andre and ron,

I ride that route once a week or so heading downtown. I've had good luck getting over on College, the other side of the tracks. Less traffic and better roadway. That works great for me, especially heading to the new Edgewood retail area or East Atlanta. Otherwise, I try to take Coventry or Mclendon to the PATH route if I'm heading to Midtown or Tech. I try to stay off Dekalb Ave as much as possible, especially since those first set of tracks still see daily train use. I've gotten stuck there by a train lots of times. Hooray for Atlanta.

Edit: Dchiefransom, the railroad company (CSX in this case) does have responsibility for maintaining that crosssing, but thanks to the lease deal that the state governmentt cut with them, they have near sovereign immunity. Georgia politics...just ask anyone involved with the Beltline or PATH foundation about that.