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MINUTES OF THE
TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
MEETING
A regular meeting of the Traffic and Transportation Commission of the City of
Atlanta was held in Committee Room No. 1 of the City Hall on Monday, September
25, 1967, at 2:00 p.m. The following members were present:
Mr. George Goodwin, Chairman
Mr. Jack E. Crowder, Vice Chairman
Mr. John R. Wilson, Jr.
Mr. Robert F. Adamson
Mr. Grady A. Lee
Mr. Gharles C. Mathias
Absent:
Mr. Peter J. Stelling
Also present were City Traffic Engineer Karl A. Bevins; Mr. P. Andrew Springer,
Safety Engineer, The Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council; Mr. John Gerson and
Mr. William Nix, Atlanta Transit System, Inc.; Superintendent J. L. Moseley
and Sergeant Michael Edwards, Atlanta Police Department.
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HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. None
PERMITS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES.
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896 JUNIPER STREET, N.E. Mrs. W. Be Wellborn, 223 15th Street, NeE.,
Atlanta, Georgia. An open lot with 27 spaces; self parking; 2
inbound reservoir spaces and 1 outbound reservoir space; one
entrance on Juniper Street and one exit on Evelyn Street.
The City Traffic Engineer recommended approval of the application.
The Commission approved this recommendation.
623-31 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, N.E. Mr. Lewis Gross, 31 24 Buford
Highway, Atlanta, Georgia, for Quick 'n Tasty Snack Shops, Inc.
An open lot with 60 spaces; self and attendant parking; 6
inbound reservoir spaces; one entrance-exit on West Peachtree
Street.
The City Traffic Engineer recommended approval of the application
with the following restrictions:
l. NO LEFT TURNS into or out of the West Peachtree
Street entrance-exit,
2. Only 55 parking spaces.
The Commission approved this recommendation,
Minutes of the Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting; September 25, 1967;
page 2
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C. 14 BUTLER STREET, N.E. Sunshine Parking, Inc., 130 Ivy Street, N-E.
An open lot with 78 spaces; self parking; 12 inbound reservoir spaces;
one entrance on Butler Street and one exit on Butler Street.
The City Traffic Engineer recommended that this application be held
until some additional information could be assembled because the
application was not filed until Friday, September 22, 1967, and
certain items such as the inbound and outbound reservoir spaces,
total number of car spaces, the parking plan, stall widths and
aisle widths need clarification. In view of these unanswered
questions and some other information desired, the Commission
members voted to withhold action on the application until the
next meeting.
REPORT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; Superintendent J. Le. Moseley.
Sergeant Michael Edwards reported that the Fatal Accidents were down
19.7%, Injured Accidents were up 4% of 1% and Property Damage down 7%.
Sergeant Edwards reported the following traffic accidents through
September 24, 1967, as compared with the same period in 1966.
1967 1966
Fatal Accidents 61 76
Injured Accidents 2,026 2,016
Property Damage Accidents 14,891 16,010
16,978 18,102
REPORT OF THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
The Traffic Engineer gave a brief summary of his budget request for the
calendar year 1968. He also discussed briefly the progress to date on
the proposed use of Staggered Hours to improve traffic conditions and the
serious need for additional new trafiic signal installations.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Ae STEAM INTERFERING WITH SIGHT DISTANCE ON THE FREEWAY.
Members of the Commission called attention to the Steam which appears
on the Freeway (northbound as traftic leaves I-20 east and starts
north in the neighborhood of Decatur Street and southbound on the
Downtown Connector just before the Hunter Street Off=Ramp) which
interferes with sight distance under certain weather conditions, It
was thought that since these curves on the treeway are designed with
the idea of guaranteeing a certain minimum sight distance for the
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high speed traffic that a screen of steam or any other type of
interference with sight distance should be eliminated. The Traffic
Engineer was directed to check into this and determine what could
be done to eliminate the problem.
OVERHEAD LANE ASSIGNMENT SIGNS.
It was suggested that "LEFT ONLY" Lanes be provided on Northside
Drive at its intersection with Marietta Street.
Another suggestion was made that trattic inbound on West Marietta
Street at Ashby Street, which now travels inbound in two lanes, be
governed by lane assignment signs which designate the right hand
lane as a "RIGHT ONLY" Lane and the left lane as a Straight Through
lane.
CAIN STREET.
Attention was called to the parking "apparently illegal" which takes
place on the north side of Cain Street between Piedmont Avenue and
Gourtland Street and also to the lack of alignment between the lane
lines on the east side of Piedmont Avenue and the lane lines on the
west side of Piedmont Avenue as traffic moves along Cain Street.
HARRIS STREET.
Attention was called to the desirability of having the north side of
Harris Street between Spring Street and Peachtree Street NO PARKING
AT ANY TIME in order to better take care ot heavy traffic loads
which frequently occur on Harris Street destined to make a left
turn into Peachtree Street and proceed north on Peachtree towards
the Regency Hotel during the early evening hours.
ADAMSVILLE.
The signt distance problem caused by a store building on the south
west corner of Fairburn Road and Bakers Ferry Road was discussed
and also the difficulty which traffic on Bakers Ferry Road has in
crossing Fairburn Road was discussed, The Traffic Engineer stated
that since a traffic signal was already in operation at the inter-
section of Gordon Road and Fairburn Road and since there was such a
short distance approximately 100 feet) between these two intersections
that it was a physical impossibility to consider using traffic signal
equipment at both locations and continue to accommodate all of the
turning movements that need to take placec
Minutes of the Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting; September 25, 1967;
page 4
F. HOWELL MILL ROAD, N.W.
Attention was called to the possibility of widening Howell Mill Road
to accommodate at least four moving lanes of traffic and preferably
five lanes of moving traffic and to the possibility of tying this
in with the applications tor rezoning that are currently taking
place.
POST OFFICE SUBSTATION PARKING.
Attention was also called to the parking problems and traffic
operating problems which seem to occur in the immediate neighborhood
of post office branches. The question was asked as to the feasibility
of contacting the Post Master to see if parking and access could be
carefully checked before new substations or branches are established.
SYLVAN ROAD & LAKEWOOD AVENLE.
A problem of traftic southbound on Sylvan Road turning left into
Lakewood Avenue and ending up on the wrong side of the median was
called to the Traftic Engineer's attention with the suggestion
that some type of signing and/or marking is needed to minimize or
prevent occurance of this hazardous movement.
STREET LIGHTS.
The need tor upgrading street lights, particularly the one at the
intersection of Mims Street and Mathewson Place, S.W., was called
to the attention of the Traffic Engineer. He indicated that this
type of problem had become almost a routine item and that the
department could move on this immediately (approximately 12 to 15
weeks needed to complete’.
ONE-WAY STREETS.
Some discussion was held regarding the growing need for one-way
operation on 14th Street, LOth Street, West Peachtree Street and
Peachtree Street in order to take care of traffic loads such as the
ones anticipated being gendered by the proposed project at the north
east corner of 14th Street and Peachtree.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 pem.
VI. NEXT MEETING: Monday, October 30, 1967,