Traffic Keeps Companies Away From Atlanta; Is Seattle Next?

December 20, 2007

Everyone knows traffic congestion hurts the economy, but "the economy" is abstract, non-specific. Sure, traffic gets worse, but businesses still do business and commuters still commute.

Now, we've got something a tad more specific: According to this story by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dennis J. Donovan, one of the nation's top site selection consultants, says the Atlanta metro area's traffic congestion has now reached "the point of no return" with companies quietly taking their business elsewhere, including packaging company MeadWestvaco, which relocated its headquarters - and hundreds of new jobs - to Richmond, Va., instead of Atlanta because of traffic.

By: Aaron Corvin Intersections

Full Story: http://www.washingtonceo.com/home/blogs/post/article/128/traffic-keep.html