NorthSide.Talk

By kwn

November 13, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this

So many sections of the divider look like a complete mess. Very unprofessional looking. I can’t imagine another city putting up with such sloppy looking construction. It’s a patchwork of drippy cement, botched repair jobs and sloppy looking work. A few sections were constructed cleanly but that’s ruined by all of the other crappy looking work.

By John Jackson

November 13, 2006 10:05 AM | Link to this

I came down GA 400 this morning. Living just north of Cumming and getting off at Mansell, I get the full GA 400 experience. And unless I was still sleeping, I didn’t see any new lanes open. It was two lanes the whole way down until Haynes Bridge and probably the worse traffic in months. Took 70 minutes to get to work today.

By Mac

November 13, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this

Open new lanes? Someone please tell me they didn’t actually open the lanes. Please tell me the opening was delayed, my commute was twice as long!

By Drew

November 13, 2006 10:17 AM | Link to this

Northbound was great - no problems and the ride was smooth as silk. Looking over at southbound traffic - I felt sorry for them! I’m thinking they were trying to finish the southbound lanes. It appeared they blocked off an extra lane today? What a mess. Let us know when the southbound lanes are open!!! How could that possibly take months?! They look finished to me!

By Mike Patel

November 13, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this

Until DOT opens the shoulder for Marta buses - it is not going to make any difference to my commute.

By Linda

November 13, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

My ride this morning was sheer torture. It took 1 hour 45 minutes to get to work. I am new to this state and I can’t imagine why the citizens of GA are not demanding answers to this problem. Every morning and every evening the same backup in the same portions of the freeway. Hey GDOT got answers?

By Indifferent

November 13, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this

The people behind the 400 widening project should be FIRED! They are utterly imcompetent. I have never seen work that looks so shoddy. So much for opening those new lanes today huh? What was all the fuss about avoiding 400 this past weekend for? Did anyone work this weekend on this?

WHAT A CRUEL JOKE!

By hammerdown

November 13, 2006 10:45 AM | Link to this

YeeeHaaaww is was awesome this morning, no more stand still at exit 7 A/B. Spend another 47 mil and ban the new city of Sandy Springs police from ever setting foot on GA 400. It took 40 minutes of mind numbing hell off my every morning commute today. You got to remember this is Fulton County so any work no matter how shoddy is progress in the worst run most racist, corrupt and incompetent county in all of Georgia if not the nation.

By Drew

November 13, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this

Someone’s not properly informed and therefore is not informing us. I think it’s the author of this article. The complaints are undoubtedly coming from the southbound commuters, correct? The northbound lanes are finished and are wide open. My question is, are they planning on finishing the southbound lanes today, this week… soon? It’s not quite clear to me in the article. PLEASE HELP!

By Filster

November 13, 2006 10:53 AM | Link to this

Didn’t get a chance to see the northbound rounds on my way downtown, but sure am looking forward to a wide open 400N this evening. Would like to know what Archer Western ahd to tern down so many sections of the median barrier it had just built and/or dig up center sections of the highway though. Certain sections do look pretty shabby, but after having driven from Cumming to Downtown each day through this whole widening mess I am just so relieved it’s near the ned right now that’s all I can focus on. Word to GDOT, why not keep the shoulders open during rush hours to add an extra lane (take a hint from the 24-hour HOV lanes, they have minimal effect and you’re not going to force drivers to carpool) and let’s get those timing lights at the entrance ramps up and operational asap! When do the southern lanes open, when were they supposed to open, why didn;t they open on time and did it cost the taxpayers anymore because Archer Western messed up so much. Makes me wonder who is related to Archer-Western.

By YOU ARE IDIOTS

November 13, 2006 10:58 AM | Link to this

Does anyone pay attention? The Northbound lanes were opened, not Southbound. PAY ATTENTION IDIOTS.

Will someone report if Northbound backed up at Exit 11?

By maggie

November 13, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this

new lanes open for what. I normally get on 400 at Exit 10 and off at Exit 12. Today it was worse than before. The line is shifting and all the cars are congested at Exit 10. It took me longer than usual actually. Oh, by the way, everybody thinking of going to Six Flag for the rollercoaster. Think not, you do not have to go to Six Flag, just ride on GA 400. Most crappy work I have ever seen. What a shame!

By Joy L.

