The Cobb County Department of Transportation has completed its 15-month planning project the Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Plan which identifies where Cobb County can improve conditions for bicycling and walking and identify a strategy for investing in those improvements over time.
Bicycling and walking are important modes of transportation in Cobb County's future. Whether to help beat the high price of gas, to enjoy the benefits of physical exercise or just for fun, more and more people are seeking safe places to walk or bicycle in Cobb County.
The plan examines the need for physical infrastructure, including shared use paths, sidewalks, and on-street bike lanes. It also examines Cobb County's existing planning policies, ordinances, and development regulations to understand how these practices assist or impede bicycling or walking in Cobb County. A portion of the study is dedicated to developing a Safe Routes to School Program for Cobb County. This county-wide program provides individual Cobb County schools with a tool-kit to enable more students and parents to walk or bike to school safely from nearby neighborhoods.
In addition, the plan considers options for an extension of Cobb County's popular Silver Comet Trail toward the Chattahoochee River and a connection to Fulton County's trail system. Such a connection could be a link in a traiil of over 100 miles, stretching from Alabama to Stone Mountain. The plan develops three potential alignments for the trail extension and recommends a preferred alignment for more detailed development.
