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Metro’s worst bottlenecks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Regional Commission wants to identify the most severe local traffic bottlenecks throughout the metro counties. Computer models and other techniques help at the macro level, but when it comes down to individual intersections, where bad signal timing or a particular lane configuration may be causing a regular backup, the ARC needs old-fashioned human input. Where do you think the worst spots are? Let us hear from you.
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By karen
December 15, 2006 12:41 PM | Link to this
Delk rd and I-75, I-75 and 285 interchange, 575 and I-75 merge lanes
By nmaynard
December 15, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this
Whitlock Avenue out of the square in Marietta heading up Dallas Highway in West Cobb at 5:00 a.m. any week day.
By Melinda
December 15, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this
The Square in McDonough, GA…
By AM
December 15, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
Anywhere around Gwinnett Place Mall area. Unpleasant Hell Road is the worst of the worst. If they removed half of the illegal immigrants they wouldn’t need to.
By Ethan
December 15, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
Look at Moreland Ave where it crosses over I-20. Arkwright Ave (Rd?) is on the north side of the bridge, and this light is always out of sync with the one for Memorial Drive. Seems like Arkwright doesn’t even need a light of its own. There’s never anyone there and the road doesn’t really go anywhere. Very frustrating.
Really, there are only a handful of ways over I-20 on the east side of town. Any way this could be smoothed out with traffic pattern changes would be a huge help.
By Doc
December 15, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this
Please look at the 675 south merge onto 75 south down to Hudson Bridge Road. It is an absolute nightmare every day.
By Dave
December 15, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this
West Cobb: - Dallas Highway @ John Ward going into Marietta.
- Dallas Highway to Barrett pkwy.
By rr
December 15, 2006 12:46 PM | Link to this
285 south bound to I-20 east bound, I-20 between 285 and Wesley Chapel
By Janet M. Fisher
December 15, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
Cambelton Ave. and Fairburn and also Cambelton Ave. all way to Campcreek Especially around 4:30 pm until 8:00 pm.
By Sasha
December 15, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
The entrance to 285 Westbound from Peachtree Industrial in the mornings. This backs up PIB to Winters Chapel.
By Loretta
December 15, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
I-285 South at I-20 West…Diesel trucks and cars trying to merge get onto I-20. They have one lane that leads to I-20 but they block two lanes trying to merge over and get to the head of the line. The rest of us have to try to squeeze by to continue on I-285 in the remaining two lanes.)
I-285 South at Cascade Road (Exit 7)…the traffic light at the exit ramp only stays green for 49 seconds, then red for nearly four minutes. Traffic backs up for over a mile onto I-285. With all the rubberneckers and people trying to prevent accidents, drivers only have two lanes to pass by. I’ve reported the 285-Cascade traffic light problems several times, but the only thing the City does is send cops to give us tickets.
By Me
December 15, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
Along 316 at Collins Hill Road and Hwy 20. During morning and evening rush hour.
By Annoyed driver
December 15, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this
ANYWHERE along GA Highway 20 between Cumming & the Mall of GA (Anytime of day); Peachtree Industrial all through Duluth (time the lights please). Duluth’s lights are not timed, you barely get through one, and you are stopping at the next. Traffic is horrible from Sugarloaf all the way down to Norcross. The light at 120 (Duluth Highway/Abbots bridge) holds too long for traffic coming down from Suwanee, which causes a back up all the way to Roger’s Bridge. Then again, the light at PIB and Pleasanthill holds for 2 minutes, then is green for 45 seconds. I don’t get it all the traffic is going that way, why can’t we have a longer light?
By Kevin Moffitt
December 15, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this
GA 316, from Collins Hill to Ga 20; generally afternoons during week
By Jeff
December 15, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
Piedmont and Monroe. Terrible intersection that always backs up.The left turn lane on Piedmont heading south is horrible. Things become even worse during deliveries at Smyths Bar.
By Gregor
December 15, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this
400/I85/Sydney Marcus interchange!
By Nate
December 15, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
northern arc of i-285 from the Cobb Clover leaf to Spaghetti Junction and down to hwy 78
By JP
December 15, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
The Hwy 78 and Senic Hwy intersection in Snellville and Hwy 78 and I-285 junction. Getting worse everyday. Hurry up and do somthing about it.
By Another annoyed driver
December 15, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
I-75N from Jodeco to 675 in the mornings, and I-75S from SR138 thru the 675 merge to Jodeco Rd EVERY afternoon. Also Exit 212 from either direction to the Tanger Outlet on Bill Gardner Pkwy. down in the Grove…
By Rival
December 15, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
Henry County:
Eagles’ Landing Parkway between I-75 and Hwy 42. They added the bridge at I-75, which was great, but the 3-lane road knocks down to 1 lane in each direction in less than a mile.
Also, Hwy 138 & Hwy 155. Can we get a traffic light there? I can’t believe the intersection of two state roads is served by a stop sign!
By bob
December 15, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this
the entire metro area is a bottleneck because stupid southerners can’t merge!!
By Stefan
December 15, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this
Yes, Delk and i-75 is bad, but what about Windy Hill and i-75? That stupid light never stays green long enough for people coming off 75 north, even though you basically have people coming off 285 too. Even at 8 pm on a Monday you can sometimes sit through 3 cycles before you can turn. This is probably why panhandlers like it so much.
Ditto for 285 and Roswell Road. And they’ve already said that they can’t really do much about it, so now they’re going to plant flowers there??? Yay - flowers! At least now anyone who hates flowers won’t be driving through there. Nice work, GADOT!
Other terrible bottlenecks:
Brookwood Interchange (the downtown connector in general).
Williams Street coming on to the connector in the evening.
Holcomb Bridge Road - in its entirety.
Howell Mill Road between 75 and Chattahoochee Ave. (now that the new Wal-Mart plaza is there, they took a bad situation and made it worse).
I’m sure I can think of plenty of others.
By Robin
December 15, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
575 merge into 75 South
575 merge into Barrett Parkway
Barret Parkway altogether
Hwy 20 at 400 in Cumming
Hwy 20 from Cumming to Suwanee Dam Road
Suwanee Dam Road at Hwy 20 - usually have to sit through the stop light 5 or more times before getting through.
575 S at Woodstock - HWY 92
By Matt
December 15, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
In afternoon traffic the worst spot to be in is either 400 North outside of Atlanta or even worse 285 East before you get to 85 North. 285 Is clogged with all the people trying to get on 85 North and get to Gwinett County. So if you are trying to get to the Northeast part of town you have all the Gwinett people waiting in line to get on 85.
By Lori Tate
December 15, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this
I75 at I675. It is a nightmare that backs traffic up all the way to Mt. Zion. We really need more lanes on 75 going North and South through Henry county. 3 Lanes just doesn’t cut it anymore.
By Chad
December 15, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
75 Southbound exit onto WestPaces. The light only lets one car turn left at a time and cars are always backed out onto 75 in the morning.
By Rob
December 15, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
285 to 75 north in Cobb county. Also the entire eastbound 285/400 area.
By Johnny C.
December 15, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
Take a peek up or down GA. 400 anytime of the morning or afternoon. I can’t understand why the only road in Georgia that collects money is the smallest main artery we have in Metro. Please widen all the way to Dawson county.
By John
December 15, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
It is very difficult to decide the worst bottleneck in Atlanta because that is all Atlanta is. Recently, I had flown to JFK in New York City, traveled on the shuttle across town to Grand Central Station and then rode on the train until I was 75 miles north of the city. The time it took me to go from JFK to upstate NY is about a half hour longer than the trip I take from the Atlanta airport to Woodstock, 40 miles away. It is sad and pathetic that I can get around a metro area 8 times the size of Atlanta than I can anywhere here.
By Lori Tate
December 15, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
Eagle’s Landing Pkwy including the East Lake ext. all the way to I75. It takes me 15 minutes to go 2 miles. The extension allows for extra traffic to go down the Pkwy, but the road doesn’t.
By Linda
December 15, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
I75S from Hwy 138 to Hudson Bridge Road
By anita
December 15, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
Hugh Howell at Mountain Industrial and also LaVista at 285
By HowHardCanItBe
December 15, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
Gwinnett Co- Peachtree Industrial Blvd @ Hwy 120 in Duluth: every week day morning and afternoon.
Peachtree Industrial Blvd @ McGinnis Ferry Rd: some mornings, but every afternoon
By edgeorgian
December 15, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this
Anywhere Atlanta drivers are asked to merge onto or off of an interstate or state highway. Anywhere the downtown connector has a change of direction (i.e. the Grady Curve), which caused Atlanta drivers to fear firery death if they take the curve at anything more than 26 mph. Anywhere on 285 where drivers may be facing a rising or setting sun, since apparently it is poor form to wear sunglasses while driving in Atlanta. Anywhere two roads with at least a modicum of traffic intersect in the metro area. In short, anywhere where idiots drive in Atlanta—everywhere.
By Christiesells.com
December 15, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this
N. Druid Hills Rd. between Briarcliff and Lavista is horrible durin rush hour. takes 20 minutes to get through there and it’s less than a mile.
By Another annoyed driver
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Peeksville Rd. turning on SR42 in Locust Grove EVERY morning, and SR42 turning left onto Peeksville in the afternoons. Waiting to turn left backs up traffic on 42 and Bill Gardner. And forget about it when the trains come thru…
By Doug
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
I-75 between the I-575 merge and Wade Green Rd. in Kennesaw is complete sludge in the morning and afternoon commute. It’s a combination of Cobb Police speed traps that have everyone tapping the brakes and poorly placed exit/entrance ramps.
Cobb Parkway at Kennesaw-Due West Rd., near McCollum Airport, is equally awful.
By Cindi
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
McGinnis Ferry at Peachtree Industrial! I live right near that intersection and it takes me 1 hour to go 10 miles to work at McFarland and 400.
By Gwinnetian
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
From I85 and Jimmy Carter Blvd going North through 316 in the evenings.
By Stupid Yankees
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Let’s see…from Canton to Eagle’s Landing North to South, and Carroll County to Conyers West to East.
Hey Bob, if you don’t like Southerners, go back up North where you can freeze your butt off in the snowdrifts.
By Tjb
December 15, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Here’s a list of some places to start looking in Cobb. Cobb Parkway from Barrett Parkway to SR 92; Barrett Parkway @ Old 41 and Stilesboro Rd. Dallas Highway at Barrett Pkwy, Whitlock Ave to Dallas Highway, Barrett Parkway @ Cobb Place, Chastain Rd at I-75, All of Stilesboro Rd east and west of Barrett Parkway; Mars Hill Rd @ Cobb Parkway; Powder Springs Rd @ Macland, Powder Springs Rd @ Cheatham Hill, Cobb Parkway @ Allgood, Windy Hill @I-75, etc, etc, etc.
