The Grant Park neighborhood is a neighborhood located eight minutes away from Georgia State University. Being so close to downtown Atlanta, it is expected to have real busy streets. However, that is not the case; the traffic flow in this neighborhood is real low. The street is a two-way street with four lanes in total. The last lanes on each side of the street are used for public parking. In this community, I did not see any alley ways while driving around, only side streets. Some of the streets are two-way streets and other streets are one-way streets only. There are crossing ways at each light, stop sign, and some in the middle of the street which of course have the “pedestrian crossing” sign. As of now, there are no biker lanes in this community but there are bikers. The bikers ride on both the sidewalks and the main roads. While walking around its sidewalks, I notice that the cars that were parked on the side of the road were small to mid-size cars. Most of the cars that I saw were Toyota, Audi, BMW, and Volkswagen. The brands that were named are all foreign automobile brands. Yes, Toyota is really popular in the United States, but that brand is not from here.

Here, you can see cars parked on both sides of the street along with two pedestrian crossings.

Toyota Prius

Yes, Toyota is really popular in the United States, but that brand is not from here. The most common Toyota that I saw in the Grant Park neighborhood was the Prius. The Prius is known to be really eco-friendly and it is also known for the large amount of jokes that it receives by car enthusiast and many other people as well. This Prius was a light coffee brown color with clear windows. The wheels appeared to be 15 or 16 inch wheels. In the back, the bottom glass piece had a black tint with clear rear tail lights.

Audi R3 Wagon

After the Toyota Prius, I spotted an Audi A3 Wagon around the 2007-2009 model. This Audi A3 was grey with 17 inch grey wheels. The windows of this car were clear with a black trim around them. The rear tail lights were red all around with a small white squared spot that turns on when the car is backed up.

Volkswagen Jetta Wagon

The Jetta from Volkswagen is a famous car that is efficient in every aspect. This particular Jetta that was spotted was the Jetta Wagon. The Jetta Wagon was a light coffee brown with dust covering the entire car. The wheels on this car were 17 or 18 inch wheels. As all of the other cars, this Jetta Wagon’s windows were all clear with a black trim around it. The tail lights were mostly red with a white line on the bottom that turn on when the car is backing up.

The cars that are found around the Grant Park community are small multi-purpose cars. These cars have enough room to put bikes inside. Since there are no bike lanes in this community, people have the option of putting their bikes away and use their cars instead. With a traffic flow that’s low however, bike riders are safe to ride their bikes. Thanks to low traffic flow, pedestrians can walk more confidently on the side walks while walking their dogs or even going for a jog. The traffic flow that the Grant Park community provides makes it an enjoyable experience for its citizens, pedestrians, bikers, and drivers.

All of the photographs that were used in this blog post were taken by Alexis M. Buenrostro.