People moving to the Atlanta area are always asking about how long it takes to get to downtown from areas outside the perimeter. I always have to answer with “it depends on what time you are driving. A 20 minute trip on a Sunday morning could be a 60 minute trip on Monday morning.”
There is a very good site that gives you a graph of average travel times during the rushhours for various stretches of roads around Atlanta. Go to Georgia Navigator where they have historical trip times. Click on one of the arrows and you’ll get a nice looking gragh. For example, a 6am it takes 14 minutes to go from Old Milton to 285 coming in on 400. At 8am it takes 28 minutes for that same trip. These are average times so you’ll have to figure some days it will even take longer than 28 minutes at the peak times.
I always advise people to take the time and test those possible commuting routes at the times they will be on the road. You have to experience it in person to really know if it will be acceptable or not. Many times a person will say they are willing to deal with the traffic until we get stuck in it. When they experience it first hand they usually think long and hard whether or not they will be able to handle it every business day.
Also, it’s always good to have a detailed map of the area in order to map out possible alternative routes. I’m a big map person and always create a custom map for my clients that we use to chart out the tours of homes that we go on. It’s always nice to be able to show a client exactly where a home is located in relationship to their office and other points of interest.
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