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WSB-TV<\/a>: Georgia Department of Transportation wants to hear from the pleebs about something that they\u2019re probably 20% already initiated into the project, adding express (read: pay) lanes to the top half of I-285<\/span><\/p>\n Shade aside, if there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned about the way the world works, is that when a big entity, be it a company, agency or local or even national government tries to look democratic and get feedback from the people in regards to a proposed project, it\u2019s all just a formality and done for optics, photo-ops and public appearance.\u00a0 I\u2019d say probably 80% of the time, the projects are already underway, and the public is being tapped to hopefully identify and shortcomings or oversights, but with the guise of pretending like they care about the opinions of the rest of the poors.<\/span><\/p>\n That being said, nobody\u2019s going to convince me that GDOT hasn\u2019t already gotten the ball rolling in regards to adding Peach Pass lanes to the top half of 285, and that they\u2019re tapping into the public at this juncture just to get a feel for public sentiment, with the idea of pivoting or adjusting the direction of the new lanes based on public opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m just curious to know where the fuck these magical extra lanes are going to be built, or if they\u2019ll just cannibalize the far-left lanes of existing I-285 and make them Peach Pass only.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t take a genius to identify that there\u2019s basically zero space in between the two directions of I-285, so adding extra lanes on the left doesn\u2019t really seem realistic, unless they add them onto the right, and shift everything down, but that would basically necessitate colossal road work to probably 34 miles worth of highway, feeding the narrative that GDOT is completely incapable of leaving well enough alone, and is always working on something at any given time to all but guarantee that Atlanta\u2019s traffic is among the worst in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n Either way, regardless of if the project is or isn\u2019t actually already started, it\u2019s definitely going to happen if it\u2019s already gotten this far, to ask for public opinion, and I think it\u2019s a dumb one all the same.\u00a0 It\u2019s like city planners or GDOT schmucks have never played an iteration of Sim City<\/em> at any point in their careers, and never learned that adding moar lanes of roads is never the solution, and only investing in rail or alternative means of infrastructure do cities really grow, flourish and liberate themselves from the rat race of cars and roads.<\/span><\/p>\n Besides, even if and when moar Peach Pass lanes are added, it\u2019s not like the city will actually do anything about the inevitable legions of violators that use them without tags.\u00a0 Last time I heard about the problem with violators is that there were well over six figures worth of violations that were left unpaid, and that was many moons ago, so I would wager that there are probably well over a million dollars by now in Peach Pass violations that will go uncollected.\u00a0 So that\u2019s kind of like a double fail that will result if and when Peach Pass lanes are added to I-285, but hey, maybe one more lane is what the City of Atlanta really needs in order to unlock the gridlock that many of us suffer on a regular basis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WSB-TV: Georgia Department of Transportation wants to hear from the pleebs about something that they\u2019re probably 20% already initiated into the project, adding express (read: pay) lanes to the top half of I-285 Shade aside, if there\u2019s one thing that I\u2019ve learned about the way the world works, is that when a big entity, be … Continue reading Oh, Atlanta 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