[ale] OT: Best way to go from I75 north to 20 west in Atlanta

[Jim Kinney]

Everyone else is missing the point.

The BEST way to get from south of Atlanta on I75 to west of Atlanta on I20
is in the back of a car driven by someone else and it's got a fully stocked
free bar and fridge, solid wifi and you are in no hurry at all.

What?!? Driving around Atlanta stinks! Morning rush "hour" is from 7:30 to
9:30 am. Lunch rush is 10:30-2:30. Evening rush is 3:30-7:30. Every.
F##king. Day. Add an hour to all of those for rain, baseball, football,
basketball, wrecks, stupid drivers, bright sunshine, bridge collapse,
sinkhole, holidays, etc.

The only time traffic was tolerable in Atlanta was when gas hit $5/gal.
That STILL sucked as I live in Tucker and had to drive to Mableton daily
for work -  nearly 40 miles each way.

I want fully automated transport. Car, train or Star Trek transporter. I
don't care. Traffic bad for my happiness.

On May 24, 2017 3:58 PM, "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm from Orlando Florida, and all I know about Atlanta traffic is that
> the traffic on I75 is usually horrible from mile marker 185 near
> Forsythe up past downtown Atlanta up to about mile marker 285. I once
> averaged 10mph on I75, north of downtown Atlanta, for two straight
> hours, on a Saturday night at 10:30pm. I also know that once, trying to
> avoid that kind of traffic, I took the I285 loop to bypass mile markers
> 238 thru 259, and that was horrible too.
>
> I have relatives who need to drive from Orlando to Los Angeles in early
> September. They want to take the north route (I40) instead of the south
> route (I10) due to the extreme heat in September. To the extent
> possible, they want to stick to the Interstate freeway system.
>
> If traffic were not an issue, I75 to I20 to I22 to I40 would be
> perfect. So I have some questions about traffic:
>
> Is the traffic on I20 west of downtown as bad as I75 traffic? How far
> west of downtown is it below 40mph?
>
> Would I75 to I285 to I20 be better than I75 directly to I20, or is I285
> still so full of construction that it's slower than I75?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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