Like N Texas, us Rust-Belt refugees are also immigrating to the Atlanta area. Atlanta area traffic is rated worse than N Texas. We are going to spend billions creating more sphaghetti junctions.
Government traffic gurus are clueless to why Atlanta traffic is so bad.
Signage. Two signs on the expressway side by side. People assume the sign on the left would be for the left fork of the Y; and the sign on the right for the right fork of the Y.
But no. The placement of signs is just opposite of what drivers normally think. So drivers change lanes to get in the wrong lane and then, at the last minute realize they are in the wrong lane and again change lanes to get the the correct lane. Or worse yet, they come to a complete stop in the middle of the expressway bewildered as to which way to go.
Then there are the signs off the expressway. The main street near my house changes names 5 times in 6 blocks. The GPS can’t keep up with all the name changes and constantly contradicts what the street sign says.
We lived in the DC area for a few years and our daughter went to Pensacola (PCC). We would drive by Atlanta in the dead of night so that I would not have to deal with the traffic. Always bothered me.