Study: Toll Road Won't Help

Atlanta's proposed 59-mile toll road would do more to harm the region's quality of life than to improve it.

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January 24, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

"A two-year study of Atlanta's northern suburbs by the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority says the proposed 59-mile Northern Arc toll road would do less to relieve traffic congestion, promote good air quality and save time and money for commuters than other options... But even that won't be enough. Better roads and more trains and buses alone will not ease traffic congestion, the research says, unless they are linked with changes in local land use requirements."

Thanks to Governing Magazine

Read the full story: Northern Arc fares poorly in study

Friday, January 24, 2003 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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