John Von Hollen lives in a renovated building on Peachtree Street. He says before the shared spaces project began, it was not a good place for a walk.
“If you were on the sidewalk, you know you had cars and trucks and buses passing just within inches of where you were walking, often at very high speeds and so there and now here, they’ve done this great re-configuration,” said Von Hollen
Since June, the city has used temporary barriers to cut the number of traffic lanes in front of the Peachtree Center MARTA station in half, from two to four, from Ellis to Baker streets. Von Hollen says he and his girlfriend, Lauren Reinmann, recently dined street side on Peachtree, something that was previously unthinkable
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