Traffic delays cost the average American 97 hours, or about $1,300, a year, according to INRIX, a company that analyzes transportation. In 2018 the company published a worldwide Traffic Scorecard showing their calculations for how much time the average commuter loses annually due to traffic congestion.
So what can be done to address Atlanta’s traffic and congestion issues? That’s one of the questions we put to local experts as “Closer Look” kicked off its weeklong series, “Gridlocked: What’s Moving Atlanta?”
Joseph Hacker, Professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at Georgia State, and Bill Diong, associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Kennesaw State University, stopped by “Closer Look” to talk about the transit outlook for the Atlanta region.
On bus rapid transit
“What I’ve been focusing on for the last couple of years is the concept of semiautonomous, electric buses, specifically with modules, to be used for bus rapid transit lines,” Diong said. “I see that as a stepping stone towards fully autonomous buses in the future.”
