Meanwhile, as we mentioned final week, new cars proceed to get safer. Late fashions have higher airbags, extra driving assistants, warning lights and sounds, cameras, and sensors that every one ought to lower somebody’s margins for error. Newer vehicles are likely to have good infotainment dashboard programs that telephones usually can simply pair with to make a virtually seamless hands-free expertise.
There are quite a few auto insurance coverage reductions given for policyholders who take driving programs and behave correctly behind the wheel. And, in normal, we now have extra info and warnings at our fingertips than we ever have.
Rideshare firms like Uber and Lyft could also be having related labor points as different industries, however they nonetheless supply pretty well timed, easy methods for inebriated passengers to dispatch methods residence, versus driving drunk.
And but, simply as is the case with smoking, dietary habits and even gun safety, individuals nonetheless proceed to run the proverbial cease indicators and worsen freeway safety numbers. As a society, we’re completely micturating away the freeway safety positive factors that we ourselves have made.
Not lengthy after the hype and consciousness round Georgia’s distracted driving rules-revamp, telephones began popping again into arms extra usually. Drivers have since turn into even worse about attempting to cover their palmings of smartphones to make calls and sort messages.
Speed demons in 2021 are nonetheless having their method with site visitors, whether or not circumstances are heavy or not. And when a missile meets a wall with brute drive, the fallout is usually tragic.
But extra insidious than distracted and inebriated driving or reckless rushing and maneuvering is the selfishness that every one of us at the least considerably possess
That voice inside that tells somebody to pull race or to look down and dial that decision or to attempt to drive after staying via final name is identical murmur that creates a real-life RPG proper behind our eyes. That’s the human situation, it doesn’t matter what we inform others we consider. We are fallen due to our egos — due to our fixed prioritization of our personal wishes.
All that mentioned, think about how a lot worse these fatality numbers could be if we didn’t have the identical advancements in legal guidelines and know-how. Then think about how significantly better the numbers might be if we might simply take a breath to think about the fallout from our driving selfishness.
In this season and Christmas vacation of giving, one reward we might give to strangers round us that doesn’t value a penny, however doubtlessly gives a useful achieve, is the reward of placing their safety forward of our personal desires and vices. By doing that, we put all human lives first.
Doug Turnbull, the PM drive Skycopter anchor for Triple Team Traffic on 95.5 WSB, is the Gridlock Guy. He additionally hosts a site visitors podcast with Smilin’ Mark McKay on wsbradio.com. Contact him at Doug.Turnbull@cmg.com.
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Bartow County: Two left lanes of I-75 S below exit 296 are now open. Work continues on removing the damaged overpass. We anticipate all lanes open tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/57ihA8VObz
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Posted by Dunwoody Police Department on Thursday, December 2, 2021
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🚨 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚨
A single vehicle accident has taken out the lights and wires at Ashford Dunwoody Rd at I-285. The intersection is closed until further notice. No cars allowed north or southbound on ADR. pic.twitter.com/x3RymBW1lU
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⚠️TRAVEL ADVISORY 6:30a Dunwoody: Ashford Dunwoody Rd shut down over I-285. Wires down. Use Peachtree Dunwoody Rd or Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. #atltraffic @wsbradio #skycopter @wsbtv #captncam pic.twitter.com/yvVZcZ0Bbt
— Mark McKay (@mckayWSB) December 2, 2021
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And those gaps open the door for aggressive drivers to zoom in, over-react and over-correct in the night time, and then pile into the jams. As I dismount from the WSB Skycopter each evening, Mike Shields and Alex Williams happen on a sudden string of crashes late in the rush hour. A fair share of the wrecks on the WSB Jam Cam involve multiple cars jacked up and into the left median walls - right next to the fast lanes."},{"_id":"LK4OLW4Y2NFRNBQCSEX2VWZ6VE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638110485997},"type":"text","content":"We’ve just come off of an extremely busy Thanksgiving travel holiday and this phenomenon holds true in getaway traffic patterns, both day and night. Drivers from out of town are unfamiliar with the lay of Metro Atlanta. All drivers are encountering traffic in directions against the normal rush hour grains. Mix in the line of commercial freight trucks and the table is set for trouble to erupt with the wrong catalyst. 