By Raquel Johnson
December 15, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
The worst traffic situations that should be addressed are the exit ramp on Moreland after geeting off 20 headed west bound. You have traffic coming both north and south on moreland and it is often difficult to make a left turn on to Moreland avenue form the exit. The wait to do so is often longer than 5 minutes unless a driver is being kind but that is usually for one lane not the other. There needs to be a traffic light there for turns. Another issue is vey few lights on flat shoals pkwy. There is not enough adequate lighting on that road when it gets dark.
By anita
December 15, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
also: Stone Mtn Freeway 78, at the West Park Place exit——people cut in from BOTH sides all the time! I try not to let the selfish bastards….
By LovelyLibra, Atlanta
December 15, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
In the morning I-20 West from Turner Hill, Evans Mill, Panola Road, Westley Chapel on to I-285. Horrible! In the afternoon I-20 West at I-285, Westley Chapel, Panola Road. To help allieviate the congestion how about extending the HOV lanes in both I-20 directions. (Begining and ending at Turner Hill Road.) On I-20 West at Evans Mill the merge lane is about 2 miles long, that should be shortened and better utilized as a true lane for traffic. What were the engineers thinking? I am sure others that ride this route to and from Atlanta will agree.
By wlossc_57
December 15, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
Panola Road @ I-20
By scott madigan
December 15, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this
All are nightmares…..
By Bubba Grump
December 15, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this
Abernathy Road between Johnson Ferry and Roswell Road is a nightmare. Also, I-285 at Peachtree Industrial in both directions is bad.
By BL
December 15, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Things wouldn’t be so bad if the stoplights were synchronized. That’s the cause of a lot of traffic issues.
By RK
December 15, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Sandy Springs, where anything goes from two to one lanes, and maybe back to two, such as Mt Vernon Hwy east towards Ashford Dunwoody, Johnsons Ferry west at Sandy Springs Circle, and Abernathy west after Roswell. These are easily remedied, too.
By KC
December 15, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Collier Rd @ Northside Drive and Collier Rd @ Peachtree Rd. Volume generated by traffic going to and from Piedmont Hospital gridlocks Northside Drive and Collier Rd during hospital shift changes.
Need a transit alternative to get people from all outlying counties and City of Atlanta to the hospital in a different mode of transportation.
By lou
December 15, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
The ARC is now taking your comments at transportation@atlantaregional.com. Come on Henry Countians, Make some noise!
By Amy
December 15, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Hwy 120 (Abbotts Bridge) between Jones Bridge and I-85. Horrendous.
PIB North
Old Alabama and Medlock Bridge - time the lights on Medlock
Medlock Southbound - again - time the lights.
By Robin
December 15, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this
Another horrible one is Eagle’s Landing off 75. THat is wretched!
By anita
December 15, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this
to Stupid Yankees. I am a Yankee and can drive anywhere in any conditions. HOWEVER, southerners can’t drive in snow, rain, fog whether its sunny, foggy, cloudy or night. Its all DRAMA for them.
By rob
December 15, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this
stick a pin in the middle of an atlanta map, tie a string to it, and unravel it until you hit Athens, then, tie a pen to it, and draw a circle around the area. thats where the problem lies!!!
By Brooklyn Transplant
December 15, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this
ALL OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITHIN THE CITY OF ATLANTA NEED TO BE SYNCHED. IT IS THE MOST NERVE WRACKING THING IN THE HEIGHT OF RUSH HOUR TO GET A GREEN LIGHT ONLY TO BE STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT ONE BLOCK DOWN.
By suzanne
December 15, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this
Bolton Rd between Moores Mill and S. Cobb Dr
Moores Mill between Bolton Rd and 75 in both directions, there is a desperate need for left turn lanes at Peachtree Battle and W. Wesley!!
By Commuternist
December 15, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this
Howell Mill from the WalMart to Chattahoochee. Williams St entrance on to 75/85.
By Koz
December 15, 2006 01:11 PM | Link to this
It’s gotta be I-75 @ I-675 - Both sides and all times of the day. You can forget using those roads on Holiday Weekends.
By Robin
December 15, 2006 01:12 PM | Link to this
Hey Bob,
If you live here, then aren’t you a stupid southerner yourself??
Go back from the rock you crawled out from under, and leave us native southerners alone!
We wouldn’t have near the traffic problems without the pompous, self inflated, egotistical newcomers, like you!
So - Hit the road jack(aka bob), and don’t you come back, no more, no more, no more, no more.
Hit the road jack, and don’t you come back no more!
By JoeyD
December 15, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
The area bordered by Dalton, Athens, Macon, and the Alabama border…
By J.B.
December 15, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
Howell Hell Rd. and I-75 area!!!!!!!!!
By Keith Osbon
December 15, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
Up and down Peachtree Industrial is definitely due to poor timing on the lights. From McGinnis Ferry all the way down to Norcross could be fixed by making PIB the priority.
Same with 316 in the GA 20/ Collins Hill Road area, this is preventable now.
By Brooklyn Transplant
December 15, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
ALSO NO DELIVERY TRUCKS SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON HEAVILY TRAVELED CITY STREETS FROM 7A - 9A. THEY HOLD UP TRAFFIC BY STOPPING IN STREET TO UNLOAD, BLOCK INTERSECTIONS, TRYING TO MAKE FAST TURNS ON RED LIGHTS ETC.
By markscottmusic.com
December 15, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this
Ethan is totally right about Arkwrite Ave where Moreland crosses I-20. That messed up light causes traffic sometimes to back up all the way to Wylie. TAking out that light or syncing it up better with the one at Moreland and Memorial (and they’re less than 20 yard apart… so the light at Arkwrite is totally unnessesary) would help a lot.
The other bad place are all the entrances to 75/85 south right downtown between the Congress Center exit and the I-20 exit lanes — there’s an on-ramp to the highway like every 100 yards or so. You’ve got hundreds of people getting on the highway there, and they have to get into the I-20 on-ramps to do it, but they all really want to be on 75/85 south so they’re trying to cross through like 3 lanes of traffic to get into the 75/85 lanes. Meanwhile, everyone wanting to get on I-20 gets bogged down with all these cars trying to cross all those lanes of traffic and traffic backs up to the split. I bet closing some of those on-ramps to 75/85 downtown would actually make this situation better.
By Christine
December 15, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this
Lenox Rd. past the mall going toward Buford Hwy.
By Da Kimmer Sux
December 15, 2006 01:16 PM | Link to this
Peachtree Parkway (141) going north right before the Forsyth County line. Ptree Pkway goes from 3 lanes to 1 lane. Folks cut through the parking lot of a supermarket to avoid the backup and pour out onto 141 from a side road. It can take 30-45 mins just to go a mile or so. Once the traffic has merged it picks back up to 35-40 mph but getting to the merge is like just wicked :(
By M. L.
December 15, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
75/85 South at the I-20 Interchange. Wrecks just waiting to happen there. Cars merging in on the right from an entrance ramp that becomes an exit only lane and they have to cross over the 2 additional exit only lanes for I-20 if they want to get onto 75/85 South. In the meantime, you have cars from 75/85 South crossing over to get onto I-20 from your left side. If you are stupid enough to get into the correct lane to exit for either I-20 East or West after Freedom Pkwy you run the risk of being hit from both your right and left side. Who was the genius that designed that part of the interstate?
By Keith
December 15, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
EVERYWHERE! 575, 75, 285, 85, 316 just to name a few
By Bri
December 15, 2006 01:22 PM | Link to this
Getting from NE Metro (Duluth, Suwannee) to NW, Central Metro (Alpharetta, Roswell, Marietta).
120 and McGinnis Ferry don’t cut it!
By Big Daddy in D'ville
December 15, 2006 01:22 PM | Link to this
285 WEST BETWEEN RIVERDALE ROAD AND I-85 NORTH
By Mark
December 15, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this
I-20 West at the I-75/85 North & South Split.
By DBB
December 15, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
OVER THERE!
By DOGGEDOUT
December 15, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
MALFUNCTION JUNCTION … It should be listed as a … major crime … that our governor and lawmakers have allowed this … ‘BOTTLENECK’ … get out of control.
Traffic approching … MALFUNCTION JUNCTION … are allowed to clog … lanes … in an attempt to cut in front of traffic … to use the exit for 85 North … etc.
It’s pethetic how this highway leading to … MALFUNCTION JUNCTION … has been allowed to create havoc for those who are trying to bi-pass — “MALFUNCTION JUNCTION”…
MAYBE IT’S TIME TO USE SOME TUNNELS IN ATLANTA.
By Nikki B
December 15, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
My issues are: I-285 and Flat Shoals Pkwy
1-20 West and Moreland Exiting North
By Jim
December 15, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this
For “Bob”, who states that southerners can’t drive or merge: PLEASE go home and take the rest of your litter with you… Then traffic will be much better.
By DS
December 15, 2006 01:30 PM | Link to this
How about anywhere in Gwinnet County? Gheez, any major hwy has a traffic light every 1/4 mile.
Why not make developers of shopping centers build access roads to them, instead of dumping directly on to major highways, requiring traffic lights that screw-up traffic even more!
How about neighborhoods with thru streets, instead of dead ends. If a developer doesn’t want to do that, then make them pay an impact fee (or higher one if they already exist).
And build primary schools in neighborhoods, not along major highways, keeping the school traffic local and off the major highways.
And finally, an extra lane on 400 between exits 12 and 13…and widen McGinnis Ferry Rd from McFarland to P’Tree Industrial.
By Stefan
December 15, 2006 01:30 PM | Link to this
Can’t we have ANY kind of productive forum on these blogs without some low-breed jackoffs turning it into a north vs. south flame session??? What the hell is wrong with you people?
By LovelyLibra, Atlanta
December 15, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
Ditto edgeorgian and Anita! A native Atlantan once stated to me “We used to have just one Stop Sign in my town, now we have all these lights and stops signs and it’s just too much to deal with.” That and lack of courteous drivers who refuse to use their signal light (because with one stop sign and no lights there was no need to), or those who will not allow you to merge into the lane, those who cannot drive in the rain, sleet, sun or light snow, and not to mention the drivers that are sight seeing (if there are any flashing lights traffic become bumper to bumper). All of this, in addition to the misaligned signal lights, not enough lanes add to the problem of unnecessary congestion in Atlanta.
By annoyed driver
December 15, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
In summary THE ENTIRE METRO ALTANTA AREA, Cobb county, Gwinnett County, DeKalb County, etc. You cannot go anywhere any time of day without hitting traffic. Plus remember we have alot of illegals, and my guess is they have no idea the rules of the road, nor can they read the signs.
