• Width: two travel lanes in each direction east of Candler street, and one travel lane each direction to the west (plus occasional turn lanes).
• Speed limit: ?
• Typology/Classification: Urban (Decatur*); Minor Arterial (DeKalb**)
• Dangerous intersections*:
  • Candler: Sept 2023 Injury of a school crossing guard
  • Commerce. Nov 2023 Fatal injury of a teenager on the sidewalk.
  • Sams Crossing/S. Arcadia
• Development: Rapid development from Columbia through Sams Crossing into Avondale Estates (where it becomes N. Avondale Rd) since ~2018, and currently continuing in 2023-2024. This includes several large apartment buildings with ground-level retail, plus Talley Elementary school (2019) and Townhouses on Talley and New streets.
• Proposals:
  • the 2018 Decatur Community Transportation Plan recommended improvements at E. College and Sams Crossing (page 44),
  • GDOT road transformation proposal, with public open house expected in 2024.

*2018 Decatur Community Transportation Plan shows street typology in figure 4.3 and vehicular injuries in figures 3.2 and 3.3.

**2022 DeKalb Comprehensive Transportation Plan has functional classifications on pages 34 and 35.