I appreciate all the feedback on this issue & want to express my sympathy for Map Tester's recent accident. Hope you're ok. This just points out that it's not newbies who are taking it on the chin even on relatively new, well-kept tracks. My friend who broke his wrist rides that route every day and has been on a bike for a long, long time. My friend with the broken clavicle rode across the US and Europe a few years ago.

I don't think I'd ever ride a different route to GSU from Decatur; Dekalb seems just as safe as any on-street riding in Atlanta, and even better, it's a straight shot with plenty of shoulder space due to the reversible lane.

I'm angrier about the non-functional tracks at Airline than the East Lake tracks, though it's rather disturbing that the PATH project wouldn't have taken the East Lake tracks into account. A simple swoop in the paving plan like outlined above would have been really effective, I think.

I know little can be done about the functioning tracks, but there's no reason for the non-functioning ones to continue to jeopardize cyclists and the tires of our four-wheeled friends. These are really bad tracks. Maybe Map Tester can snap a picture.