And one more thing, what ever happened to “Slow traffic keep right”? I am so sick of getting behind people who do 5 mph LESS than the speed limit, and ride side by side with the car next to them. I want to pass!!!!!
By arthur
December 15, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
Where do you think the worst spots are?
i think it is where the traffic is backed-up the most. (dumb question)
By ricky
December 15, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
If they would just adjust the timing of the redlights on any given street so traffic would flow and not “stop and go”, then traffic would be a lot less of a headache.
By Bubba Grump
December 15, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this
If ALL work vehicles were banned from the two left lanes that would help all of the interstate highways greatly. I have been stuck behind work vans with ladders (and Mexicans)tied on top doing 50 miles an hour way too many times. It would also cut down on the number of ladders and other debris in the roadway. This is specially true on I-285 in the Buford Highway area.
By commuter
December 15, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this
Pleasant Hill Road between the River and I-85
By Shawn Harris
December 15, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
Powder Springs Road between Hurt Road and County Services Road. ESPECIALLY AT THE LIGHT AT MACLAND ROAD, and then it bottles up again at MARIETTA SQUARE. Oh my!
By Kel
December 15, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
North Cobb County needs MAJOR traffic help!!! North of 575, I-75 has three lanes. THREE LANES! HELLO?! That area has grown over 4 times in size and we still have three lanes? “Gee, I wonder why we have so much traffic.” DUH! Oh and would it kill someone to time the lights properly on Barrett Parkway? Apparently, it would. Beware people, we’re in the hands on engineers.
By My foot is Numb
December 15, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
McGinnis Ferry Road and Rte 141.. the stop lights are out of sinc and it can take 4 or 5 tries to get through this one intersection (thus the numb foot from holding the brake)
I-285 and Roswell Road…. everything about this intersection is a nightmare
*Windward Pkwy and GA 400… lights are not in sinc and there’s a such a back up on Windward going eastbound that exiting 400 Northbound onto Windward can be dangerous.
By wdn
December 15, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
75 north from 285 to Barret Parkway. Why do the HOV lanes only start once they are no longer needed, and end just where they are needed. Whho wants to carpool or ride the bus if you still do not get to work any quicker. HOV lanes are not the ultimate answer to our traffic woes, but they do help if placed where they are actually needed.
By Mike
December 15, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
Wade Green and Jiles Road off of I75.
By Debra
December 15, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this
Morning commute -I-20 between Evans Mills and Wesley Chapel.
Evening Communte - I-20 East bound Candler Road to Panola Road.
By Scott
December 15, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
I-75 at I-675 is a nightmare every afternoon. We need more than 3 lanes to keep it from backing up for miles and miles.
By Ralphie
December 15, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
Inside and outside I-285.
By Hector Buitrago
December 15, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
This is a good opportunity for the planners to take in consideration the traffic lights sincronization. This element is very important and has been tested in major cities all over the world. This is a preliminary solution for traffic congestion and bottle neck. Developers of the Atomic clock have been develop this software and has pass the test. Also, you will need to take in consideration the corrective action with the authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies to act more efficient and coordination to avoind interruption of the traffic flow.
By DAG
December 15, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
Good heavens folks, do we need to put it in writing where roads bottle neck? GA 400 What do they do with the toll $$$ they collect. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out. Heck all of Atlanta is one big bottle neck!!
By Cassie
December 15, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
GA-13(Buford Hwy). Traffic often backs up onto 85 South during rush hour. It is only two lanes and everyone seems to be exiting back onto 85. Once I get past that ramp there is no traffic from there up to the Peachtree Street ramps.
By Reggie L
December 15, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this
Try leaving Piedmont Center around 5PM to get on GA 400 to go through downtown. It takes 30 minutes just to get on a gridlocked 400. Terrible engineering…absolutely terrible!!!!!!
By Widget Dude
December 15, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this
I-75 Southbound at 675 merge. Easily corrected if D.O.T. would explain to people to stay in their lanes until after the merge area…many in the 3 lanes southbound see Merge signs for 675 traffic and think that it means the I-75 three lanes heading southbound. And….yes.. McDonough Square… synchronize your lights gang so the rear of my vehicle won’t be sticking out while waiting for the light 20 feet ahead that just turned red.
By Kel
December 15, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
Could we PLEASE get rid if the HOV lanes. The only people I EVER see using them only have one person in their car anyway. Why not open them up to all commuters? One extra lane could be helpful. Not to mention, PLEASE leave the cops with their radar guns at their desks during rush hour traffic. This morning I actually saw a cop “clocking” traffic and it was running 40 MPH. Are you kidding me? And here’s the kicker …people were slamming on their brakes. (shaking my head)
By MW
December 15, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
North Druid Hills @ Briarcliff
By SB
December 15, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
Intersection of Howell Mill Road and Chattahoochee Avenue is terrible at rush hour and lunch, and not that great any other time…All of Howell Mill is messed up now because of the new Wal-Mart.
By JAMIE
December 15, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this
In response to two previous E-mails-to correct Atlantas traffic congestion-let the illegal immigrants stay and send all the rude,aggresive transplanted Yankees back North where they belong.
By Ben
December 15, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this
10th& W. Peachtree in the mornings
14th street - every intersection between Spring and Piedmont!
By Downtown driver
December 15, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
The 85/Buford Highway access road in Midtown/Buckhead is a bottleneck when drivers want to head north onto 400 and have to fight numerous stoplights at the Sidney Marcus intersection. Also, all traffic going both direcions on Sidney Marcus between Buford Highway and Piedmont Rd.is now a complete bottleneck with the increased density and the outflow and inflow from the highways and major surface streets. It truly needs relief ask any cop that basically has to live there taking accidents reports 24/7!
By jc
December 15, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
The connector - DUH!
By CP
December 15, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
Roswell - Old Alabama at the Old Alabama Connector. It is awful during rush hour.
By Rob
December 15, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this
North Avenue at Freedom Park and at Moreland, A lot of the problem here is the folks that travel up the turn only lane then slow up the straight lane by hitting thier blinker or worst, just cutting in…Tickets for failure to yeild the right of way may be all that is needed to correct this problem—Line breakers stink!!!
By Clinton
December 15, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Monroe from Amsterdam to Ponce! 10th and Monroe is the worst for Midtown. Developers beware.
By Maria
December 15, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Terrible engineering…yes!!! The entire Metro region is a bowl of mess. My biggest fear is a disaster of some sort hitting the area and emergency crews not being able to get where they are needed because of the loop-de-loop two lane roads. Who are the urban planners of this mess? Brillant men.
By phil
December 15, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Howell Mill/Defoors/Chattahoochee/I-75 area….Selig’s plan for Walmart’s addition to the traffic has been a joke. People in Underwood Hills and Berkeley Park are trapped in their neighborhood.
By Jack Steinhilper
December 15, 2006 01:57 PM | Link to this
You know I hate to say it, but if ya’ll keep fixing the traffic problems, you’ll never get anybody to ride mass transit!
By ATL Driver
December 15, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this
Arts Center Station and W. Peachtree and 17th St.
Whose brilliant idea was it to place a light 20’ from an office park road AND have 17th street be the primary road to I-75???
But those Henry Co. commuters…holy cow. I’ll never forget leaving midtown at 2:30 to get to the Henry Co. courthouse by 5:00 and at 4:45 I was JUST getting off the freeway.
I wonder if anyone has brought a civil suit against the GADOT as a result of a road rage incident.
By JoJo
December 15, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
Abbots Bridge and Jones Bridge even after they spent untold millions on construction over the last two years that did nothing to improve it!!!
By Frustrated w/ Norcross
December 15, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
Jimmy Carter Blvd.; ALL OF IT, especially after Buford Hwy. headed towards Mountain Industrial.
By Nick
December 15, 2006 02:02 PM | Link to this
WTB turn lanes and light: Racetrack Rd and SR81, McDonough GA. Mt Bethany and SR81. Upchurch Rd and SR81. Jackson and SR81. Brownbridge RD and SR212.
Other: Road width of SR155 near entrance/exit at I75. I675/75 merge (RAISED HIGHWAY EXPRESS PLEASE!)
By Robin
December 15, 2006 02:02 PM | Link to this
A really bad area is 85 North and South at the Mall of Georgia. Terrible bottlenecks 7 days a week. Problem starts from Hamilton Mill until Lawrenceville-Suwannee Road. Additionally the 316 merge with 85 which is being reconstructed is bad.
By Ron
December 15, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
JOHNSON FERRY ALL THE WAY FROM ROSWELL ROAD IN COBB TO ABERNATHY BOTH WAYS.
FIX IT NOW.
By JoJo
December 15, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
Anywhere there is a school bus. No school until after rush hour.
By Scott
December 15, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
What a great blog topic. You can definitely tell from all the responses just how much Atlanta traffic strikes a nerve with us commuters. As someone who commutes from Henry County to Midtown M-F here is my two cents worth:
As many others have already pointed out, more lanes need to be added in both directions on I-75 in Henry County. It has even got to the point that driving in the area on weekends is horrible. Plus, the “phantom” traffic jams on the weekends from I-75N in Locust Grove up to I-675 are a joke.
As a commuter who takes I-675 to Moreland Avenue into Midtown each morning (to hopefully avoid all the traffic on I-75N), I can’t believe the lack of a traffic signal at the intersection of I-20 and Moreland. Cars exiting off of I-20 W who are attempting to turn left onto Moreland are definitely taking their own lives into their hands. Why oh why is their no traffic light at that intersection?
There definitely needs to be a traffic light at the intersection of Hwy 138 and Hwy 155 in Henry County. Many commuters use this route as an emergency when I-75 N and or I-675 are shut down due to traffic accidents. However, when everyone else is attempting to use this route, the stop sign at the intersection of two STATE ROADS is backed up for miles.
The purchase of a Midtown Condo and the thumbing of my nose at this whole commuting fiasco is looking more and more appealing.
By Luther J Maloney
December 15, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
By Mike
December 15, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
Johnson Ferry Road at the Chattahoochee River (southbound); Abernathy Road westbound from Peachtree-Dunwoody under Ga 400, past Roswell Road and to Johnson Ferry.
By HG3
December 15, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
285 east merging to 400 north.
By Derek Meyer
December 15, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
Dallas Highway 120E @ John Ward past Marietta HS to Marietta Square (Whitlock)
By RS
December 15, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
Jonesboro Rd. and I-75: there are two unsynchronized lights about 40 yards apart from each other that back traffic up for miles every day. Light #1 turns green, three cars go through before the intersection fills up and everyone waits a minute and a half before light #2 turns green as well. By that time, light #1 is just about ready to turn red again. Incredibly stupid.
