"On The Road Again"... Willie's strains must be ringing in the ears of metro-Atlantan commuters as they struggle out of bed every morning... at least 225,964 of them. That's the number who spend between an hour and an hour-and-a-half commuting to work each day... one way! Over 88,000 of them spend over 90 minutes each way! This is from new census figures released yesterday.
What's worse is that most of those drivers, along with the great majority of all commuters in Atlanta metro (over 81%), are all alone in their vehicles.
All you Californians are saying, "Duh!" Like, have you ever driven in L.A., dude!?!" Well, yeah, I have. And guess what - even though it's nothing to brag about, Georgia's average commute time (about a half-hour) remains the sixth worst in the Nation... worse than California's. If you add up all the commute time, there are many drivers in metro Atlanta who spend over one month each year "on the road again"... commuting!
Land use planners in the Atlanta area have been doing a good job of trying to convince us to change our ways, encouraging government leaders, developers and builders to move toward Traditional Neighborhood Developments where we can live, work, and play. Several TNDs have been built in various pockets of the city, and more are in the works. But we still have a long way to go (no pun intended).
All I can say is, "Thank you God that I live and work and play in a Traditional Neighborhood in Covington, Georgia!"
- Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
- We're the best of friends
- Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
- And our way
- Is On The Road Again
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