Automobile traffic jams have always been a problem. From the past decade until today, the amount of people driving has increased tremendously, therefore crowding the highways particularly in major cities. Since Atlanta is one of US’s most important cities, it is not an exception to the case. Along the next paragraphs I will discuss problems concerning specifically Ga. 400 highway, which I believe is the worst in Atlanta when it comes to automobile traffic. Ga. 400 made dreams come true for people who moved from 85 north to the city for approximately a decade. Nowadays Ga. 400 has become the metro Atlanta main street facing major traffic jams at peak times. As Baxter Davis said to the Creative Loafing periodic “ traffic controls my lifestyle, I have to get up at 6:30 am to get my office in Buckhead at 9:00 am, or I have to wait until 9:00 am to leave home; and if it rains it takes me two hours to get home.” Traffic problems as this clear example reflects, involve not only wasting time and rearranging schedules, but they also involve people getting upset and frustrated. Another problem that the traffic brings with it is pollution. When the great number of cars comes to ground-level ozone pollution, the city is one of the countries worst offenders. Based on the facts that the traffic situation is getting worse day after day and the population is growing fast, a short-term solution is the most appropriate “escape” for the problem. A solution would consist on implementing a rule by the government, restricting the numbers of cars on circulation. The restriction would by applied in car tags, even and odd numbers. The regulation should specify which days odd car tags are allowed to circulate and which days can even car tags are. The implementation of this solution would solve in a short term the large number of cars traveling on Ga. 400. It would not only make people having to find a ride in those “not a...
