When Your State DOT Starts Talking About “Relieving Congestion,” Alarms Should Go Off

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By Angie SchmittJul 11, 2017, 11:51 am131 pts
In the 1960s, when Interstate I-75/85 was built through the heart of Atlanta, it wiped out whole neighborhoods. To this day, people living in its shadow deal with all kinds of ill effects: high air pollution, traffic, reduced mobility. Now the state of Georgia is looking to reduce congestion on the corridor,…

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