November 13, 2006 11:01 AM | Link to this

My morning northbound commute on GA 400 was quite smoother than normal from the Holcomb Bridge (exit 7A-B) to Haynes Bridge (exit 9) stretch around 8:50am - I actually thought it was Friday. I could see the congestion on the Southbound side from Holcomb Bridge up to Haynes Bridge- the median area of the expanded lanes look kinda shoddy and patched up. I’m not looking forward to my southbound commute this evening. I’ll probably leave Alpharetta around 6:30pm….kill sometime @ Wal-Mart on Windward. I can do some much needed grocery shopping.

By SCW

November 13, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this

New lane openings on 400 South? WHAT NEW LANE OPENINGS??? There were none!!! What in the world did those bonehead DOT workers do all weekend? My commute took twice as long this morning. Just move the barrels from the two left lanes!!! It looks as though it’s been finished for at least a month. Still, two lanes closed while every quarter mile or so I drive by two workers standing around scratching their butts.

Thanx DOT. You really do suck.

By ed

November 13, 2006 11:35 AM | Link to this

SCW - You are an idiot. Can you not read?? Only the northbound lands were open.

By Elliot

November 13, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this

Now maybe everyone will realize why there are so many lousy drivers. They cannot even read! The article says Northbound only! Geesh!

By Tomas

November 13, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this

I am so upset with the GDOT. The Southbound lanes were not opened like they were supposed to be. This is uncalled for. Whoever was put in charge of this mess, should be banned from the U.S.A. forever. GA - 400 is the worst highway in the world.

By Monica

November 13, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this

Northbound traffic was much better this morning. I usually get stopped right right before the river and then it is stop and go traffic all the way to exit 8. Today, the traffic was smooth all the way until I exit at Holcolmb Bridge. It saved me almost a half hour.

By Francisco

November 13, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this

Move in to the city where the future is…don’t waste your life sitting on 400, you will regret it in the future.

By ANEL

November 13, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this

after exit 10 it was like a stand still to find out the extra lanes are condensed back to like 2 or 3 lanes. I did look over and see that south bound was back up more than my lane was and this was at 800 this morning

By Those in Charge of GA 400 Expansion are DUMB@$$ES !

November 13, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this

FYI: Just prior to Windward Parkway, the newly-opened northbound lanes, making 4-5 total, suddenly shrink back to 2. (Yes, that’s right: Only 2!)

So, all that free-flowing traffic for a couple of miles turns out to be a CRUEL joke once you realize that everyone suddenly has to merge back into 2 lanes AT the point where oncoming traffic from Old Milton is also merging.

Naively thinking I might actually make it to work at my job on Windward Parkway ON TIME for once with the new lanes, the last mile of my commute took twice as long as “normal”….. Well, what is “normal” for GA 400. I wound up being late for work to a greater extent than I was last Monday.

As an added bonus, the far right northbound lane above Old Milton, the usual exit lane for Windward, is now blocked off by orange barrels.

DOT or private enterpise, whoever signed off on opening extra lanes for a couple of miles and then shrinking them back to 2 and blocking off the usual far right lane is a colossal Dumb@$$.

Thanks for sticking it to the rest of us.

By Dave

November 13, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

I have to echo the comments from several folks about the shoddy look of the work done by Archer-Western. So many parts of the barrier wall that have been taken down and rebuilt…I have to wonder why. Even the parts that weren’t redone look bad…the concrete pavers have rubbed against the barrier and made marks.

By Dave

November 13, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this

Francisco:

Some of us can’t afford to live in the city, or we choose not to. No way do I want to have my daughter in Atlanta city schools. I can’t afford to buy a house in Atlanta, and the rent is high. Living in town is great for artsy single people.

By SCW

November 13, 2006 12:46 PM | Link to this

Dear Ed:

How do you type with a straight jacket on? We in N. Fulton were led to believe, article notwithstanding, that southbound lanes would be open by this morning. Know what you’re talking about before you start name calling. With that, why don’t you get a life…or more preferably, a job! Moron.

Sincerely,

SCW

By Lake Rat

November 13, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this

OK, so the northbound afternoon commute will now bottleneck at Windward instead of at Mansell, at least until the rest of the northbound lanes to McFarland are finished. Then, the bottleneck will be at McFarland instead of at Windward or Mansell for those of us from points farther north than McFarland.

But, what did anyone really expect - this is always what happens when you widen SOME, but not ALL, of the road by adding lanes in only some areas.