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The decks closest to Truist Park had, by far, the worst exit delays."},{"_id":"SBD57IC4UVFSXIATACKRKFQQ5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"And, of course, several complaints came in about the lack of mass transit getting to the Braves’ home field. Cobb voters have shot down MARTA multiple times over the decades. In the past, MARTA ran lines of shuttle buses between the Five Points Station and Turner Field."},{"_id":"6VYD7CIJW5HVRNMGDULYPZFEAU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Hunter said that developments like The Battery are what many venues envision, because of the extra revenue, for what entertainment districts do to stagger traffic flow, and how they give the property life in between big events. Turner Field and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium both lacked that allure."},{"_id":"IBSFAOGPX5AATCXEGH3MJYBKKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Turner Field also had 5,300 less sanctioned parking spots and 9,000 more in seating capacity than Truist Park, the team told the AJC in 2017. But Turner Field’s lots were all relatively close to it and there were also many private, satellite lots not included in that total. Parking at Truist Park is quite tricky and simply requires planning — and paying — more.The team should look to bolster the amount of shuttles (and maybe even some shuttle-only lanes) to the most distant lots."},{"_id":"MJ7DZ7Y24RENBDL6U6NYDERCSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Solving for the extra crush of playoff fans at Truist Park is also trickier, Hunter said, because planning far ahead for elimination series is just not possible. 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8:25am Update: Crash investigation is now clearing 5 hours after crash on I-285/wb (Inner loop) at Bouldercrest Rd (Exit 51) in DeKalb County. All lanes are reopening. @wsbtv @wsbradio #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/X1fiedRRpL
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Check This Out! Traffic is still being diverted due to a RED ALERT Crash Investigation on I-85/sb south of Riverdale Rd. (exit 71). All lanes are closed. Use Hwy 29. Stay w/@wsbradio @wsbtv for the newest. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/BlrrVnyYxb
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GRIDLOCK ALERT now with this Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-285/sb (Outer Loop) south of Paces Ferry Rd. (exit 18). Now, the left lanes are open, but extreme delays remain. Stay w/@wsbradio @wsbtv for updates. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/00IGUcop9t
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) November 9, 2021
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The notion of attracting another 40,000 people to the already-choked I-75/I-285 region sounded apocalyptic."},{"_id":"BFHRAYXG5RA6BEHQSBBLVT3NPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008444},"type":"text","content":"Turner Field and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium before it sat just to the southeast of the I-75/85 and I-20 interchange for almost 50 years. Game days, especially marquee weekend matchups, would tomahawk (pun intended) Downtown Connector traffic. But that was an enemy this city knew and could prepare for. Many that didn’t want to get stuck in that mess could just avoid Downtown Atlanta."},{"_id":"7VV3NOO6BBFBJGV6RUNJDR3RIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008445},"type":"text","content":"But exerting that same pressure on the growing and bustling Cobb Cloverleaf? From a traffic standpoint, that sounded about as absurd as the Braves being buyers at the end-of-July trade deadline this year. That traffic plan then? This broken team now?"},{"_id":"FJRN4Q6Q5VD2VHD3SLY2GH4HD4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008446},"type":"text","content":"Braves and Cobb DOT officials met multiple times with the media in 2016 and 2017 ahead of the then-named SunTrust Park’s inaugural season. They insisted that the network of roads and parking lots would function better than Turner Field’s had. They compared the Cobb County setup to a bicycle hub and spokes versus Turner Field’s focal point at the end of a funnel."},{"_id":"BV4FKNYHKJE3BGDFIUCI37UOBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008447},"type":"text","content":"The nucleus of Braves baseball on Hank Aaron Drive for decades did not efficiently interact with that traffic funnel. Traffic would clog up on Capitol Avenue (which APD switched to one-way before and after games) coming down from Piedmont. Vehicles would shimmy into the various lots neatly lining it. Most parking was just north of the stadium, the direction from which most fans traveled. And traffic would stack like Varsity onion rings on I-75/85/southbound, ramping to both MLK and the Fulton Street exit, respectively, just before and just after the busy I-20 ramps."},{"_id":"YVROK2NEDBF5PMI6SHVZUPOYHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008448},"type":"text","content":"Since there was very little in the way of entertainment around The Ted, people would generally arrive just before game time and then bolt as soon as the fat lady had sung. Some folks would tailgate, but there were no places to just hang out nearby. So traffic was miserable, but that was a misery that Atlantans knew."