Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. & Georgia Ave. — Approximate Streets Alive Event Route
Cars are getting locked out of a stretch of southwest Atlanta on Sunday as Atlanta Streets Alive returns to turn Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and Georgia Avenue into one long car-free festival. The free event runs from 2 to 6 p.m., connecting the Historic West End to Grant Park for an afternoon built for walking, biking, skating and dancing instead of driving.
The route temporarily transforms portions of those two streets into public space, according to Rough Draft Atlanta, with the Atlanta Department of Transportation organizing the event alongside Propel ATL and other community partners. Organizers are encouraging anyone headed to the event to walk, bike or take public transportation rather than drive in, since the corridor will be off-limits to vehicle traffic for the day. The route itself stitches together six southwest Atlanta neighborhoods — Historic West End, Westview, Adair Park, Pittsburgh, Mechanicsville and Summerhill — according to the same report…