And, do not forget, these are some of the the same mental pygmies who designed the southbound lanes of 400 that bottleneck the merge to the connector southbound by feeding 3 lanes of 400 into ZERO lanes for merging onto the connector!

By Southbound...PLEASE

November 13, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this

Congratulations Northbound commuters, you now have two new lanes to drive in!! The bad news is that they only extend to old Milton….Bummer.

As a Southbound commuter from exit 10, I am looking forward to the two new lane openings hoping they will not be far behind the Northbound openings!!

It will be like an early Christmas present!!

By Lake Rat

November 13, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this

SCW,

Sorry, but I have to agree with Ed; the news all of last week on the radio and on the sign boards on 400 referred ONLY to northbound lanes being worked on last weekend - no mention was ever made about the new southbound lanes being open this morning.

I had to explain all of this to Randy and Spiff this morning as Randy was complaining about the southbound lanes not being open (but, what does he care - at 4:30am there is not much traffic on 400 in either direction)!

By ProfessorSmooth

November 13, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this

Hey, ALL of you are stupid for even living all the way up there and driving to Atlanta everyday. There will never be relief from the suburbian traffic simply because most people can’t drive. STUPID!

By Drew

November 13, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this

Northbound lanes are great, but am I correct when I saw an extra lane closed this morning on 400 south? There should truly be no reason for more lane closures, but I’m not a road construction expert. Again, I have not driven on 400 south, it is only what I saw when I glanced over there this morning. Can anyone clarify?

By ed

November 13, 2006 01:19 PM | Link to this

SCW - Please show me an article where it said southbound lanes would be open??? No news reports said they would be open. Open your ears and learn to read!! Once again… idiot!!

By More Than Modicum of Common Sense

November 13, 2006 01:19 PM | Link to this

Hmmm…

I have maintained all along that one of the reasons we have all of traffic woes is the inability for the 10 counties which comprise the Atlanta Metropolitan area to work together.

So great, we have added another band aid (expansion north) to a patient (GA-400) who is dire need of triage.

Soon, in the next 18 months, 4 or 5 new very tall buildings will be completed in Buckhead (the 40 story one at Peachtree and Piedmont comes to mind). These buildings will all bring more cars to the Buckhead connector (already a nightmare) and subsequently, more cars to GA-400.

While the people living North of Holcomb Bridge are happy with the expansion, they will inevitably, will have to come South at some point—to go to the airport, to see a game, to visit someone.

The transition from GA-400 to I-85 south routinely gets backed up to past the tollway. Once more cars (thousands, in fact) are put on GA-400, no one will be able to go south. I predict, if this is not taken care of the commute going south from Hanes Bridge to Midtown, could take hours. In fact, the commute going south no matter where you start and where you are headed will be slower than it is now.

Why this has not been addressed, well…it goes back to where does our taxes go? Who makes these decisions? Who has the influence? The city of Atlanta (Fulton County) is not going to do a thing, so it defaults to the GA DOT and the funds which were appropriated for the building of GA 400 in the first place.

Even having 30 lanes going south does nothing, unless you can unclog the true bottleneck, the merger of 400 to 85.

By Chris

November 13, 2006 01:26 PM | Link to this

I want to know what they were thinking when they decided to widen the lanes only to exit 12. They need to go all the way to exit 14 or further. I guess they needed to have a job to work on for the next TEN YEARS since it will probably take that long to make 400 evenly mildly passable. I am looking forward to sitting in traffic a little further up 400 on my way home. Maybe we could hire some engineers from NASA to spend Millions on this project.

By michelle

November 13, 2006 01:30 PM | Link to this

i don’t know where some of you folks were getting your info….i never saw anything about southbound lanes being worked on, only the north.

regarding the shoddy work and why things were torn down as quickly as they were erected….i had heard that the inspector had found the concrete was “weak” and prone to eroding (my assumption there), therefore was not fit to be kept in its present state. (so there is someone doing something right)

not sure where this southbound lane was closed that some of you are referring to. but then again, i only have to travel 3 exits to get to work and back, so i might not have traveled far enough. regardless, i was pretty happy to see that there was traffic moving along the walls instead of 2-3 lanes off of it, but i’m back to my usual grumbling after just reading about the lanes bottlenecking back to the exit i use. :(

By Poppy

November 13, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this

The Southbound lanes looked horrible and it wasn’t any faster from exit 10 to 8. Can anyone tell me why the Southbound lanes were not open this morning??

