This Is The Best Explanation We've Seen For Why All Of Atlanta Is Stuck In Traffic

A few inches of snow in Atlanta have led to gridlock, hundreds of accidents, and a baby born on the side of a highway in the past 24 hours.  The City knew the storm was coming, and has a new fleet of snowplows and vehicles to spread sand. So what went wrong? Atlanta-based designer Thomas Strickland spent eight hours in traffic, and offered up a great explanation of the problem on Metafilter. He gave us permission to publish his take: --- Considering I just spent upwards of eight hours in this m...