As a regional employment center, Emory has a big impact on transportation due to the travel patterns of their employees. Here, we estimate the number of employees working in the Emory area and analyze where the workers are coming from (their home locations) using the U.S. Census Bureau's OnTheMap Application. The tool uses 2014 Longitudinal-Employer Household [...]
We recently featured the new ARC-approved Walk. Bike. Thrive! regional bicycle-pedestrian plan. To develop a regional, data-driven framework, the plan includes strategies for prioritizing projects and guiding investments for walking and biking. To evaluate projects in a way that reflects ARC's policy goals, the prioritization tool identifies "regional focus areas" based on desired safety, mobility, economic development, and [...]
Now we can relive the worst traffic jams of May 2016! The top 10 bottlenecks for the month are shown here, with details about duration, length, and number of occurrences. For the second month in a row, the #1 bottleneck was I-75 N @ Chastain Rd/exit 271. The average maximum length of this bottleneck was 11.82 miles [...]
Last week the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Board approved Walk. Bike. Thrive!, the new regional bicycle-pedestrian plan. The plan introduces a framework for prioritizing regional bike/ped investments and provides tools for local jurisdictions to increase active transportation options. Walk. Bike. Thrive! envisions the completion of community-scale walking and bicycling networks, a regional-scale trail network, and first- and [...]
Instead of driving alone in traffic, try out a new commute option! Commute options are intended to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution by eliminating single driver trips and/or decreasing the length of those trips. The Atlanta Regional Commission's (ARC) Mobility Services Division, under the Georgia Commute Options program, provides transportation demand management strategies to increase the [...]
This dashboard, from the Atlanta Regional Transportation Factbook, shows data on I-85 HOT (High Occupancy Toll) lane usage. The HOT lanes offer more reliable trip times for a small variable toll. This data shows the average weekday trips by month and the average daily fare by month since the HOT lane's opening in October 2011. [...]
Atlanta Regional Commission recently discussed commuting data with U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson. Household commuting statistics, such as means of transportation to work, come from the American Community Survey and are available at various geographies. The data highlighted below looks at how commuting in the metro Atlanta region compares to other areas and where households with no [...]
Relive the worst traffic jams of April 2016! The top 10 bottlenecks for the month are shown here, with details about duration, length, and number of occurrences. The #1 bottleneck was I-75 N @ Chastain Rd/exit 271. The average maximum length of this bottleneck was 8.5 miles with an average duration of 2 hours and [...]
Georgia's Governor Deal has signed Senate Bill 369, which allows for a City of Atlanta referendum in November 2016 on a 1/2 cent sales tax increase to fund MARTA expansions. We break down the who/what/where/when/why of the bill below.
Take a guess at how many intersections with traffic signals there are in metro Atlanta! Atlanta Regional Commission has the answer: As part of the new Regional Dynamic Traffic Assignment project through the Strategic Highway Research Program, ARC has identified signalized intersections in the 20-county metro Atlanta region.