By cathy g
December 15, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
I commute 80 miles each day in a State Van Pool and the back up is ALWAYS at I-75 S & Hudson Bridge Rd, with the back up going as far north as the Ford plant in Hapeville on a Friday afternoon. The merging of two lanes of traffic from I-675 onto I-75 just below Hudson Bridge is terrible. If they would prohibit tractor trailers from this area during rush hour, it would reduce the traffic substantially.
By Juan
December 15, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this
Evenings -GA 400 South into I-85 South; I-75 at the 19/41 split; I-75 at Exit 228 (just before the I-675 merger). Mornings - I-75 North at the I-285 interchange (south of the airport), I-75N at the Route 166 interchange (I usually just take Marta from there). How’s this for an idea - a rail that extends into the suburbs!
By Jamie
December 15, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this
I would just like to hear one justification from our genius traffic engineers who have designed death ramps all over the metro area ie. exit ramps which double as entrance ramps. For that matter how much sense does it make to dump four major expressways into one loop. They try to keep it as low key as possible but there are injuries and fatalities on Atlanta expressways daily and they are due largely to poor design.
By M.A.
December 15, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Clairmont Road and North Decatur!
By brenda
December 15, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Moreland heading south from North Avenue.
By Mike
December 15, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this
85 North at the 985 North split. 85N turns from 4 lanes to two lanes. Old Peachtree road merge es on to 85N just South of Suwanee exit is terrible. Fix it all. Or teach these Southerns how to drive. If the Police havea car pulled off to the side of the road you do not have to slow to a crawl, move over and continue on.
By Juan
December 15, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this
Get this - the one lane merger ramps from I-75/85 South to I-20!
By SANDY
December 15, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
inside—- vinings
By LDD
December 15, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this
Oh my GOD!!! 78 is the WORST!!! I mean SERIOUSLY!! Do you guys realize that from the intersection of 78 and E. Park Place traffic backs ALL THE WAY PAST Hugh Howell in the afternoon. Not to mention the mornings when it’s backed up from the 285 merge ALL the way to Loganville!
I HATE living in Snellville. Especially since I work Downtown. I have to leave home at 8 just to get to work on time at 10!
I can’t WAIT to move this weekend! I LOVE Marta now! LOL!!
By Brenda
December 15, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this
I live in South Fulton and we do not have bottleneck traffic. YIPPEE. The only bottleneck traffic I suffer through is the downtown connector morning and afternoon, and if I have to travel to North Fulton, anywhere in Dekalb and Gwinnett Counties. That would be on 285 in either direction, 75 and 85 in either direction and those awful surface streets. You folks can have those nightmares. I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
By LDD
December 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
^^^ In addition… How can you SERIOUSLY expect a 3 lane highway to merge into ONE lane during HIGH TRAFFIC times and traffic still run smooth???
Does that REALLY make sense?
By Christine
December 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
Cobb Parkway at Mars Hill Road This area is backlogged for miles in both directions on any given day at any given time. Please help!!!
By Patrick
December 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
Douglasville: Rose Avenue at Highway 5.
Northeast Metro: I-85 SB from Jimmy Carter Blvd. to I-285.
Northeast Metro: I-85 SB at GA 400.
Midtown: I-85 SB at I-75 NB
Midtown: I-85/I-75 SB from 17th Street to I-20
Westside: I-20 WB at Fulton Ind. Blvd.
Westside: I-20 EB at I-285 NB/SB
Westside: I-20 WB at Thornton Rd.
Westside: I-20 EB at I-75/I-85 NB/SB
Midtown: I-75/I-85 NB from I-20 to I-75 Split (near 17th Street)
By Rob M.
December 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
GA 400 Toll Booth approach/depart lanes both N and S.
The 45mph approach speed is a joke…everybody ignores it, except for a couple, then you get 90mph traffic hitting 45mph traffic. Raise the approach to 55mph to even things out.
Put LOTS more signs about cruise-card lanes and put a solid line down for at least a mile on each approach (and about a 1/2 mile on the departure). You get LOTS of near-misses from people without cruise cards who brake and try to cross two lanes of traffic to get to regular toll booths since they find themselves in the cruise card lane all-of-a sudden (and they get mowed down by the approaching 90mph traffic).
PLEASE do some sort of lane adjustment on the toll booth exits. It is total mayhem as eight lanes merge into five, and into three. All the while, the cruise card customers are blowing by at 90mph while all the merging and dodging traffic leaving the toll booth is puttering at 40mph. It’s not as bad on the Northbound side, but the Southbound can get bad.
By Shayne
December 15, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
I-20 East & West at Panola Road and Wesley Chapel Road.
By CS
December 15, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
I have several area’s. Camp Creek PKY at I285. I20 West merging on to I75 North. I285 South exiting on Riverdale Road, either direction.
By Jeff
December 15, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
Glad I work from home is all I’m gonna say!
By ken
December 15, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this
LENOX ROAD/CHESHIREBRIDGE ROAD/BRIARCLIFF RD - LENOX ROAD IS ONE LANE AND SERIVCES THE MALL. NEED TO WIDED AND HAVE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. CHESHIREBRIGE NEEDS LEFT TURN LANES, BRIARCLIFF,HECK ALL ATLANTA ROADS, NEEDS LEFT TURNING LANE/SIGNALS AND TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. TOO MANY ONE LANE MAJOR STREETS WITH NO LEFT TURN LANE/SIGNALS
By DR
December 15, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
Old Alabama Rd. at Jones Bridge Rd.
Old Alabama Rd. from Haynes Bridge to Old Alabama Connector…and sometimes all the way to Holcomb Bridge Rd!!!!
But what do you expect when it’s a two lane road that should have been widened years ago before they started building sudivisions and continue to build “mini-subdivisions” on.
By Southern and proud of it
December 15, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
(BOB) If it weren’t for all the Northerners here we wouldn’t have conjestion problems!!
By Stephanie
December 15, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
400 ANYWHERE-specifically at Northridge and the 285 E/400 N interchage
By lynn
December 15, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
GA 20 & Hwy 212 is a nightmare. You have a 2 lane road with a 4 way stop that takes as much as 45 mins just to get through. With a graveyard on one side so close you can read the tombstones & a church on the other side, I don’t know what they could do but something sure needs to get done. Whoever allowed this to happen in the first place is a real idiot.
By scot
December 15, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
I-75 at 120 Loop I-75 at I-285 I-75 at Connector (South)
By D
December 15, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this
I commute 42 miles each way to work in the Emory area = North Druid hills Road @ clairmont, travelling either Highway 78 Stone Mountain Freeway into atlanta, or sometimes, if my nerves can stand it, Highway 316 to Interstate 85 south. My vote for THE worst places of traffic bottlenecks is Highway 78 @ Snellville, the 124 intersection. @nd, is the bottleneck at Hwy316 merging into Inerstate 85 going south towards Atlanta. The traffic is absolutely maddening, and I hope something will be done to bring us relief soon.
By Kristi
December 15, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this
EVERYWHERE in the entire HENRY COUNTY area is HORRIBLE. 75 needs to be widened ASAP.
By HELP
December 15, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
I-85 North at Highway 20/ Mall of GA
By GM
December 15, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
I-675 and I-75 Merge. My commute is 15-20 minutes longer because of this mess!! Widen I-75 South
By KG
December 15, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
To Bob & Anita: Most of the drivers in this city are northern transplants, when was the last time you actually met a native Georgian. Remember that before you criticize southern drivers, that lousy driver who doesn’t know how to merge, move out of the left lane or drive on ice and snow, just might be a former northern neighbor.
By sheree
December 15, 2006 02:27 PM | Link to this
I-75 South or North at Hudson Bridge Road exit in Stockbridge!!!!!
By S
December 15, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this
EACH DIRECTIONS ON HWY FREAKIN 78!GWINNETT
By Kathy Voss
December 15, 2006 02:31 PM | Link to this
Two-lane McGinnis Ferry Road between Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and Sargent Road (Gwinnett-Forsyth-N. Fulton, Johns Creek area) during both morning and afternoon rush hour traffic. It can take as much as 45 minutes to go approx. 3 miles. Now they are building yet another huge subdivision and a hospital on McGinnis Ferry!!!
By Debora
December 15, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this
I agree that the I-85 N and I-985 N split is a really bad place but lay off the comments on Southern drivers already. Metro Atlanta is mostly made up of people from all over the country. If you don’t like it here then move away. Otherwise keep your negative demeaning comments to yourself…Y’all!!
By gg
December 15, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this
Definately “The Grady Curve” (I-20 East and West merging onto and from I-75/85) - morning or afternoon/evening. Monday - Friday it’s a nightmare!
By Nic
December 15, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this
oy. where 75 south merges with 675 - anytime between 4pm & 6pm..backs up all the way to mt. zion some days
By Michelle
December 15, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this
Remember “Boycott Gringo Day?” Traffic was GREAT on that day, wasn’t it?
By Julie
December 15, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this
Ellis Street oncoming ramp to I-75 South. Too many cars trying to get on I-75; too many cars trying to stay in right lane to get on I-20. They refuse to let traffic merge. Meanwhile the HOV lane on the opposite side of the highway is wide open. Trying to merge traffic getting on 75 and those trying to get off on 20 is impossible.
By anderson
December 15, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this
bells ferry at kelloge creek where the 4 lane stops
By T
December 15, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this
75 south bound….up to Hudson Bridge and Jodeco Rd.
By tracee
December 15, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
I-75 South or North at Hudson Bridge Road exit in Stockbridge!
By Bill Miller
December 15, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
(Little off the subject, but not really, and don’t mean this negative, but I’m confounded) Has anyone but me noticed all the with Florida tags in/around town/interstates? I see at least 5 times more Florida tags than I see of any of our other neighboring states. I’ll notice at least 4 or 5 during even a 10 minute drive on the interstates. It’s not just the interstates, and no, they don’t look like they are here vacationing, or just driving through.
Is there a mass exodus from Florida to Atlanta? What’s the connection…anyone hazard a guess?
By Rick
December 15, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this
The exit off of GA 400 at Sidney Marcus, especially if you are goint to turn right on to the connector to get to Peachtree or 85/75.
By Billy Hill
December 15, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this
17th Street from Atlantic Station to Peachtree. 14th street across the connector bridge to Piedmont. Sync the lights!!!
Barrett Parkway from Bells Ferry to Highway 41 on the weekend. What is there, 50 lights?
I-575 from 92 to Towne Lake, the merge is horrid. FINISH THE CONTRUCTION ALREADY.
Sandy Plains and Piedmont when Sprayberry school lights are flashing. Cops run the speed trap, but don’t help with the backup.
