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MY ‘AHA!’ MOMENT 1 BATTLING THE SUMMER SUN! THE TRAGEDY OF TRUCKING ACCIDENTS 2 THE HISTORY OF HOT DOGS AND BURGERS SPOTLIGHT ON MONTGOMERY FOODS CATERING 3 THE STATE OF TRAFFIC IN ATLANTA 4
WHY IS
Atlanta Traf fic
SO BAD?
TOO MANY DR I VERS , TOO FEW ALTERNAT I VES
Ask people what they love about Atlanta and you’ll get a laundry list of great qualities. The culture is vibrant and diverse. The weather is great. The city is growing. The food is delicious. But, ask them what they dislike about Atlanta and you’ll likely get the same answer over and over again: the traffic. By all accounts, Atlanta traffic is horrific and doesn’t seem to be getting any better. It’s enough to make you smack your steering wheel, throw your hands up, and ask “Why?” According to the 2017 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard, Atlanta has the eighth-worst traffic in the world, with the average driver spending 70 hours in traffic per year. If you drive in the city
often, you don’t need statistics and reports to know about the traffic dilemma.
serves too few neighborhoods. If you need to go from downtown to the airport, MARTA works great. However, using MARTA to travel to other locations throughout the city can be difficult. The Beltline is an awesome project, but will it get the mass transit component that’s been promised to residents? We can only keep our fingers crossed and hope. In the meantime, we just have to deal with the traffic. Don’t let it make you frustrated or think it’s an appropriate time to check your texts or take a selfie while you’re experiencing traffic delays. Highly congested roads lead to many accidents. If you are injured in a car accident, you can call Council & Associates, LLC for help.
The biggest reason for our traffic headaches is that our roads and highways simply aren’t equipped to deal with the number of drivers on the roads. To make matters worse, Atlanta is an extremely spread- out city so you probably have a serious commute to work. In some cities, you can avoid traffic most of the time. That’s just not the case here. The Atlanta government officials are trying desperately to improve things, but it probably won’t get much better anytime soon. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) currently
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