Atlanta has been making slow, steady progress as a biking city and now it’s ready for the next step, writes a top cycling advocate. The city is advertising for a “chief bicycle officer” to keep bike infrastructure on the radar and to help reduce traffic congestion. Also today, bicycling commuters share their rexperiences riding to work in Atlanta. In our third column, the chairman of the House transportation committee writes about long-term highway investment on the federal level as he meets with top Atlanta businesses.

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Michelle Obama visited Booker T. Washington High School as part of her “Reach Higher” campaign to increase the number of college graduates. The public high school in Atlanta has more than three times the students living in poverty and hundreds of open seats, writes guest contributor Raymond Pierce. (Bob Andres/AJC 2014)

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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