By Michelle
December 15, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this
Intersection of Interstates 20 and 85/75 South
By Marilyn Adams
December 15, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
I-575 between Barrett Parkway & Hwy. 92.
By Bill B
December 15, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
14th St. between Techwood Dr. and Peachtree St.
By sagegirl
December 15, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
Hmmm…. let’s see…
From 6:15am until 9:30am THE ENTIRE METRO AREA
then…
From 4:00pm until 8:30pm THE ENTIRE METRO AREA
and sometimes… all hours in between.
By Left Turners For Left Turn Signals
December 15, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
-East Rock Springs Rd. at Highland/Johnson. Good spot to puppy-watch, though.
-North Decatur Road at Clairmont: the light immediately before it at McDonalds is not synched with the main intersection, and it becomes a gridlocked mosh pit of stupidity.
By Jackie
December 15, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
I-75 through Henry County is an absolute disgrace! Traffic backs up every morning NB from GA 20/81 all the way to 675. You can forget about using 75 SB in the afternoons from Mt. Zion Road in Clayton County until you’re south of Hudson Bridge/Eagles Landing. Add to that - all the commuters driving to and from Atlanta from the Macon area! WE NEED MORE LANES NOW!
By Getouttadodge
December 15, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
The thought of sitting in the car on Holcombe bridge rd or “Unpleasant Hell” rd makes me want to puke. My advice is to find a better place to live - you don’t have to sit in a car 3 hours a day!! There are wonderful places to live and work all across this country. Why anyone would want to sit on P’tree Industrial for 10 hours out of their week is beyond me. It’s not like extra traffic signals or longer lights are going to fix the list of disaster areas above! It’s only going to get worse.
By Left Turners For Left Turn Signals
December 15, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
-East Rock Springs Rd. at Highland/Johnson. Good spot to puppy-watch, though.
-North Decatur Road at Clairmont: the light immediately before it at McDonalds is not synched with the main intersection, and it becomes a gridlocked mosh pit of stupidity.
By Bill B
December 15, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
14th St. between Techwood Dr. and Peachtree St.
By Lisa
December 15, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
I75 in Henry county going both south and north.
By Southner
December 15, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
Well we try to merge, but you jackhole Yankees won’t let us in.
By Lonnie
December 15, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
Look at GA Highway 20 at Wesley Chapel, both directions, 20 and 285, 20 and the entire downtown area. 20, 20, 20.
By Annoyed driver
December 15, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
Yea, lay off the southern drivers. We were here first, and enjoyed our nice laid-back, pleasant drives. The aggressive Northerners are the ones who cannot seem to drive. Just like the illegal problem, the northerners want us to adjust to their aggressive style of driving, instead of the other way around.
By Dustin
December 15, 2006 02:47 PM | Link to this
chattahoochee and howell mill, piedmont rd and lennox/400 loop
By Sagegirl
December 15, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
Seriously, I-20 East from Douglasville sucks out loud every morning after 6:30. Someone PLEASE do something! Too many trucks! Too many cars! Too many Alabamians!
By Wendy
December 15, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this
400 northbound where it narrows from four to two lanes; the Exit 14 interchange in Cumming; 400 southbound from Exit 14 to Old Milton.
By Anonymous
December 15, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this
EVERYWHERE!!! Personally, I’d like to add the I-285/I-20 junction as it’s as backed up as any other in Metro Atlanta. The GA DOT can build and build roads and freeways to its heart’s content, but no matter what, you’ll ALWAYS end up with bottlenecks in the mere future.
Our best solution is to moderate both road development and finalize a plan and develop a state-operated mature transit system (perhaps like Chicago for a start) consisted of buses, trains (light and heavy rail) and subways.
Face it folks, I wouldn’t doubt Atlanta’s city population to reach 1 million by 2020. That would be the end of our current transportation all together.
Enough with this GRTA, CCT, GCT and MARTA! (Might as well say XYZ!!!) It’s ridiculous. This sounds like some sort of disease here. These are companies bent on profits and it’s hard enough having to transfer systems while losing more money out of our pockets due to “different territories.”
If we had something like MTA or Metra that has a more unified system that spans to an adequate coverage area. If this is all about preventing the “undesirable elements” of mass transit getting to some people, then that’s pure ignorance. Mess happens no matter what no matter where you are. People’s ignorance is getting back to them by major traffic issues. Karma? Sure.
Anyway, what’s really important is that as I said before, we’re going to need a unified transit system that spans an adequate area more so than just expanding roads. Come on now, it’s inevitable that we’re going to need to take the paths of other major U.S. cities.
By Bob Carter
December 15, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this
I-20, eastbound, west side to 285 N. PLEASE, redo that interchange so trucks, and consequently everyone else, don’t have to slow down to 25MPH to get onto another expressway. It’s inexcusable.
By Sagegirl
December 15, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this
…and if you value your sanity, don’t dare go near a mall. Good thing I don’t own a gun!
By Another Henry Commuter
December 15, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this
Here’s another weekday jam in Henry County: both ends of Miller’s Mill Road! It connects on one end to 155, and on the other end to 138. The only traffic signals on either end are stop signs. I have personally sat for half an hour on more than one occasion, trying to turn left from Miller’s Mill Road onto 155. Help us, please!!!!
By Steve Jenkins
December 15, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
Anywhere on North Druid Hills Rd. between Buford Hwy, I-85, Briarcliff Rd, Target store, Lavista Rd, and Clairmont. The ligths on this road are almost always malfunctioning, turning red for the main road, when no one is waiting at the cross street to turn. These lights should be set for “demand only” for the cross streets. And this should be monitored closely after power outages.
By Capt
December 15, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this
316 and Hwy 20 in Lawrenceville
By stupid
December 15, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
every damn where
By boredinthecar
December 15, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this
What needs to be invested in, in this area, is some effective means of mass transportation that would not involve everyone getting in their car and driving to work. Even from major work hubs to another, although we are all working in various places, getting people from one hub (i.e. Gwinnett or Cobb County) to another hub (i.e. midtown, airport or 285/400 industrial area) would take some traffic off the roads. Sure everyone couldn’t utilize it, but some could, and the ones stuck on the road, would at least have less to contend with.
By LDD
December 15, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this
Mass Transit is the key PEOPLE! MASS TRANSIT!!!! Forget widening roads (which normally takes about 12 years and even WORSE traffic problems) and adding 30 minute long traffic lights.
MASS TRANSIT!!!!!!!!
Isn’t it sad when even the HOV lane doesn’t move?
By Howard Smith
December 15, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
Howell Mill Road and Chattahoochee Road/Avenue
By James Mill
December 15, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
Mass transit will NEVER work for a city like Atalnta- get over it and start building more roads
By Ben Coley
December 15, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
I commute from Douglasville to Sandy Springs and run across bottlenecks at several places. Fairburn Road - Douglasville Lee Road - Lithia Springs Thornton Road - Lithia Springs The entire SixFlags/Fulton Industrial area South Cobb Drive South Atlanta Road 1-75 Riverside Parkway all of this is if there are NO accidents or stalls.
By Peggy
December 15, 2006 03:00 PM | Link to this
I-75 south at the I-675 merge. 5 lanes down to 3. Backed up most anytime during the day but especially during the evening rush, 4pm to whenever.And whose idea was it to make the off ramps both north and south at Hudson Bridge/Eagles Landing 2 lanes. I have nearly been run off the road coming north in the mornings by folks running the ramp till the roadway ends and as usual, they cut you off to get over.. dumb..
By antonio
December 15, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this
wesly chapel/i-20 and flatshoals rd/1-285
By metrodriver
December 15, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
I-75 North & South through Henry County - any time of the day or night - weekdays, weekends, holidays - ANYTIME!!!
By Matt
December 15, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
I second Ethan. Moreland at I-20 can be a nightmare. Between that pointless 2nd light and people shooting down the left turn lane only to jam themselves into traffic at the last minute; that’s an area I dread driving through.
By Joanne
December 15, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
Abbots Bridge Road at Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Entire length of Abbots Bridge Road
By endo
December 15, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
Atlanta traffic is going to become like LA traffic so Atlantans need to learn to drive like Angelinos. First don’t run red lights after they turn yellow. Then more people can make lefts on the yellow. Don’t wait for the green left arrow when you can still make a left on the green or yellow. Be ready to make a left on the yellow. In Atlanta only one or two cars turn on the yellow while in LA it’s at least three. It has gotten out of hand in LA with 4-6 turning which stops traffic the other way.
By InTownGal
December 15, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
the CONNECTOR SOUTHBOUND at GRADY CURVE!!! Why does everyone basically stop b/c of a stupid curve??????
By itsmorenamorena
December 15, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
**400, 85, Sidney Marcus
Howell Mill Rd from 75 to Chattahoochee Ave**
By Nik
December 15, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
I’m suprised - I look out of my office window at the 285 traffic (both directions) here at Ashford Dunwoody - and I can’t believe the 285 on the eat side (either direction) hasn’t been mentioned more. In the mornings (6:30am to 10am), and in the afternoons (4pm to 6:30pm) it’s especially horrid.
Work on the 285/400 interchange to free up some asphalt space around here!
By Matt
December 15, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
I’ve got 2 more: Buford Highway south at Sidney Marcus and Lenox Road leaving Buckhead.
By Frank Browning
December 15, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
Hi Bill Miller, I guess all the Florida tags we are seeing around town are signs of another invasion, invasion from the south? Why they would want to come here?
By metrodriver
December 15, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
I-75 North & South through Henry County - any time of the day or night - weekdays, weekends, holidays - ANYTIME!!!
By kati
December 15, 2006 03:11 PM | Link to this
Moreland Ave from Glenwood to Hosea Williams.
Boulevard from I-20 to Edgewood.
By acheron
December 15, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this
DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR AT I-20! There is a reason that the connector ends up at the top of the worst congestion list every time. There is NO HOV ramp onto I-20 so people cross 8 lanes to squeeze onto one lane that leads into 2 curvy lanes going in opposite directions. If this sounds like a mess, IT IS!!!!
It’s an easy fix people. Make it happen.
By Imani
December 15, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this
Paces Ferry and Cumberland. Paces Ferry in the Vinings Village. I-75 South & I285 West. Atlanta Road and Concord.
By Speedbump
December 15, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
Anywhere along Ponce and if it is rainy there will be traffic lights not working which will make it, if that is possible, worse.
By E. Atlanta Rider
December 15, 2006 03:20 PM | Link to this
How about Briarcliff/Moreland at Ponce de Leon? Coming and going in either direction (from Moreland/Briarcliff) can sometimes take 15 minutes to get thru the intersection. A turn lane added would be great!
