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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 922715" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>I live and drive in and around Chicago. Traffic here is always moving, albeit a little slowly at times. I think it has something to do with whether or not everyone is going in the same direction. With Atlanta, most people live OTP and very few live in the City and work OTP. Opposite in Chicago. Many people live in the City and work outside the City. This makes for a balanced commute in and out. There are express lanes that reverse with the traffic flow, and there are expressways that trucks (any kind of truck) is not allowed on. Believe it or not, the drivers in Chicago are more curtious and less likely to try to "jump the line" than drivers in Atlanta. </p><p></p><p>I've always had a theory about why Atlanta traffic was as bad as it was. I've lived and driven all over the US. I've driven in LA, NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, etc. It seems (like Vancouver) each City has their own driving style. In NYC, if your car fits, it's a lane. That's why you drive with one hand on the horn because sometimes your 6 across on a 4 lane road and you need to let people know where you are. In Boston, you don't look. You just go. A spot will miraculously open up and you slide in at speed at the last second. In the 90's, I saw such rapid growth in Atlanta with people moving in that there was never an opportunity for people to acclimate to the Atlanta driving style, so everyone reverted to the way they drove. That made driving very unpredictable because you never knew what the cars around you were going to do. Made for a ton of accidents, which clogs up the roads. Just my non-scientific observational theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 922715, member: 198"] I live and drive in and around Chicago. Traffic here is always moving, albeit a little slowly at times. I think it has something to do with whether or not everyone is going in the same direction. With Atlanta, most people live OTP and very few live in the City and work OTP. Opposite in Chicago. Many people live in the City and work outside the City. This makes for a balanced commute in and out. There are express lanes that reverse with the traffic flow, and there are expressways that trucks (any kind of truck) is not allowed on. Believe it or not, the drivers in Chicago are more curtious and less likely to try to "jump the line" than drivers in Atlanta. I've always had a theory about why Atlanta traffic was as bad as it was. I've lived and driven all over the US. I've driven in LA, NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, etc. It seems (like Vancouver) each City has their own driving style. In NYC, if your car fits, it's a lane. That's why you drive with one hand on the horn because sometimes your 6 across on a 4 lane road and you need to let people know where you are. In Boston, you don't look. You just go. A spot will miraculously open up and you slide in at speed at the last second. In the 90's, I saw such rapid growth in Atlanta with people moving in that there was never an opportunity for people to acclimate to the Atlanta driving style, so everyone reverted to the way they drove. That made driving very unpredictable because you never knew what the cars around you were going to do. Made for a ton of accidents, which clogs up the roads. Just my non-scientific observational theory. [/QUOTE]
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