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Alternative 6B
 Managed Lanes + Express Bus +
Fixed Guideway Transit ROW + Operational Improvements
What's Included?
Managed Lanes: Similar to Alternative 6(a), but adds the managed lanes in the center of the existing general purpose lanes, separated by a painted buffer. Additionally, the general purpose lanes would be reduced to four lanes in both directions. Congestion in the lanes is managed through Electronic Toll Collection technology. Toll booths are not required. This technology works like the Cruise Card electronic transponders used on Georgia 400 today. Instead of paying a toll at a booth, the accounts of registered users will be read and/or debited every time they use a HOT lane. Pricing for the lanes will vary based on demand and drivers will see the price before entering the system. Access points include I-285, I-75, Akers Mill Road, SR 400 (to/from the north), Perimeter Center Parkway, Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard (to/from the north), and I-85 (to/from the north).
Express Bus Service: Express Bus service operates over long distances without stopping, which speeds up longer peak commuter trips. Buses operate in the general purpose lanes with stops only in the Cumberland and Perimeter areas.
Fixed Guideway Transit Right of Way: Acquisition of additional rights of way for potential future Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail Transit.
Operational Improvements: These modifications improve travel flow and safety, and include:
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Braided ramps: vertically separating off and on ramps (one ramp passes over the other).
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Auxiliary lanes: an extra lane that runs between interchanges and gives drivers more time to merge in or out. The lane is created when an entrance ramp at one interchange meets the highway and drops out at the next interchange as an exit ramp (with an “Exit Only” sign).
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Collector-distributor lanes: one-way lanes that run adjacent to the interstate and provide access to additional exits/off ramps that do not touch the interstate.
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Reconstructing interchanges
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Building new ramps
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Reconfiguring some local roadways
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