Comments on: The Woes of an Emory Commute http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: xokyditive http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/#comment-8007 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:00:23 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8007 Timing classes has little to do with the traffic. University and Healthcare employees (and Healthcare customers) outnumber students, and make up the bulk of traffic at rush hour.

FWIW, the CDC is in Atlanta because 60 years ago Atlanta was a large town near the Malaria belt http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/history/history_cdc.htm
It’s near a research university and a teaching hospital. Granted, it studies scarier diseases now, but the Feds sure seem to continue funding construction at the current location.

If it were in an “uninhabited part of the country,” you might find it difficult to staff.

]]> By: B http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/#comment-8006 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:23:03 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8006 David, what do you mean by class timing? I don’t think Emory students are really the problem at that intersection.

]]> By: robin http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/#comment-8005 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:54:00 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8005 I couldn’t agree more.

After YEARS (we’ve been here almost 8 – I don’t know how long it was bad before that) they finally fixed the light at E Parkwood and Ponce – used to take just short of an eternity for it to change causing cars to back up on Scott. Minor compared to the mess at N Decatur/Clairemont but, still….

]]> By: Progressive Dem http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/#comment-8004 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:07:56 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8004 My kids went to school there, and the majority of students come from within the school district boundaries. If you’ve seen the parking lot at Druid Hills, you know that it holds fewer than 50 cars. Because parking is quite limited, students usually car pool, walk or get dropped off by their parents on the way to work. I would guess there are 10-15 buses from outside the immediate neighborhood that serve the school. Compared to the vast majority of single-occupant vehicles along N Decatur Road, traffic from Druid Hills High is a drop in the bucket. Trips to the hospitals and CDC are far more signifcant contributors to traffic than the school. Besides the school is in session 9 monthes and clears out before 5 PM rush.

]]> By: AMB http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/03/the-woes-of-an-emory-commute/#comment-8003 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8003 How many of the students at DHHS actually live in that neighborhood? Very few. So massive amounts of gas are burned and traffic on North Decatur is increased every day to take kids to an “architectural treasure”.

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