Why does nobody talk about the trick with the Waze app and the I-285 loop?

I was stuck in that awful afternoon traffic on the connector near Northside Drive for the third time this week. I tried the usual side streets but they were just as bad. On a whim, I set my Waze destination to a random exit on the opposite side of the 285 loop, not my actual exit. It routed me around the entire perimeter instead of through the city center. It added maybe 5 miles, but I got home to Decatur 20 minutes faster. Has anyone else found a weird routing trick that actually works here?

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the_seth16d ago

That 285 loop trick is basically Atlanta's worst kept secret at this point.

reese_singh8716d ago

That trick only works before 6 AM. After that it's a parking lot.