},{"_id":"IZF3B7ATJVDVPKJZVK5WQU2HRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008449},"type":"text","content":"At the time of Truist Park’s 2017 opening in Cobb, I-75′s Peach Pass Express Lanes were still under construction, so the region was both jammed and didn’t have the added capacity of the new lanes, which opened in the fall of 2018. The genesis of the Transform 285/400 was months away. The corridor was crazy-crowded. And people were up in arms that the Braves were ditching the City of Atlanta address and a stadium barely old enough to drink in favor of a new, shiny model in the suburbs. MARTA had a shuttle to Turner Field and Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. But Cobb County repeatedly had rejected MARTA over the years. 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This design, with parking borrowed from offices a bit further away and purpose-built lots right next to the stadium, could handle the big game days and not smother most other commuters on the busy freeways nearby."},{"_id":"TJDERDJRWRA5JE5X635DNOKSKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008452},"type":"text","content":"But the x-factor in this strategy was the reason that Liberty Media wanted to move: The Battery. Both Liberty and the previous Braves owners never could get a mixed-use development off the ground within the City of Atlanta. There are many factors to consider in that discussion, but the main point is that Cobb County, right or wrong, opened the door for the Braves and the team ended up building one of the most sought after hangout spots in Metro Atlanta. Fans wanting to eat and drink before games had a place to go. Others that didn’t have tickets but wanted to be a part of the buzz could now join in the fun. And they all could spend hours arriving and leaving in a staggered manner."},{"_id":"PDCNCFVZL5DSFI6TMN3PT47UCM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1636288008453},"type":"text","content":"These spaced-out arrivals and departures are what made the Braves’ playoff games a hosting-success at Truist Park. Sure, traffic crawled on the streets on the property. Yes, Cobb Parkway was stacked just before first pitch. But these jams were nothing like what we anticipated them being four years ago and were a far cry from what they would have been at Turner Field. Fans trickled into the Battery on Halloween weekend over eight-hour periods that Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 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But you have an advanced degree in your own drive."},{"_id":"HROOAXHOG5H7HNVBT4BKSFDGQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"With that said, several readers sent in some interesting questions and comments that deserve daylight and attention. As always, comments are edited for clarity and length."},{"_id":"7DWZI5YAX5HHRPA4LPC5NHEGIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Many people don’t realize that their tail lights don’t come on with just their driving lights. I’ve seen many incidents of people with auto-headlights thinking that turning on the headlights is not necessary, because they have driving lights. That is not the case, as the people in back of them can’t see them because they have no tail lights on."},{"_id":"6BA36D4FFZAS5LR7FIMXRCHVTA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"-Orlando E."},{"_id":"O6PR3GEGK5E75EZP3VHLVNBXFM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"If I were an engineer, I would come up [with this feature] for autos: lights that come on automatically when the windshield wipers are activated. Alas, I’m a retired editor and not an engineer."},{"_id":"J4YR4QLD45AW5FEWDEDEBODM4Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"-Susan M."},{"_id":"ELC2ZXIOBBBLLH3NKWRLRWJQIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Many people emailed in response to the recent column on driving with hazard lights in the rain and to others on similar subjects. Orlando, Susan, and several others all sang the same tune: Tail lights do not turn on when driving lights are on. In daylight, drivers need to override their auto-lights and turn on the headlights in the rain, so that both the front and rear lights are on."},{"_id":"R6PPUVILZVDU5C7Y2JCMYZEV7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"And Susan has a brilliant idea with lights being activated with wipers. If cars can self-drive, they certainly could have a wider spectrum of other automatic features."},{"_id":"KFH3F6O365DKJADLAE44ECO7IY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I was in Downtown Atlanta yesterday and I noticed that 3rd Street, which was one-way, is now two-way. 4th Street, which I think was also one-way, is also now two-way, and maybe some of the other numbered streets have been converted as well. I would have thought these changes might have gotten some press and might have even been covered in your column. Unless I missed it, I haven’t seen anything on this."