Wednesday, July 22, 2009
News Atlanta traffic more hellish than usual tonight and this weekend
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:06 PM
of Chipper Jones will create traffic havoc tonight in Atlanta.
This weekend, the Georgia Department of Transportation will be setting beams for the new (yippie!) 17th Street off-ramp (boo!). That project will require the closure of several lanes on I-75/85 northbound. Here are the details:
Starting at 8 p.m., Friday, July 24, the three regular travel lanes to I-75 North will be closed through the weekend until 5 a.m., Monday, July 27. All northbound traffic on I-75 must use the HOV lane to continue north on I-75. The three lanes to I-85 North will be open, but traffic will be very congested. Northbound drivers just passing through Atlanta are strongly encouraged to use I-285 to avoid the congestion.
Emphasis added. The following weekend, GDOT will once again resurface the interstate near the downtown connector, turning it into a real-life version of "Everybody Hurts." That process will take 10 weekends to complete. The good news is that all of this activities, which are part of the 14th Street Bridge improvement project, will help GDOT finish the project ahead of schedule.
Do yourself a favor, if possible: Avoid interstate traffic this weekend and quite possibly for the rest of your life. Take local roads or I-285. Better yet, give transit a try. From the comforts of MARTA, you can laugh at the sea of gridlocked motorists. Citizens for Progressive Transit has a helpful online trip planner. You can also access a mobile version.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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RE: "From the comforts of MARTA, you can laugh at the sea of gridlocked motorists." It's especially fun on the North/South line between Lindbergh and Arts Center. You get to glide over the top of the cars stuck in traffic on I-85 and Buford Highway. I have to say -- I would have appreciated that AJC article more yesterday than today. I've already driven my car to work and I can't just leave it here overnight and take the train. If I'd known about the traffic yesterday I could have planned the day's commute accordingly.
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That means you could've used my post earlier as well. Sorry about that, Darin. I'll make it up to you and give you one (1) free trip on the CL catapult. It's the best way to travel, my friend.
Anyone who waited in this traffic going to either of these games deserves what they got. I grew up in Roswell and whenever my family went to games we always drove to the Doraville marta station and took the train. (north springs was not open yet) How can people be so stupid?
A CL catapult? Cool. That's both an innovative transit solution and a prudent use of federal stimulus dollars. It turned out that my reverse commute back to my Midtown home was not affected by traffic last night. Does anyone know if traffic did end up sucking on the interstate? Just wondering if the media warnings promoted MARTA usage.
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