As part of its ongoing efforts under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) initiative, Athens-Clarke County is requesting citizens to help shape the future of road safety.
In response to growing worries about traffic-related injuries and fatalities, the county joined the SS4A project last year. The project, which is supported by a federal grant, aims to create policies that make streets safer for everyone, including transit users, cyclists, pedestrians, elderly people, kids, and those with mobility impairments.
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department reports that five persons have lost their lives in automobile accidents in Clarke County thus far in 2025. This year, there have already been over a thousand crashes throughout the entire county.
County officials are now requesting the public’s assistance in coming up with ideas. To find out what kinds of traffic calming measures they would want to see installed, residents are urged to fill out an online survey. Roundabouts, speed bumps, narrower lanes, and other design elements intended to reduce traffic and enhance safety are a few examples of these.
In order to determine which roads seemed the most unsafe, the county solicited feedback last fall. The upcoming planning stage will be guided in part by this fresh batch of input.
The survey may be found at www.accgov.com/safestreets and is available until August 3.
Emma Auer of WUGA helped with this report.
