Atlanta drivers spend a lot of time stuck in traffic. Atlanta is ranked the fourth-worst in the country and eighth-worst in the world for heavy traffic. According to INTRIX, a company that examines traffic rates, Atlantans spent an average of 71 hours stuck sitting in peak traffic in 2023. With all the time that we [...]
The numbers are staggering and climbing every year. In 2022 there were 35,092 people were killed in car crashes in the US. Thirty Five Thousand!! To put it into perspective, that is like the whole City of Kennesaw being killed in car crashes! The numbers are not any better for this year. So far in [...]
Living in Atlanta you come to realize that we have more than 4 seasons. Along with Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, we have many sub-seasons in Atlanta, even more important than the four traditional seasons. For example, we have just started college football season, which is arguably the most important and most eagerly anticipated season [...]
The $2 Billion proposed truck lanes which are proposed to be built along the I-75 stretch between Macon and McDonough will be the first of its kind in the United States. The two barrier -separated lanes, 40 miles of them, will be free for truckers and will go only in the Northbound direction right into [...]
The center turn lane on Windy Hill Road between Cobb Parkway and the Circle 75 Parkway, where all the construction is going on for the new stadium, has been called a ‘suicide lane’ because of the excessive car accidents which happen there. And so, the lane will be closed and will be turned into a [...]
If you’re driving in Atlanta this weekend, the following are the construction sites to be aware of: Along I-285 ~ The Northbound and Southbound on-ramps will be closed at the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway exit until 5am Monday. I-20 ~ Two Westbound lanes will be closed between the Downtown Connector interchange and Hamilton E. Holmes [...]
Every April, Consumer Reports gives advice for new and used buyers in its annual auto issue. This year, a trio of Asian and European names top the tally: Audi, Subaru and Lexus. They scored an 80, 8 and 76, respectively, on a 100-point scale that measures the overall score, road-test score, and predicted reliability results [...]
GM has hopes of speeding the development of self-driving cars, has now acquired a small software company and has been testing vehicles on the streets of San Francisco, and other cities. The Detroit automaker says it purchased Cruise Automation, a 40-person firm that was founded just three years ago. The move, coupled with GM’s in-house [...]
The Ford Motor Co. has established a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary to build and invest in new mobility options like car-sharing and ride-hailing services. Ford Smart Mobility LLC will be chaired by former Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, who has been a member of Ford’s board since 2013. Hackett resigned his board seat last week to lead [...]
Governor Nathan Deal and the state DOT's leadership recently unveiled a myriad of projects that will be built with the $900 million per year allotment that was voted in by legislators. There are 45 road-widening projects on GA state highways. Important freight corridors such as US27 in the west Georgia and US 441 in the [...]
