Atlanta traffic navigator11/29/2023 ![]() ![]() “Our inspectors will mark areas that need to be repaired. While neighbors possibly are flagging road problems, Rowan says there is a method to the marking madness. I’d appreciate any insight you can offer. My question is who is doing this, and is there a plan to fix them once highlighted? I’m not certain if this is a city project or neighbors warning others of potential danger to their vehicles. Some holes are highlighted by solid lines, others are dashed. I ride my bicycle through several neighborhoods in Atlanta and have encountered numerous potholes outlined in white paint. I had to bother him again for another question on pothole markings. ![]() Great question, Richard, and thanks to Rowan for the assist. So Atlanta’s transportation plan calls for numerous conversions of one-ways to two-ways. However, Rowan said, that “one-way system” is less safe, mainly because of wrong-way drivers and cars traveling at higher speeds on wider corridors. Thanks to Richard, we’re reporting it now.Ītlanta DOT commissioner Josh Rowan (not to be confused with GDOT commissioner Russell McMurry) has insight on the conversions.Įssentially, he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB, one-way streets came from a 1970s plan to move traffic more quickly on the grid pattern that Atlanta and most urban areas use. Unless I missed it, I haven’t seen anything on this.įirst, on the coverage - changes on smaller streets like that are not necessarily headline-worthy, but the modifications matter to those that use them. I would have thought these changes might have gotten some press and might have even been covered in your column. 4th Street, which I think was also one-way, is also now two-way, and maybe some of the other numbered streets have been converted as well. I was in Downtown Atlanta yesterday and I noticed that 3rd Street, which was one-way, is now two-way. If cars can self-drive, they certainly could have a wider spectrum of other automatic features. In daylight, drivers need to override their auto-lights and turn on the headlights in the rain, so that both the front and rear lights are on.Īnd Susan has a brilliant idea with lights being activated with wipers. Orlando, Susan, and several others all sang the same tune: Tail lights do not turn on when driving lights are on. Many people emailed in response to the recent column on driving with hazard lights in the rain and to others on similar subjects. That is not the case, as the people in back of them can’t see them because they have no tail lights on. I’ve seen many incidents of people with auto-headlights thinking that turning on the headlights is not necessary, because they have driving lights. ![]() Many people don’t realize that their tail lights don’t come on with just their driving lights. As always, comments are edited for clarity and length. With that said, several readers sent in some interesting questions and comments that deserve daylight and attention. But you have an advanced degree in your own drive. The WSB Traffic Team is a group of experts on the entire Metro Atlanta commute and transportation engineers are geniuses (most of the time) in traffic design and flow behavior. And no one is a greater expert on their own route than themself. Your knowledge and observations push me harder and give deeper context to issues on our commutes. Let’s set the tone: You, the readers, are what make this weekly column worthy of both my time and each other’s.
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