[ale] [OT] Life north of ATL?

[Lightner, Jeff]

I drive to Chattanooga fairly often and can say that going up I-75 in the afternoon though slow does move for the most part.     However, I often try to leave at 4 PM to avoid the brunt of it.

When I worked in Alpharetta coming down 400 in the afternoon was so horrible that I often waited until 6 PM or 7 PM to leave the office as I'd get home just as soon.    Unfortunately there are no good back road routes - driving across from 400 to 75 (or 575) was always slower than driving all the way down to 285 and going back up 75.   By all accounts it has gotten even worse in the years since I left that job.   The latest idea of using the shoulder on 400 shows how bad it is and how desperate traffic managers are for ANY idea no matter how bad.

However, Cobb County, doesn't have Marta trains so the OP's post about getting on red line makes me think he wants to do train part of the way.   Cobb does have CCT which will do transfers to Marta but I don't know the details of if they have any express busses that will go directly to a Marta train station.





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:42 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Life north of ATL?

On 05/23/2012 09:24 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> traffic pattern is worst in metro area for that travel direction
> unless it's a second shift position.
>
> Anything heading generally toward perimeter from outside it in morning
> is bad traffic. Average speed on 400 southbound at 8:15am is <25 mph
> every day within 8 miles of I-285..

Then I'd suggest NW of Atlanta.  I'm in Cobb county and although i75 is ugly in the morning, it's not as bad as this discription of 400.

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> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:01 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com
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>     Hey all,
>
>     I'm looking for a transition and we're strongly considering moving
>     north of ATL. Theory is that I can drive down to the Red Line and then
>     train in. how feasible is that, and how far out do you have to be to
>     avoid things like HOAs and crowds?
>
>     Not looking for high rent but a little grass in the yard for the dogs.
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>     Thanks!
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