Transportation Tuesday
Transportation-related posts, published every Tuesday.
Transportation Tuesday: Freight Mobility Plan Update
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) recently adopted an update to the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan that features short-term and long-term strategies to enhance the movement of freight in metro Atlanta. The plan includes $1.8 [...]
Transportation Tuesday: Affordability for a family of three with one worker
We recently shared a map that shows location affordability (based on housing and transportation costs) for a Type 1 Family (a family of four, including two working commuters, with a median annual household income of $57,740). [...]
Transportation Tuesday: July’s Worst Traffic Jams (map)
Where were the worst traffic jams during July? This map shows the top 10 bottlenecks along metro Atlanta highways for the month of July. A bottleneck is a segment of roadway where the traffic speed [...]
Transportation Tuesday: Housing + Transportation Affordability
This map was developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Location Affordability Index to show the affordability of housing and transportation costs, as a percentage of [...]
Transportation Tuesday: AmericasMart
Today marks the last day of AmericasMart, one of downtown Atlanta's big events. How has the influx of visitors affected traffic downtown? While we can't correlate traffic conditions directly with AmericasMart opening times, we can [...]
Transportation Tuesday: Georgia Teen Drivers
The number of teens drivers has hit a record low, according to data from the Federal Highway Administration. In 2014, there were about 8.5 million teenage drivers in the U.S. How does this trend look [...]