As officials look for more ways to alleviate traffic congestion near the new Atlanta Braves stadium in Cobb County, Braves Vice President Mike Plant threw out another option this week.

Plant told the Kennesaw Business Association he’d like to see fans bike to the ballpark. The chairman of the Cumberland Community Improvement District, Tad Leithead, says that could someday be a reality.

There are already bicycle trails near the new stadium, but they don’t reach the ballpark. Leithead says he’d like to that see that change.

“The thought would be to provide bicycle trails from the north, south, east and west, so tying into the existing to trail system to the east and the existing trail system that is currently to the South on 41,” Leithead says.

He’d also like to see the trails be used by those walking to the ballpark, but before that can happen, more research is needed, Leithead says. He says the Cumberland CID might also seek involvement from the Gateway CID in Marietta.

“We’d have to study the feasibility; we’d have to study the costs; we’d have to analyze who our partners would be,” says Leithead. “Some of these trails are in the national parks, so we’d probably need the national park system.”

He says safety is also a consideration since the trails would cross areas with heavy traffic.