{"582853":{"#nid":"582853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Police Help with Campus Traffic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith campus construction causing congestion at peak hours, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is providing patrols and working\u0026nbsp;with the City of Atlanta to ease the pain at high traffic times of day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeginning today, Tech Parkway\u0026#39;s northbound travel lane will now be open from North Avenue to the merge with Northside Drive during the afternoon commute. This will alleviate congestion along campus streets and Marietta Street during\u0026nbsp;rush hour. The northbound travel lane will continue to be closed from Means Street to the merge with Northside Drive all other hours. Traffic patterns are subject to change as the City of Atlanta also addresses a water leak at the intersection of Tech Parkway and Northside Drive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConstruction is also still in progress along Ferst Drive from Hemphill Avenue to State Street.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech police are working five campus intersections during high traffic times of day: Ferst Drive and State Street; Ferst Drive and Hemphill Avenue; Ferst Drive and Regents Drive; Tech Parkway and Regents Drive; and Marietta Street and Means Street.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTPD asks drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians to proceed with caution around campus, especially during high traffic times and in construction areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor continuing updates, follow GTPD on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gtpdalerts\u0022\u003Etwitter.com\/gtpdalerts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith campus construction causing congestion at peak hours, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is stepping up to provide patrols and working with the City of Atlanta to ease the pain at high traffic times of day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With campus construction causing congestion at peak hours, the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is stepping up to provide patrols and working with the City of Atlanta to ease the pain at high traffic times of day."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-10-20 13:47:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-20 15:05:23","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"581969":{"id":"581969","type":"image","title":"Tech Parkway Oct. 3 Traffic Map","body":null,"created":"1475270106","gmt_created":"2016-09-30 21:15:06","changed":"1475270166","gmt_changed":"2016-09-30 21:16:06","alt":"Tech Parkway detour map","file":{"fid":"221830","name":"techpkwyoct3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techpkwyoct3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techpkwyoct3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3589846,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techpkwyoct3.jpg?itok=2Y47lTar"}},"541961":{"id":"541961","type":"image","title":"Ferst Drive Streetscape and Intersection Construction","body":null,"created":"1465322400","gmt_created":"2016-06-07 18:00:00","changed":"1475895331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:31","alt":"Ferst Drive Streetscape and Intersection Construction","file":{"fid":"216951","name":"ferstdrive_streetscape_phases.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ferstdrive_streetscape_phases.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ferstdrive_streetscape_phases.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":193547,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ferstdrive_streetscape_phases.jpg?itok=9ZR20Dzi"}}},"media_ids":["581969","541961"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1262","name":"traffic"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}