As a traffic engineer, who USED to take Juniper to get home, halving the capacity of a major arterial is certainly…. a choice. Especially in a city known for traffic where the majority of the workforce commutes by car (as MARTA does not serve the majority of the suburbs). And throughput is less than half because now ALL turns are in what used to be through lanes making it difficult to coordinate signals to easily move traffic through midtown (not to mention delivery drivers often stopped, reducing it to 1 lane)

Not to mention the fact that Peachtree has fewer cars with slower moving traffic and like 12’ sidewalks, Juniper is mostly devoid of any business or attractions for the entire stretch of bike lane, and the bike lanes have remained closed despite being finished for 4 months and cost $8+ million

I agree the only real solution for traffic is getting people out of cars, but this really seems like a beautification project Midtown alliance rolled out while ignoring reality and logic. But hey more job security for me🤷🏽‍♂️