I want JUSTICE!!!!

By WillNotCommute

November 13, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this

When will businesses learn that until they offer employees the option to telecommute they will continue to have problems hiring qualified workers. There are just too many people on this planet, and the Atlanta metro area is ridiculously overcrowded. Without viable public transportation options, traffic in this area will only get worse. Adding more lanes to existing overcrowded roadways is NOT going to help, and anyone who doesn’t know this is a moron. There are many jobs that are telecommute friendly; it’s the employers that don’t trust their own employees that can’t wrap their heads around this issue. If someone can get all their work done from home, what reasoning is behind businesses refusing to allow them to work from home? We have the technology, why can’t we use it? I actually had one manager tell me that he couldn’t let me work from home, in spite of a physical disability that prevents me from commuting long distances, because “other people would be jealous”. How stupid is that? Meanwhile, more and more workers are figuring out that they can start their own businesses and not have to worry about commuting at all. It won’t be until businesses can’t find anyone to hire that they’ll realize that they’re losing out on the best and the brightest workers. Ultimately, all companies are going to learn to become more reasonable regarding employee flexibility or they’re not going to have any employees worth hiring. Wake up and join this century, folks; the Internet has changed the rules of business and smart companies will ultimately change as well.

By Lake Rat

November 13, 2006 01:57 PM | Link to this

Poppy -

The new southbound lanes were NOT supposed to be open this morning. There, I told you why the southbound lanes were not open… Now about that JUSTICE - you are on your own!

By Alphacar

November 13, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this

1) Why the heck didn’t they widen the roads to the max width allowed under the bridges? 2) Why only 3 lanes southbound and 4 north? 3) Who is going to pay for the reconstruction when the original half-ssed job falls apart in the next year? 4) Take it all the way to Exit 14 morons.

By Lori

November 13, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this

Give ‘em time to finish!! The project wasn’t slated to be done until September 2007?!?!? so just be happy we have the NB lanes so far. I’m thankful, and haven’t gotten to drive home on them yet!

By SCW

November 13, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this

Lake Rat, while I fully appreciate and respect your opinion, this is not a matter of who’s right and who’s wrong. This is a matter of Ed being a total moron with no life. And based on his last post, he apparently reads with his ears. Therefore, I think it best not to encourage him. If we do, he may never get a job.

Ed, do you like the zoo? I hear retards like the zoo.

By LBP

November 13, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this

Get Rid of Commuting by moving to “Historic College Park” on MARTA rail where the homes and condos are affordable - Nearby is the Airport - Walk to restaurants, Woodward Academy, new Boys & Girls Club. Search zip 30337 at http://www.Realtor.com

By dave

November 13, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this

scw,

dude you were wrong. now you resort to retard and zoo talk. LOL

talk about get a life

By Poppy

November 13, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this

When are they opening the Southbound lanes?

They should open a couple of bicycle lanes on 400 also.

By Linda

November 13, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this

The bottom line is that the “improvements” to the GA 400 are too little, too late

By dave

November 13, 2006 03:47 PM | Link to this

scw,

keep on enjoying that southbound commute you dumba$$

By bonzo

November 13, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this

I get on at exit 5 and head northbound. Today it took 18 minutes top to get to exit 10, where there was a 10 minute backup, largely triggered by traffic slowing down north of the exit bridge, where the construction hasnt been completed. When that’s done, I suspect this will be a breeze. The southbound lanes still arent open, so they are still backed to a crawl.

By TreeHugger

November 13, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this

Traffic aside, 400 used to be one of the prettiest commutes in Atlanta until some idiot decided to rip out all those trees along the road a few years ago. “We had to clear an extra 20 feet of trees on each side of the highway because one person ran into a tree as they ran off the road” was the excuse I heard. LET THE TREES GROW BACK!!!

Now it’s just the same crappy generic concrete mess that you see everywhere else in town. At least we can be grateful that they haven’t decided to put up billboards.

By BlowUp400

November 13, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this

In response to TreeHugger’s comment on the billboards, unfortunately it’s too late. I already see a billboard going southbound right after Exit 8. If all my fellow 400 commuters are having fun now, wait until those ridiculous traffic signals at the bottom of the ramps go into effect.