I also agree with all the folx who have said Moreland at Memorial and Arkwrite Ave where Moreland crosses I-20. The traffic light synchronization sucks! Those lights can back up traffic on Moreland almost back to the Edgewood Shopping District. I refuse to shop there because of the traffic on Moreland.
By Sarah Taylor
December 15, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this
READ- More needs to be done about making developers responsible for the resulting congestion, seriously. It seems that developers can come in and built a huge shopping center, or a hundred home subdivion, then after they get their money, cut and run. Leaving the citizens to bare the burden of the resulting congestion.
Do you realize that everytime they put a light up for a new shopping center, subdivion, YOU end up paying for it, both monitarily, and with the time you have so spend sitting at the light when it’s red. It’s unbelievable to me. And the county who approves the subdivion has more of a motive to let them build, than to prevent them, because of MONEY. So the county sells the souls of existing residents to the developers, and the county and the developers go away with the spoils, and we sit at the light, waiting for it to turn green…
By RaisinBran
December 15, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this
78 Westbound where the 3 exits to Lawrenceville Hwy, 285 South and 285 North are. Every other day, Dekalb’s Finest is sitting in the median handing out tickets and checking for expired tags.
Traffic is bad enough with everyone merging into 2 lanes there, traffic backs up well past Mountain Industrial Blvd. Dekalb needs to work on their image as far as cop related shootings go and not worry so much about expired tags.
By Marc
December 15, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this
Northridge Rooad exit off of Georgia 400 is awful. Holcomb Bridge Road/92 east- and westbound is one big bottle neck because the state DOT knocked out the light timing in June and haven’t fixed it yet. The main problem is that too many shopping and other commercial properties are too close to the interchange.
By peggy
December 15, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this
Nik. I work at 285 and Ashford-Dunwoody and most days my challege is getting to 285 on Ashford-Dunwoody Road even with Dekalb County’s finest attempting to direct traffic. Of course driving 285 in either direction morning and night is a pain but so is trying to get to 285.
By christy
December 15, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this
South bound, 675/75 merge.
By Ray Allen
December 15, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
Please look at Highway 9 and Vaughn street in north Alpharetta. It needs a stop light extremely bad. It is supposed to at the state level. If something isn’t done soon, someone will get killed.
By Joe
December 15, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
Lindberg area at Sydney Marcus and Piedmont is horrible. There is no longer any time of the day when that passage isn’t completely blocked up.
ARRRRRGGGHHHH!!
By S
December 15, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this
EVERY FREAKIN WHERE ON DAMN HWY 78, IN EACH DIRECTIONS!
By Crazy Commuter
December 15, 2006 03:34 PM | Link to this
In the morning: 1-85 from 317 (Lawrenceville-Suwanee) to 1-285, and then from N.Druid to downtown is AWFUL. Each year, I can count on another 10 minutes added to my commute each way. The fact it takes AT LEAST one hour to commute 30 miles downtown is ridiculous. I take the commuter bus when I can, but it takes longer.
Afternoon is awful sometimes starting at Clairmont road.
By Nancy
December 15, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
I285 E. at 400/Glenridge Connector. Everyone tries to squeeze in and by pass the mess making it even worse. Even huge tractor-trailors do this. If everyone would get in line and wait their turn this wouldn’t be as big a problem
By Greg Borneman
December 15, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
McGinnis Ferry Road between Suwanee and Johns Creek.
By Sandra
December 15, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
400 southbound merge with I85S. 2 lanes merge into 1 lane….then that 1 lane becomes the exit lane for I75N. Geez.
By Woody
December 15, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
US 78 eastbound at Park Place. It’s an uphill exit to the right and no one maintains speed up the grade. Coupled with the lights at Park Place, back ups are often beyond the entrance to Stone Martin Park and Hugh Howell Road.
By samantha
December 15, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
i say everywhere in metro atlanta..its one big mess
By Sagegirl
December 15, 2006 03:38 PM | Link to this
I don’t know why we can’t have a rail system running parallel along the major highways…
oh, never mind… that would make too much sense.
By Larry
December 15, 2006 03:39 PM | Link to this
Whitlock Ave/Dallas Highway to Barrett Parkway. It takes an hour to go 5 miles every day.
And the Marietta City Council WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. Lanes could be easily added.
This coming from a resident of Marietta, not a Paulding county resident that the city council claims to be clogging the roads.
It cause a poor quality of life issue for a nice area of Marietta!!!
By stuck in first gear
December 15, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
Peachtree Industrial at 285, still has suicide lanes on the rush hour sides.
On a good morning PIB backs up to Winters Chapel. On a bad morning, you’re on the brakes at JCB.
Afternoons, this ill designed ramp is a primary contributor to the inner loop backing up beyond P’tree Dunwoody on a regular basis.
It’s also very dangerous as you have people trying to merge onto 285 as well as those looking to exit onto PIB north all fighting over one lane that is already full and at a stand still.
By Betsy
December 15, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
I-75 South at I-675 South
By Amy
December 15, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
ANYWHERE on Pleasant Hill Road- it takes 25+ minutes to go 3 miles.
By DS
December 15, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this
On of the worst bottlenecks is at Chattahoochee Ave and Howell Mill Road. Bottlenecks on Howell Mill north and south and Chattahoochee. The City needs to expediate work on that intersection. Also at Piedmont and Monroe. It’s Terrible! I love the ARC. Thanks for all the work you do. We need more transit.
By cathy g
December 15, 2006 03:46 PM | Link to this
Bob & any other STUPID transplant from another state, please feel free to MOVE! We once had little traffic, and certainly more pleasant drivers. It is the influx of the TRANSPLANTS that has screwed up the works. We were driving just fine before the entire world decided to move here. Fit in and be polite—or LEAVE. Then the traffic will fix it’self.
By mike
December 15, 2006 03:47 PM | Link to this
Up North we have what is known as a Turnpike. On this road there are lanes for cars and seperate lanes for Trucks, get these trucks in thier own seperate lanes and reduce traffic everywhere.
By Jim
December 15, 2006 03:48 PM | Link to this
Any intersection/road in Johns Creek…Jones Bridge and State Bridge!
Try turning left onto State Bridge, the cycle is very short and you can sit through 2-3 cycles at rush hour. Cars always run the red light turning left from state bridge and it cuts down on the time you have to turn left.
By Ellen Garner
December 15, 2006 03:49 PM | Link to this
I-75 Southbound at its intersection with I-675 Southbound. Aarrgghh
By Ian
December 15, 2006 03:50 PM | Link to this
141, Peachtree Industrial Blvd, and Pleasant Hill Road both in the mornings and evenings.
By DreadingtheDriveHome
December 15, 2006 03:56 PM | Link to this
Kennesaw Avenue @ Old 41. The lights are all messed up. And something needs to be done about freakin Stilesboro Road from Kennesaw Mtn to Kennesaw Due West Road. It all sucks! ANYWHERE on Barrett Parkway. ANYWHERE on 75. I could go on and on…
By Frank T
December 15, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
1) sydney marcus and piedmont 2) sydney marcus and buford highway 3) 400 and 85
By Cindy
December 15, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
Jimmy Carter Blvd.
By bob roberts
December 15, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
The more you build better, wider roads, the more traffic you invite to fill those roads up. It is a no win situation. What is needed is a comprehensive traffic plan that involves all the metro authorities. Which is another way of saying nothing will ever happen and it will never get better.
By Commuter
December 15, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
Okay, let’s just break this down for the planners in simple terms.
If it’s in Atlanta or surrounding areas and it’s paved with asphalt…take a look at improving it.
‘Nuff said.
By RAM
December 15, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this
I-85 from Sugarloaf to the split with 985 and then again from 985 to GA20 on 85
By Kristen
December 15, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this
Candler Road @ College Ave @ Agnes Scott College. Ever since they did a “traffic study” and changed the light pattern the traffic on Candler has gotten WORSE when it was supposed to get BETTER. Adding a left turn signal from College to get onto Candler would be a fantastic idea. It’d be great if people could actually LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS THAT DRIVE HERE EVERYDAY.
By smart one
December 15, 2006 04:05 PM | Link to this
Well they should not look in their bums, where their heads have always been. Remove head from bum, then look around.
By scj
December 15, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this
Clairemont and Scott Blvd in the evenings.
By LovelyLibra, Atlanta
December 15, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this
VERY WELL SAID ANONYMOUS! AND YOU LEFT OUT ALL THE DISPARING AND RACIST YANKEE VS. SOUTHERN ILLRELEVANT COMMENTS. THINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE. GOOD FOR YOU!
By Mac
December 15, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
Hello….traffic helicopters and morning/afternoon traffic reporters there is traffic on the WESTSIDE of the city as well….I realize that it is not the prestigous NORTHSIDE as seen in your eyes……BUT…..the traffic is HORRENDOUS driving southbound on I-285 from Cumberland to I-20. The reason…people are trying to get on I-20 West by way of a 1 LANE exit ramp which was built for a HORSE AND BUGGY. HELLO……D.O.T. ……do you know how many people have moved to the west of Atlanta…….there is more out there than just SIX FLAGS now……HELLO….if you are driving a big SUV on that exit ramp to I-20…I gurantee you that half of your vehicle will be riding on grass…….HELLO D.O.T. it is 2006………not 1966
By Matt
December 15, 2006 04:09 PM | Link to this
Briarcliff Rd and Ponce de Leon. You can wait for over half an hour trying to cross or turn onto Ponce during weekday afternoons.
By Debi
December 15, 2006 04:10 PM | Link to this
I-20 west in the afternoon all the way from Six Flags Parkway past Thornton Road and through Lee Road. 4 lanes of traffic trying to turn into 3 is always a problem. I suggest making the entrance from Thornton Road going west a lane until you get off (exit only) at Lee Road. It would speed up the whole process.
By Go Jackets
December 15, 2006 04:11 PM | Link to this
It’s minor but 10th Street at Northside by Georgia Tech. It’s impossible to take a left from 10th Street westbound to Northside south during rush hour and the problem could be solved very easily with just a left turn signal for 10th Street.
As others have said, Howell Mill from Chattahoochee really all the way up to Collier Blvd. is a complete mess. I’ve been on Bellemeade before where it took 4 light phases to get 4 cars through the intersection.
By RaisinBran
December 15, 2006 04:11 PM | Link to this
Does ANYONE honestly think that the DOT is going to sit and actually read these?
Also for cathy g: shut your piehole and quit adding fuel to the fire.
