Dunwoody, Chamblee, Brookhaven area would be the best as far as traffic. You end up going opposite traffic on 285 if you decide 285 to 85S, the 85S traffic doesn't start to backup too bad until the exit you would take, Clairmont. Clairmont over to Lavista and up Houston Mill, that would be about 45 minutes, but you are sitting on Houston mill for 20 minutes in the morning and the evening. You also always have the option of Peachtree Industrial to Clairmont or North Druid Hills depending on highway accidents. Like I said before the biggest problem is getting in and out of the Emory area if its peak times 8-10, and 4-6. This also widely varies based on school, will always have hospital and CDC traffic but for 3 months you get a summer/holiday reprieve. Other areas more east of Emory, like Tucker are a problem because that direction in and out of Emory is a disaster as its been built up massively the last 5 years. Also when it comes to traffic for some reason people like to downplay how long they get to sit in their car here. Like people that live up in Alpharetta and work downtown try to convince you it takes 30 minutes, which maybe on Sunday night at 2am.