},{"_id":"6RL3LNLPRNGMDMP22VQPTVENEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"-Richard S."},{"_id":"MKJR5F4OA5C6TN2GZCJC7KMNAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"First, on the coverage - changes on smaller streets like that are not necessarily headline-worthy, but the modifications matter to those that use them. Thanks to Richard, we’re reporting it now."},{"_id":"VT7SOBMHFJCSVFYVYAB7EPBTKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Atlanta DOT commissioner Josh Rowan (not to be confused with GDOT commissioner Russell McMurry) has insight on the conversions."},{"_id":"GP6W52344JAEZBJ5XK6ZOXEYLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Essentially, he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB, one-way streets came from a 1970s plan to move traffic more quickly on the grid pattern that Atlanta and most urban areas use. However, Rowan said, that “one-way system” is less safe, mainly because of wrong-way drivers and cars traveling at higher speeds on wider corridors. So Atlanta’s transportation plan calls for numerous conversions of one-ways to two-ways."},{"_id":"WMPXDPO7KFG7DLWGRW47ER5IEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Great question, Richard, and thanks to Rowan for the assist. I had to bother him again for another question on pothole markings."},{"_id":"2M7P7XKYZVEQ3JOSXTZHJ5SRVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I ride my bicycle through several neighborhoods in Atlanta and have encountered numerous potholes outlined in white paint. Some holes are highlighted by solid lines, others are dashed. My question is who is doing this, and is there a plan to fix them once highlighted? I’m not certain if this is a city project or neighbors warning others of potential danger to their vehicles. I’d appreciate any insight you can offer."},{"_id":"WODKVDMDPRGV3M2AHKS7IBJVRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"-Marshall B."},{"_id":"NCZHZQMNB5G25FZ5UNRESF3W7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Great question, Marshall."},{"_id":"EP2SKQU57NFH7IBCY4C7QDDUL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"While neighbors possibly are flagging road problems, Rowan says there is a method to the marking madness."},{"_id":"42Q5ENA5DRB2ZBLIR6T2K5B7ZM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"“Our inspectors will mark areas that need to be repaired. You will see the white paint for potholes, manhole adjustments, utility cuts, etc.,” Rowan said. So different markings signify different types of work. And, “When we get a 311 request, we will have an inspector on site within 72 hours to assess the situation.” Drivers should take note and dial 3-1-1 to report utility or road issues in the City of Atlanta."},{"_id":"4YV2GG6JV5HINDTTX3KORMVDYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I have driven stretches of South Fulton Parkway and on I-20 in East Georgia and have noticed these thin strips of cement that divide the medians. What are these? It looks like a sidewalk to nowhere!"},{"_id":"5MXUYM3NIJDXTH55TSFD2DC6MY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"-Jill N."},{"_id":"WK5YOKQVJVAJNPTVJCZFIZUF2Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I have never noticed this myself and certainly had no idea what these paved strips are. However, GDOT spokesperson Natalie Dale answered this for us almost as fast as Jorge Soler homered in Game One of the World Series last Tuesday."},{"_id":"MSJ6IUGGHBGWPJQPBHUV7IBOKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Dale said that the concrete in the medians sets the footings for those cable-barriers that the state installs for safety. These are most common on freeways or highways where there is no median wall and vehicles can easily cross the center-grass and hit oncoming ones head-on, at high-speed. The cable-barriers greatly decrease this risk."},{"_id":"PRTIE3EMCVENNKLFYV24LRYMAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Cable-barriers are on the way to these highway and freeway stretches. Dale’s gotten this question often and had that snappy answer, further justifying the “Nat Queen Cone” moniker I have given her."},{"_id":"YRWASCIQNBDA3P6NIWUPINL4YU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"We have gotten numerous questions about road fixes over the last few weeks and I usually forward those to the correct parties and try to respond individually when I hear back. Please reach out anytime you have comments, questions, complaints, or problems and the WSB Traffic Team and I will try and help. Thanks for writing-in and reading, truly."},{"_id":"37RXCAHNEFCSLPSDCQUMY3ESPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":"BIXXNQI43VBL3N4UN4GFHN7Y4I"},"type":"text","content":"Doug Turnbull, the PM drive Skycopter anchor for Triple Team Traffic on 95.5 WSB, is the Gridlock Guy. He also hosts a traffic podcast with Smilin’ Mark McKay on wsbradio.com. 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But parking lot wrecks and driving behavior are big problems and sometimes operate in accord with conditions on the streets."