By Alexis
December 15, 2006 04:13 PM | Link to this
Abbotts Bridge or all of 120 - always backed up for miles during rush hour. Pleasant Hill is always bad, especially around the tracks that they just put new pavement around… can someone tell me why there’s a 6 inch drop between the tracks and road? This makes traffic very slow. I know that 316 is a major problem, as well as 400 - it will be a blessing when the toll booths are taken out! I agree that merging after going through the toll is frustrating. I know that downtown Atlanta is bottled up a lot of the time…
Ok ok, so I’ll just say Metro Atlanta highways/interstates are all bottled up. That should cover it :).
By Cory
December 15, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this
McGinnis Ferry!! There is plenty of room to widen!!! Why can’t we get Gwinnett, Fulton, & Forsyth County together to get it done.
By Frustrated Driver
December 15, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this
I-75 @ Hudson Bridge is a true nightmare daily!!!! The merge from I-675 onto I-75 was poorly designed it appears to be the source of the problem!!! And we do also need a traffic light at the intersection of Hwy 138 and Hwy 155, how many accidents are necessary to warrant a traffic light?
By TWB
December 15, 2006 04:17 PM | Link to this
** -316/85 - PIB (stupid traffic lights) -85 (Jimmy Carter to Steve Reynolds) -Buford Hwy -Pleasant Hill -Anywhere in Gwinnett County
**
By Nate2
December 15, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this
Roswell Road between i-285 and Abernathy Road
By gcd
December 15, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this
The increasing number of Florida tags is due to the increasing number of metro Atlantans that own vacation property and therefore tag their vehicles down there to avoid paying the Georgia ad valorum tax … wonder where that money is going (let alone the GA 400 toll money).
As many have noted, all of the metro area is bad because of very poorly planned and/or controlled growth. The developers were not required by the municipalities to improve the infrastructure, which was inadequate to begin with. Allowing development along a road without widening it or even adding a center turn-lane is at the height of irresponsibility not to mention near criminal due to the increased accident risks.
By Lil D
December 15, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Get out of your precious cars and SUPPORT TRANSIT!
By Kathy
December 15, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Afternoon rush West Bound from GA400 thru Alpharetta and Crabapple. The drivers northbound on HWY 9 block the intersections at Old Milton Pkwy consistently. Then we try to get west through Crabapple and the DOT has created such a bottle neck through there it is impossible to get home and I live and work 5 miles either side of that intersection. I travel approximately 10 miles out of my way to get to work and home. We NEED Old Milton/Rucker Road widened all of the way from Wills Park to HWY 92 to help free up our local roads.
By LovelyLibra, Atlanta
December 15, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
VERY WELL SAID ANONYMOUS! AND YOU LEFT OUT THE DISPARING AND RACIST NORTHERN VS. SOUTHERN REMARKS THAT ARE TOTALLY IRRELEVANT TO THE ISSUE. GOOD 4 U! THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE STATE OF GEORGIA MUST REALIZE THE GROWTH FROM PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL TRANSPLANTS) AND IT MUST BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE POLLUTION/OZONE LEVELS AND MANAGE THE TRAFFIC BETTER IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR ROAD PROJECTS. IT’S SIMPLE EXPAND NOT JUST SUBWAY IN THE ATLANTA AREA, BUT EXPAND RAIL INTRA AND INTERSTATE. THINK OF THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RELOCATING TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY/REGION/STATE.
By GATA
December 15, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
1-20 & I-285 ON THE WEST SIDE! One lane ramps in all directions, no flyovers for merging onto I-285, and flat-angled ramps that cause trucks to overturn once every two weeks. It’s bad when I-20 backs up 5 miles eastbound every morining just because the GaDOT is too dumb to build more access ramps.
By RaisinBran
December 15, 2006 04:21 PM | Link to this
On a side note, ever since we lost Keith Kalland a few years ago, traffic has been more FUBAR than it ever has. We miss ya Keith!
By Vicki
December 15, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
North Druid Hills Road from I-85 to Clairmont; the stretch between Briarcliff and LaVista is a parking lot most afternoons.
By Christy
December 15, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
Milford Church Road & Whitlock Avenue….it’s terrible!!
By Joe
December 15, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
Monday-Friday 7:00am to 10am and 3:00pm to 7:30pm
By Steve
December 15, 2006 04:25 PM | Link to this
Hwy. 124 and Ronald Reagan/Pinehurst Road — Snellville
By Nancy
December 15, 2006 04:27 PM | Link to this
HWY 92 from 575 across to 400. Holcomb Bridge Road is ridiculous. It takes me anywhere from 30 min. to over an hour to go 10 miles on that stretch of road, a.m. and p.m. (Yes, I’m moving)
You see more cars from Florida due to the job opportunites and higher salaries in Atlanta. I’m from Tampa!
By Charles McK
December 15, 2006 04:29 PM | Link to this
There is a basic problem in Atlanta and most other cities; we depend on the interstates to move traffic long distances and short distances. It is my suggestion that short distance travel be moved to non-interstate roadway; most of which do not exist or have to little capacity.
All of the throughfares that would be used, if there was not an Interstate system in place.
All of the mis-timed lights at interstate on & off ramps that do not disperse & dispatch traffic quickly and efficiently.
Warning signs that suggest that drivers lower their visors & done sun shades in the morning and evening on I-20 EB & I-20 WB.
Traffic enforcement to move slower traffic into the right most lanes. Lane speed graidents.
Taffic enforcement to suggest that drivers keep the spacing interval to under 40’ and not a 1/4 mile.
Northeast Metro: I-85 SB from Jimmy Carter Blvd. to I-285.
Midtown: I-85 SB at I-75 NB
Westside: I-20 WB at Fulton Ind. Blvd.
Westside: I-20 EB at I-285 NB/SB
Westside: I-20 WB at Thornton Rd.
Westside: I-20 EB at I-75/I-85 NB/SB
Midtown: I-75/I-85 NB from I-20 to I-75 Split (near 17th Street)
By Sasha
December 15, 2006 04:29 PM | Link to this
Tilly Mill Road from Womack to North Peachtree
By lmpress
December 15, 2006 04:29 PM | Link to this
Jonesboro Road, starting at the Atlanta City line (at 285), going through Forest Park, Lake City, Morrow, all the way to Hwy 138. Forget about trying to get past I75. The lights are way off plus people drive like they are sight-seeing. There’s nothing to see people! Keep it moving!
By K-OZ
December 15, 2006 04:33 PM | Link to this
I have a great idea that would solve a lot of problems on 85N & 85S from Gwinnett CO to downtown. MARTA!!!!! I used to commute from Boggs to N. Druid, and would have paid $5-$10 a day to hop on a train and ride it to Lenox. GA can spend 100 ka-gillion dollars on a re-vamping of 316/85, but they can’t let MARTA finish it’s ride from Doraville to say, Mall of GA????? Does anybody realize how much traffic could be relieved from the highways if we got most of the Gwinicians off the highway and onto a train. AMEN!!!!! But I guess the state of GA would lose a whole lot of $$$ if we cut that traffic.
By lmpress
December 15, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this
I rode MARTA in the summer as part of the Clean Air Campaign. I had to drive 13 miles to get to the closest MARTA station. At first it was pleasant. Then when school started, MARTA decided to service some of their cars. Most trains went from 8 cars to 5 cars! It was aggravating, but I would still ride MARTA if they either expanded further or consolidate some of the other regional transit. In Clayton County, C-Tran costs $53/month and then the MARTA pass is $52/month. I spend less than that per month driving my own car.
By Kevin Jones
December 15, 2006 04:36 PM | Link to this
On the top end perimeter heading east on 285 the main culprit to slow down traffic is GA 400. Once you get past it your fine heading east on 285. they need more than just one lane heading both north and south.
Heading West on 285 of course 75 is a issue but what has happened now is the growth of west cobb. Since the mammoth growth 285 West Bottlenecks because it has only 2 lanes heading west because of the OLD Bridge over 75.
You fix those problems and it will ease the traffic some…maybe more than some…
BUT with all the legislators giving themselves per diem raises..(Nice trick) we won’t get it down…bring on term limits PLEASE!!!!!!
By Dave C
December 15, 2006 04:43 PM | Link to this
It would be nice if we type of highway or system that went East/West in the Northern Area. It takes forever to get to either 75 or 85 from 400.
By Beth
December 15, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this
Suckers. I’m getting off work between 7-8 AM, and driving in the opposite direction of major traffic. On the few occasions I have to chill with traffic for some reason, I remember back to my days of living in NY and drive like a bat out of hell. Within reason, anyway, at least until I get out of Cobb County. :)
So, yeah. Traffic sucks for y’all [especially on Dallas Hwy and Cobb Parkway], but I don’t much care because I’m already done with my workday.
By Brian
December 15, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this
The Downtown connector, in both directions. actually, where is there NOT a bottleneck these days?!?!
By dhc
December 15, 2006 04:56 PM | Link to this
The Westside I-20/I-285 Interchange has been ignored for decades and single-lane ramps don’t cut it any more - especially with all of the trucks going to and from the rail yard up Thornton Road.
By 9miles2workinanhour?!
December 15, 2006 04:57 PM | Link to this
Pleasant Hill & P’tree Ind.- the left turn signal onto pleasant hill is about 2 seconds. There is way too much traffic turning that way to have the turn signal to be so short.
Old Milton & State Bridge why is it taking so long? It’s the worst in the evenings.
Please get a transit system that works like Boston, NY, Chicago etc. Atlanta is a metro city, get over it.
Old Alabama & 141-Atrocious!!
State Bridge Road & 141- The light east and west lasts 3 seconds and the median is too wide. Make it smaller to give those turning left onto 141 (from SBR) a longer turning lane!
By ODUM
December 15, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this
Please take a look at I-75North to 285 East/West connection.
By D. A.
December 15, 2006 08:34 PM | Link to this
Bottlenecks in west Cobb County: 1. Macland Road and Powder Springs Road intersection (7:00-8:30 AM weekdays) 2. East West Connector, especially at the Powder Springs Road, Austell Road, and Hicks Road intersections (weekday mornings). The lights are not synchronized for morning traffic heading east on the connector, creating long delays. 3. Atlanta Road and Interstate 285 intersection (weekday mornings) 4. Callaway Road and Powder Springs Road (5:30-7:00PM) 5. Lost Mountain Road and Dallas Highway (weekday evenings)
By John Wells
December 16, 2006 11:18 AM | Link to this
As far as I’m concerned, Atlanta is a bottleneck. I avoid it as often as possible. For you who must live there, God help you!
By Buckhead Resident
December 16, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this
HOWELL MILL ROAD from Chattahoochee all the way past 75 to Collier Road is a NIGHTMARE
LINDBERGH/SIDNEY MARCUS to Buford Hwy, including Lenox Rd/Cheshire Bridge and the 400S to 85N interchange — why in the HELL wasn’t a highway ramp built? CONSTANT gridlock
By Calvin G. Sims, Sr.
