ATLANTA TRAFFIC CONGESTION STUDIED

THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS UNDERTAKEN A MAJOR STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC CAN BE DIVERTED FROM ATLANTA'S DOWNTOWN EXPRESSWAYS TO PERIMETER ROUTES. SEVERAL PROPOSALS CONCERNING DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE STUDY, INCLUDING ONE THAT TRUCKS AND CARS USE DIFFERENT LANES. ANOTHER WOULD ESTABLISH A "QUALIFICATION FACTOR" THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT ALL VEHICLES MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM SPEED OF 40 M.P.H. STILL ANOTHER WOULD BAN SOME CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES---SUCH AS MOBILE HOMES, CRANES, AND OVERSIZED TRUCKS---FROM INTERSTATE ROUTES INSIDE THE INTERSTATE 285 PERIMETER ROUTE DURING RUSH HOURS. A TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS THAT THERE IS GENERAL CONSENSUS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE THAT A MINORITY OF THE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON ATLANTA'S INTERSTATES IS CAUSING A LARGE PORTION OF THE PROBLEMS. PROPOSED TOLLWAYS FOR THE ATLANTA AREA THAT SUPPOSEDLY WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONGESTION ARE BEING CHALLENGED IN THE COURTS, WHILE THE RECENTLY APPROVED RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IS SEVERAL YEARS FROM COMPLETION. /ARTICLE/

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• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11
• Serial:
  • Fleet Owner
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Primedia Business Magazines & Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1070-194X
  • Serial URL: http://www.fleetowner.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beltways; Bypasses; Expressways; Toll roads; Tolls; Traffic congestion; Traffic diversion; Urban areas; Urban highways
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226643
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1982 12:00AM