Add It Up: Colossus of roads
November 3, 2007 at 12:32 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsPercentage of bridges in metro Atlanta rated “deficient” in a recent study: 20
Percentage of major roads and highways in metro Atlanta that are considered “congested”: 76
Percentage of Atlanta commuters who drive to work alone: 65
Total number of people killed in traffic accidents in Georgia from 2001-2005: 8,182
Projected cost of a planned “colossus of roads” for metro Atlanta: $50 billion
Pounds of pollutants MARTA kept out of the air in 2001: 300 million
Number of vehicles MARTA keeps off the roads daily: 185,000
Number of times “public transit” is mentioned as a possible solution to Atlanta’s traffic woes in the aforementioned study: 0
Sources: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; “Future Mobility in Georgia,” TRIP; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, U.S. Census
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