By Robert

November 13, 2006 04:21 PM | Link to this

Until we decide to put real money into transit alternatives we will never solve this problem. Does anyone really think that 30 years from now we’ll still be able to sustain the one-person-to-a-car model? It’s simply not possible. But our current tax allocation scheme sends all the money to road-building projects and almost nothing to transit. THAT is what must change.

And I agree that employers must get other the face time requirement for workers who have telecommuting-friendly jobs.

Also, there seems to be a generally held misconception that living intown is too expensive for the average person. As a realtor who has done both (and now lives intown), let me remind everyone that living intown doesn’t mean you have to buy a victorian in Virginia Highlands. There are lots of very affordable housing options that would leave money left over for private school if you can’t deal with Atlanta City schools.

The longer I spend away from suburbia, the less I want to go back…

By DadMania

November 13, 2006 04:25 PM | Link to this

It was better because the usual morons that are in front of me looking at the road crew employees and truck have nothing to look at anymore.

Ask this same question in a year.

By Miss Dot

November 13, 2006 04:28 PM | Link to this

Like Paul Harvey always says - and now for the rest of the story…This project was designed to give drivers a couple more lanes using the grassy median between the north and southbound lanes between Holcomb Brg and McFarland (where traffic volumes drop significantly). That means we get one or two lanes in each direction. No one’s property was taken away and we didn’t have to go through bureaucratic hell to get it - it was a quick way to get some relief - a way to take away some of the hurt while the bigger project is under design. Only Northbound was to be opened today not Southbound. There was not a lane closed southbound this morning. The reason the lanes drop after Windward is that there is still construction going on from there to MacFarland.The rest of the project(southbound included) will be complete sometime after the first of the year. It was never intended to be a panacea - more like Bactine. It is the first of many improvements on that corridor. but like my mama says - better late than not at all!

By Bob

November 13, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this

Extra lanes open? Right. My commute from Hwy 20 took more than twice as long as usual. They wasted everyone’s time if this didn’t change anything.

By 400 Lover

November 13, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this

I don’t see what the big fuss is about. If you travel at 7:30 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. there is TRAFFIC….that’s why they call it RUSH HOUR! Those who think (and particulary the one from L.A.) that traffic any worse than virtually every major U.S. city is dreaming. Fortunately on 400 you do not have the 18 wheelers that are scary.

It’s great that the northbound lanes are open…I can’t understand why the southbound lanes will take that much longer…they look ready to go. I applaud the work that has been done as it has been done fairly quickly…especially considering the concrete screw-up.

Bottom line is everyone knows what it is and have choices….if you don’t like it either move or put up with it!!

By AC

November 13, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this

WHAT NEW LANES I commute southboud on GA400, from 369 to Exit 10. MY COMMUTE WAS TERRIBLE, TRAFFIC WAS BUMPER TO BUMPER FROM EXIT 14 ON!

WHAT IS DOT DOING!!

By AC

November 13, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

Sorry I re-read article, it states the southbound will not be open for a while.

My Appologies!

By Lemming Lover

November 13, 2006 07:07 PM | Link to this

I love hearing you N. Fulton and Cumming crybabies whine about your commute. Especially since I made 6% off you when you bought your house. You chose to live where you live so you could afford that house you really can’t afford and you could send your kids to public schools that are not below average (yet). Guess what, because the local governments refuse to stop overdevelopment and put density restrictions in place, your commute is only going to get worse even with more lanes. Eventually it will affect your property value and you aren’t going to be able to pay off that interest only loan when you sell it at a reduced price. Here’s an idea for the rest of you Lemmings out there wanting to move north and commute to your job downtown. Buy closer to work, buy within your means, and stop trying to keep up with your coworkers, churchmates, and friends; they can’t afford their lifestyle either. Trust me, I’ve seen their credit reports! I can’t understand why anyone would put up with an hour and a half commute every morning, especially on a commute that should take you 20 minutes or less. Oh I forgot, your mindless Lemmings! By-the-way, the 18-wheelers don’t scare me near as bad as the brainless mexican landscapers or the clueless oversized SUV driving soccer moms!

By Denverbound

November 13, 2006 07:34 PM | Link to this

Haha, these open just in time for me to get transferred to Denver. Oh well, a slightly better ride home is no substitute for living half the distance from work or driving less then half the time to get there.

