Atlanta Traffic - Third Worst In the Nation | Marietta Accident Lawyer

This will come as no suprise to my fellow Atlantians, but Atlanta has the 3rd worst traffic in the country.  What will come as a suprise is that the reporting company found a drop in traffic sufficient to drop the ATL from a tie for second to third.  What some have theorized was that the rise in gas prices contributed to the drop.  According to Georgia DOT numbers, Atlanta drivers are getting back to their cars in force.

The report noted that Atlanta drivers wasted and average of 57 hours a year sitting in traffic jams.  As a whole, Atlantians lost more time and money than ever to congestion.  The study found over 135 million wasted hours and over $3 billion in lost earnings due to traffic congestion.

Atlanta ranked behind only Washington D.C. and Los Angeles for traffic congestion.

And unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a fix in sight.  Almost of the potential fixes or proposals have been shelved by lawmakers due to bureaucratic red tape.

The biggest factor cited by the studying in decreasing traffic was the rise in gas prices.

Attorney Michael Terrell's Take

One would expect that due to fewer drivers, there would be fewer accidents in Georgia.  However, I haven't seen any studies supporting this assumption.