Braves exec: Take your bike to the new ballpark in Cobb
YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY
If you were to bike to see the Braves, your trip to SunTrust Park might not be as lengthy as you'd think. Then again, some of you might stick with other forms of transportation.
Distance from SunTrust Park to...
- Vinings -- 1.84 miles
- Smyrna -- 2.71 miles
- Dunwoody / Sandy Springs -- 5 miles
- Lenox Square Mall -- 6.02 miles
- Marietta -- 6.28 miles
- East Cobb -- 6.75 miles
- Brookhaven -- 7.29 miles
- Mableton -- 7.89 miles
- Roswell -- 10 miles
- Atlanta (downtown) -- 10.71 miles
- Kennesaw -- 12.49 miles
Source: Google Maps
Mike Plant, Braves executive vice president of business operations, said at a recent Kennesaw Business Association meeting that he encourages business owners and residents to “think outside of the box” and look into new transportation methods to the stadium, according to a report in the Marietta Daily Journal.
The paper quoted Plant as saying that he hopes local community improvement districts will consider extending their biking trails toward the stadium. “We’re working closely with the CIDs because we’re going to have a lot of bikers, and we want people to ride there, certainly on the weekends and take cars off the road,” Plant is quoted as saying in the MDJ.
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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.