},{"_id":"JWAC23NZPRB6NIIBCKKPH24LJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371084},"type":"text","content":"Since cars in lots are not in traffic, drivers often operate with their guard down. Drivers sometimes use that time at a slow 5 mph roll to adjust a turn-by-turn app, set audio, finish a text or they just simply drive with little awareness. But parking lots are the most likely places for small — and sometimes terrible — crashes to occur."},{"_id":"QG6MF5AGT5BQBCIHER4G4RGHBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371085},"type":"text","content":"Blacktops and driveways have the least predictable traffic: Vehicles back up with little notice, shopping carts roll free, delivery trucks stop at curbs and pedestrians constantly traverse the rows. 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As Momo walked Stallz on the northbound sidewalk of Peachtree Blvd. in Chamblee, they prepared to cross the QuikTrip driveway at Pierce Dr. A vehicle preparing to leave the parking lot sat stopped in the driveway, waiting to turn right. When that driver saw a truck in the right lane begin a right turn into QT, she advanced, as Momo and Stallz were just crossing the plane of the front of her car."},{"_id":"VWBHS66SM5CUVJAPFFCKSQ34CQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371088},"type":"text","content":"At this point, awareness averted calamity. Had Momo taken for granted that the vehicle would remain stopped, she would have confidently marched forward. 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Both my wife and my dog — my buddies — could have been hurt… or worse."},{"_id":"HP2PJYR5PVAH7K2Q4GYOLGUZSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371091},"type":"text","content":"Even this near-miss had a lasting effect. Momo called me just beside herself as I drove to a series of important meetings. Stallz, already a hyper Belgian malinois, saw his energy and aggression levels peg. She didn’t want to walk on that stretch of road for several days and still, two weeks later, gets extremely worked up when telling that story."},{"_id":"HCFJES5PIZF65J42XVVCLT3NXM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371092},"type":"text","content":"Many drivers, including this writer, also take for granted that parking lots offer less chaos than roads. Our driving decisions as we move from streets to lots also matter greatly. When making left-hand turns across busy roads and into driveways, we may gas up faster than we should to try and beat oncoming traffic. When we do that, we assume the “hole” we are aiming for in the driveway or lot will remain open. However, disasters happen when an unexpected car or pedestrian fills that space. Now a fast, left-turning car has almost no time to adjust. And if that left-turning vehicle stops in the road, oncoming traffic may hit it. That, then, creates a traffic jam upon which us traffic anchors will actually report."},{"_id":"SACCJ2UQHVCLLDMDQPP52M4QPM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634921371093},"type":"text","content":"Mishaps multiply mishaps. That tragic equation plays out on the high speed freeways and with great, tragic consequence. But navigating parking lots and driveways also requires the attention that algebra does. 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WATCH: RED ALERT - I/285 shut down SB at Washington Road with truck crash fire - https://t.co/oCMVuZCPh6 #Fulton #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/gJV5cYaPp6
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Upgrade this to 🔴 GRIDLOCK ALERT East Point: I-285/sb (Outer Loop), three left lanes just re-opened at the 7:30 a.m. big rig crash scene. Right lane remains blocked. Jammed from I-20. Take I-20/eb to I-75/85/sb. #ATLtraffic https://t.co/2hvjWkI3bV pic.twitter.com/UzlmuckvTx
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Couldn’t they have done the rolling closure during the game? Maybe. But just as our 95.5 WSB crew had no exact idea when this four-hour-game would end, neither did anyone else. Crews also cannot pace traffic until everyone and every part is in place. And if they wait until too late in the evening, then the lane closures after the pacing could last past their normal 5 a.m. cutoff, thus affecting morning drive traffic. Causing rush hour delays just fills both the complaint box and the swear jar."},{"_id":"Q6A6YJ3YBFBHBGHAMRGPK37VDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634309148501},"type":"text","content":"Road work has to happen. Fans need to pack the stands for the pivotal NLCS games at Truist Park. And, as I write this (on a Thursday morning), the Braves home schedule for the MLB semi-final hasn’t been released. Expecting work crews to plan around every whim of the unpredictable game schedule is a tough task with so many moving parts."},{"_id":"3P5UUCIPBBA5ND2JJ344M7HBZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634309148502},"type":"text","content":"But perhaps the egress from the Braves’ stadium — whether a victory parade or a funeral march — should garner greater consideration from GDOT."},{"_id":"7H36B7IDJNEKVOKAKEUETZNFI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1634309148503},"type":"text","content":"Regardless, there is not much excuse for getting caught in this jam. Williams and the rest of WSB Triple Team Traffic go live, around the clock on 95.5 WSB with updates. We also send out push notifications and plot audio reports that fire, on-demand, when drivers running the Triple Team Traffic Alerts App drive near-enough to problems. 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TRAFFIC ALERT