I’ll be trying their new light rail station that’s opening near my house. A city finally put the stations near where the people who work at its center-point (downtown) live (the southern suburbs)

The biggest problem for Atlanta commutes though is sheer distance. When the realtor in Denver showed us a map of the area and where people usually lived to commute from, I thought it was a LONG way. But it was just the scale…the Metro Atlanta map, to fit on a wall, makes up alot more space, so what I thought must be as far out as Dawsonville, actually was Roswell-type distance from downtown. Half the metro population and better long-term planning will do that.

Enjoy the lanes, eventually more subdivisions will pop up along Exits 12 and 13 and it’ll be just as bad as before.

I am wondering the same as one person above me though…why’d they build the center walls then tear them down the next week and put them back uglier?

By Lee

November 13, 2006 08:47 PM | Link to this

Traffic on 400 is hideous ! Even some non-rush hours are ridiculous ! To add insult to injury, many drivers are rude and then some …. It doesn’t matter how many lanes are added, it simply won’t keep pace with the growth. Surely the GDOT knows this. Light rail would be a tremendous help throughout the Atlanta region, but I’m afraid I’ll be dead before I see that happening, region-wide. By the way, thanks Shirley, Andy & John … looks like our Milton County is on its way !

By CBL

November 13, 2006 09:35 PM | Link to this

The addition of pavement to GA400 does nothing but put a bandaid on a firehose. Atlanta’s traffic problems are due to lack of city planning, get-rich-quick developers, and rampant one-upmanship on the part of buyers due to the region’s relatively low housing prices fueling the drive to build and buy bigger, better, and nicer houses in nicer areas. Sadly, the consequences—gridlock, empty strip malls, and the eventual white flight—occur much quicker as a result, pressuring residents to sell within a few years and move further out in search of a new house rather than deciding to remain in their home (there is a difference between a “house” and a “home”).

One thing that should be done to alleviate Atlanta’s traffic problems is to replace the laughing-stock that is MARTA as well as the patchwork bus network with a comprehensive, efficient, and reliable public transportation system. And don’t give me the argument that MARTA would bring crime and filth into your neigborhood. MARTA’s one of the safest transport systems in operation. Besides, what some define as undesireable people are driving the white vans carrying 14 ladders on top of them, and they didn’t get to the gas station around the corner by taking a MARTA train.

By J.T.

November 13, 2006 11:14 PM | Link to this

A big shock to us all I know. The story in the AJC is incorrect. New lanes were opened on the northbound side only. And only to Webb Bridge Road (just north of Old Milton Pkwy). Construction continues Windward and north to McFarland.
Who knows when southbound will be opened but it appears that it should be soon.

By MC

November 14, 2006 01:34 AM | Link to this

“By the way, thanks Shirley, Andy & John … looks like our Milton County is on its way !”

Oh, super. Then the new county can pull out of MARTA, force the system to tear down its four rail stations within its boundaries, and drive it to bankrupty, making things that much worse.

By MC

November 14, 2006 05:03 AM | Link to this

Speaking of north Fulton/Milton—one of the pieces in the editorial section prompted me to write this.

By Ray

November 14, 2006 06:15 AM | Link to this

I drove from Atlanta 4:00pm)to exit 16 it was great. Don’t really care what it looks like. Some people have to complain about everything.

By HARDLY

November 15, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this

Robert, THANK YOU! I’m SO tired of people whining about traffic, when they voluntarily chose to live 50 miles outside of the city—and failed to demand their leadership provide results in the form of transit.

Expand MARTA—NOW!!

By HARDLY

November 15, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this

Lemming, great summary! Shows you what happens when people fight ANY sort of area wide “planning” because it’s a form of “regulation,” and against the area’s Republican principles.

Honestly, after this last election when Georgia stood up and declared it is NOT fed up like the rest of the country, I’m about ready to leave the state. These idiots can HAVE IT.

By Whadda Joke

November 27, 2006 10:57 AM | Link to this

So now the SOUTHBOUND lanes are opened and GUESS WHAT? In the Ga. DOT’s infinite wisdon, the CLOSE the RIGHT LANE! So now we’re still dealing with only 3 lanes of traffic and NO IMPROVEMENT SOUTHBOUND what-so-ever! In fact, I think it made things worse! What was the point of that? Why close the right lane?? Northbound actually improved traffic flow- my afternoon commutes have been much better- but that’s because there re now 4 lanes! So why did the DOT close the right lane?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?