothing works better for school crossings.
Because raised crosswalks extend from curb to curb, they also simplify crossings for people using wheelchairs. Morris has asked the Public Works and Law departments to review the ordinance and provide input on request procedures and installation requirements. He expects to introduce it soon. The Institute of Transportation Engineers recently published new Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps, which are more flexible than the 1993 edition . The publication is intended as guidelines, not rules, and encourages engineers to use professional judgment when evaluating locations.