I-285 Southbound between Paces Ferry and Atlanta Rds will be closed as crews clean up from a fully involved tour bus fire.There were no passengers on the bus when the fire happened. pic.twitter.com/qlAykML6BJ
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We are working a bus fire there are no occupants and the driver is out safely away from the fire. https://t.co/ua22Ne2zWu
— Cobb County Fire (@cobbcountyfire) October 13, 2021
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RED ALERT Buckhead: Crash investigation Ga-400/nb shut down since before 2 a.m. north of I-85. Sidney Marcus Blvd ramps to Ga-400/nb blocked. Use Buford Hwy or Piedmont as alternates. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/NfEnKUTV0P
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) October 8, 2021
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GDOT spokesperson Natalie Dale said their team’s estimates showed this stretch off I-285 would have been as miserable as many thought, if the closures had started this week."},{"_id":"ELTFB4SJBJHPRF73JNFGVIRMAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134033},"type":"text","content":"“Our models showed that under perfect conditions in rush hour — without any problems blocking lanes — the closures would have added at least 18 minutes in one direction,” Dale told the AJC and 95.5 WSB."},{"_id":"76KMET2TSZAXFFFI5UNVTIQRQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134034},"type":"text","content":"Dale expounded upon that to AJC’s ace transportation beat writer David Wickert, who has chronicled the sinews of this grand project’s timeline. “Any accident, any fender bender, any person cutting you off very quickly grows,” Dale told Wickert. “That becomes really destructive to the commute on 285.”"},{"_id":"Y4SOL3YZZRA3XLTRRACVI4V7OQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"CRSXW7GNBRFSRHEQOJ2UCAQQVA"},"type":"interstitial_link","content":"I-285/Ga. 400: Learn more about upcoming road construction that may affect your top-end commute","url":"https://www.ajc.com/atlanta-traffic/i-285ga-400-get-ready-for-colossal-traffic-james/UNB233T4DFF63KEDF5OHDPEACE/"},{"_id":"B5J426STHNBC3BPBDYTV7KLFLQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134036},"type":"text","content":"Shoulders are already narrow on the north side of I-285, sometimes nonexistent. And the current five lanes move at what Ron White would call the speed of smell when they are all open and incident-free. The already infinitesimal margin for error would vanish in a work zone with 40 percent less room. An area can only handle so much trauma."},{"_id":"LX6O6MRACFFIPLWIR7GTXUXK5Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134037},"type":"text","content":"Some drivers were going to have to find ways to go back to or continue remotely working. Others would take I-75 and I-85 into town and vice-versa to do the “Buckhead Bounce” around that segment of I-285, creating far more delays on those routes."},{"_id":"USIDBIU77ZHNFK4OORIF5HJSEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134038},"type":"text","content":"I-285 felt this same traffic effect during 2017′s I-85 bridge fire and collapse south of GA-400, which Atlanta handled remarkably well. But that lasted less than a month-and-a-half. Losing four of I-285′s ten lanes on either side of GA-400 would have gone for nine months under the current scenario, emanating a stress that Metro Atlanta’s highways might never have seen before."},{"_id":"6WMA2LALHVH5VKIIVA2JO2LGDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1633361134039},"type":"text","content":"The messaging has been consistent from the beginning of Transform 285/400 almost five years ago: deal with the stress now and get gratification later. The entire project is now set to finish by the end of 2022, meaning the double-lane-closures could potentially last a shorter six or seven months. But as Transform 285/400 finishes, more necessary I-285 and GA-400 projects get separately underway. 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GRIDLOCK ALERT DeKalb Co: All lanes of I-285/sb (Inner Loop) at East Ponce (Exit 40) are now OPEN but still jammed out of Dunwoody as delays try to improve. https://t.co/2hvjWkqrNl #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/B0aus848tN
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) September 21, 2021
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Up over the scene of this 🚨RED ALERT. I-285/sb (Inner Loop) remains shut at E. Ponce (Exit 40). 10-mile delays. Don’t go past Chamb Dun (Exit 30). Four big trucks. What’s left of a small car. Major cleanup. Heli ambulance just left. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/uoa5wEgT6V
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