December 16, 2006 12:04 PM | Link to this
Flat Shoals Road in Decatur, approaching I-285. Starts backing up at Columbia or before. Takes almost an hour to travel 1 mile after that. This is during the Morning rush hour. It is just as bad during the afternoon rush hour but going in the opposite direction.
By GTRules
December 16, 2006 12:06 PM | Link to this
I-85 at Mall of GA/Hwy 20 - bad even at 6am southbound in mornings. I-85 at 316 - and am not convinced all the dollars are going to solve this one. Spaghetti Junction 85/285.
We just have to control growth until the roads and infrastructure catch up. We need a moratorium on new residences in Gwinnett ASAP. It is not just traffic/congestion, we also have the school overcrowding problems. Our leaders in Gwinnett have let us down through the years!
By GTRules
December 16, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
Agree with comments on banning truck traffic in metro Atlanta during rush hours, 6-10am, and 3-7pm. I have seen this done in other large cities….no reason we should not try this here.
By NativePeach
December 16, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this
This is a blog about bottleneck areas not “stupid Southerners.” Consider most of the drivers here aren’t true Southerners anyway, so take your opinion back where you came from! I’ll gladly pay to relocate you!
By Jim
December 16, 2006 12:36 PM | Link to this
To AM: You are right about “Unpleasant Hell Rd” by Gwinnett “No-place anymore “Mall. In my view, that area has gone “Illegal” in recent years and needs a complete overhaul. Maybe bringing in the Border Patrol and BP vehicles would be a great start…….
By Harry
December 16, 2006 12:41 PM | Link to this
There’s not a major intersection throughout the metro area, that had any forethought about growth and expansion. Its sad that such a progressive city as atlanta is, the powers that be didn’t put any thought into the congestion and problems that would be created with continuous growth. Guess they couldn’t or would look around at other major cities around the country and see the problems with growth and traffic. So for all the complainers out there. HELLO! use public transportation or car pool, to go downtown and throughout the metro area and stop driving with only ONE person in your car, that would help the congestion and bottlenecks tremendously as well as cut down on the pollution our great city is being bombarded with because of all the traffic. Stop being the problem be part of the solution.
By lamar morris
December 16, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
I want to suggest that you take a look at the bottle neck at the intersection of ga.92 and 154 in the evening hours.There is a terrible back-up of traffic due to the fact that it is a four way stop. I think i traffic light would ease the problem. This also happens during the morning rush hours.
By Malcolm
December 16, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this
just IF, most households didnt have one car for everyone of driving age and just PERHAPS IF a great percentage of those vehicles were actually going somewhere important and because they really needed to, this blog would be so very unnecessary!, hmmmm..just food for thought…
By StuckInTraffic
December 16, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this
Bad timing of lights is a huge problem. Even if there isn’t enough room to widen certain roads, correctly-timed lights could considerably alleviate congestion. Traffic lights should work more on a network-basis, encompassing a whole corridor of road, instead of being individual entities.
One nightmare during rush hour is clairmont @ 285. It takes a good 10-15 minutes to get thru the gridlock.
Another badly-congested area is at 285 by Perimeter mall. That whole corridor from 285, past the mall, and beyond is wall-to-wall gridlock. Plus, the traffic on the exit ramp backs up onto 285, slowing traffic on the highway (and making a pretty dangerous situation!)
By Steve
December 16, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
THE WHOLE FLIPPIN’ METRO AREA - Reasons: 1. Too many people! 2. Too many 2 lane roads without center turn lanes or even shoulders that are MAJOR thoroughfares! 3. Absolutely NO synchronization of traffic lights!
By kalbo1
December 16, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
up and down hwy 316 to where it connects to i-85 all the way down to i-285/spaghetti junction
By Bob
December 16, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
Any road leading to Emory and CDC Just try getting to the Emory emergency room coming down Hunter Mill Road or along North Decatur or Briarcliff Road any morning. You could die trying.
By J. Alan Crumbaker
December 16, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
The biggest problem is SOV’s (Single Occupancy Vehicles) Every response here should honestly state if they are an SOV! Me, I’m retired, I avoid rush hours.
By Bob
December 16, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this
The permitting departments in Atlanta’s City Hall.
By Over It
December 16, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this
Mansell Road at 400 Southbound during morning commute. There is an epidemic of self-important jerks traveling east on Mansell who, instead of getting into the right turn-only lane to merge onto the 400 South entrance ramp like they’re supposed to, use the regular right-hand lane to cut in front of everyone else and then turn onto 400, causing major back-up. Then those of us traveling west who are trying to turn left onto the 400 South entrance ramp can only go 2 or 3 cars per green left arrow because the cheating morons have totally blocked the intersection. It is absolutely infuriating. Basically, I think the whole metro area is a nightmare because of very poor planning on many, many different levels; and rude drivers make the situation worse.
By nona
December 16, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this
What? Bottle-neck? I always thought that was the line for a parking space.
By GW
December 16, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
From Hwy 138 to where I-75/I-675 South merge at Hudson Bridge Rd-Eagles Landing Pkwy. Being a true Southerner and having lived in Germany for 12 years and driving the Autobahn daily, I can honestly say that Atlanta has the worst drivers I’m ever seen. Europe has nothing on Atlanta other than the fact they know how to drive over there. No wonder there is an accident every 2.8 minutes in the metro area. I can’t understand how most were able to pass a drivers test. And then you have the truckers who are 50% of the problem. No one drives denfensively; everyone is in a hurry and impatient. They should have cameras installed at every intersection in the metro area. Running redlights, failing to yield the right-of-way, cutting you off, changing lanes without a turn signal, etc., is the norm. No wonder insurance rates are through the roof here. I look forward to getting back to south GA next year.
By LilMsSoutherner
December 16, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this
Worst Bottlenecks: 1. 75/85 southbound at I-20. I don’t know who designed this, but these lanes are the worst ever. But at least if you get hit there, Grady is within walking distance. 2. Anything on I-75 from the Perimeter to 575. 3. I-285 south on the West Side to I-20 West. One lane for all the truckers and normal folk, plus we have to merge with another on-ramp BEFORE we merge with I-20. It’s usually the only reason that the West Side Perimeter is so bad after 4pm on weekdays.
However, as a native Georgian, I resent the comments that we can’t drive. It’s not us. It’s the immigrants, the people from out of town, and the people on cell phones (native or not) that screw up Atlanta traffic. Also, nothing in Gwinnett county is that bad. I grew up there. Trust me.
By Kate
December 16, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this
*Doesn’t the length of this blog speak to one important and overlooked solution? RAPID TRANSIT *
We need to put all of metro atlanta into one basket for planning and development of a meaningful transit system, with consistent fare structure and routes that follow the traffic patterns … instead of relying on the outdate and ineffective spoke pattern of MARTA and the inefficient county-specific bus solutions (cobb, gwinnett for example).
By ed
December 16, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
14th street between techwood and peachtree. plans are well under way to rebuild the entire corridor. check out the GDOT website.
http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/PublicOutreach_ex/projectInfo/projectInfo.cfm?projID=0005945&projNum=NHS-0005-00(945)&projName=Proposed%20Improvements%20to%2014th%20Street&CFID=108739&CFTOKEN=17407506
By Stuart O Donnell
December 16, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this
COBB COUNTY -I-75
during rush hour - morning (southbound) and late afternoon/evening (northbound), between I-575 and I-285.
This typically bleeds onto the I-285.
By steve
December 16, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this
Scott Rd and Firsy Coast Hwy, on Amelia island. Sometimes, I have to wait for 10 or 15 seconds before i pull out. What a hastle. Enjoy life.
By Joyce
December 16, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this
Whitlock Avenue, Hwy 120 in Cobb County. The main reason an expansion project of Hwy 120 was blocked by “concerned citizens” was in order to preserve historical Marietta. Now that the expansion of Hwy 120 is a dead issue, developers are leveling land on both sides of the highway for new residential and commerical development. Seems those concerned citizens of Marietta were actually greedy land owners ready to sell out for a hefty profit.
By count_schemula
December 16, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Cobb counties.
By Stuck_N_Traffic
December 16, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this
Widen the bridges over I-85 for Jimmy Carter Blvd and Pleasant Hill Road! Traffic would be better on those roads with more lanes over the interstate (and on Pleasant Hill, why 2 lanes on the southbound ramp go to none is beyond me!) The bridge over 400 at Lenox Mall is huge, and with only one traffic light. Put those everywhere! Also, East-West Connector at Austell Road- tunnel one of those roads under the other. Whoever decided to allow all those driveways and intersections along the East-West Connector should be run out of the state.
By Where NOT to Live
December 16, 2006 05:06 PM | Link to this
This entire blog could be titled “Where not to buy a house”. There’s nothing on here about where I drive. I work in the central business district and live 40 miles out, but I can fly home at well over the speed limit every day. Where do I live??? I’m not telling…ya’ll keep your traffic.
By Where NOT to Live
December 16, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this
By the way - what’s with all these comments about illegals and Mexicans? Why is that OK, but saying that black people are bad drivers with cell phones crooked against their shoulder is gonna get me yelled at? Unless you can be sure that Mexicans had no part in builing your home, stocking your local store, sodding your yard, collecting your garbage, landscaping your subdivision entrance, or anything else, keep your mouth shut! At least those trucks full of workers with the ladders on top are on their way to an honest day’s work!!
By Randy Moore
December 16, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this
316 East on the Sugarloaf Exit ramp
The lights are all out of whack. The Sugarloaf light is timed to allow 5 cars merge in prior to changing again, all the while the nest light North of 316 on Sugarloaf stays red preventing any traffic from moving at all. This has been magnified by the extra traffic generated on the ramp by the construction further down 316
By Ashleigh
December 17, 2006 09:02 AM | Link to this
McGinnis Ferry Road What shouldn’t take longer than 5 minutes, takes between 30-45. Traffic is terrible every morning and afternoon.
By Ken
December 18, 2006 06:30 PM | Link to this
All of Cheshire Bridge Road between Woodland Ave and Buford Highway.
Particularly the intersection of Cheshire Bridge Road and Lindbergh/LaVista. The corners seem to be much sharper than many other intersections, causing turning traffic to practically stop in order to turn, even on a green light. Simply smoothing those corners might be a low cost solution for part of the problem.
Making a direct exit from I-85-south onto Ga-400-north would be a big help.
By Ken
December 18, 2006 06:33 PM | Link to this
North Highland Ave between Virginia Ave and North Ave, but particularly at Ponce de Leon Ave. Improving signal timing might help to let more cars go through and get out of the way.