s
s
Sections
Sections
Sections
Sections
Subscribe

No smooth sailing in HOV lanes

Why times don't sync between Marin and Sonoma HOV lanes.

By | October 8th, 2013|5 Comments

Where goest thou, Bay Bridge Troll?

Does the new span mean the end for the Bay Bridge Troll?

By | August 28th, 2013|1 Comment

What’s new in 101 construction zone?

Caltrans has updated its timeline for changes in the Rohnert Park-to-Cotati-to-Petaluma construction zone of Highway 101. For widening 101 from Pepper Road south to Petaluma Boulevard North, K-rails have been going up along the road but Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said construction will really begin around mid-July. The new Wilfred [...]

By | July 5th, 2011|2 Comments

Hwy. 101 exit to Hwy. 37 closed at night

Caltrans is closing the southbound Highway 101 offramp to Highway 37 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday to Tuesday to allow crews to cut down trees along 101. The work, which goes from 8 p.m. to midnight, is the beginning of Caltrans' project to widen 101 from Atherton Avenue [...]

By | February 10th, 2011|1 Comment

Fewer car pooling in Sonoma County

As Highway 101 is being widened in Sonoma County to add a car-pool lane during commute hours, the number of commuters car pooling has dropped, according to Census Bureau data. The bureau's American Community Survey of 2006-2008 found 26,176 workers car pooled, down from 28,283 in the 2000 Census. The [...]

By | February 10th, 2011|4 Comments

The ‘e’ is back in Steele Lane

The "e" is back in Steele, as in the Steele Lane exit sign hanging over southbound Highway 101 from the Bicentennial Way overpass. Caltrans apparently first learned that the sign was misspelled "Steel Lane" last December -- see photo above -- after inquiries from the Road Warrior and [...]

By | January 25th, 2011|4 Comments

Emergency Hwy. 101 work

Caltrans this afternoon closed the far-right southbound lane of Highway 101 between River Road and Hopper Avenue for emergency road work and allowed all traffic to use the car-pool lane. Spokesman Bob Haus said the closure was to allow crews to shore up barriers and to clean out drains along [...]

By | December 16th, 2010|1 Comment

Mailbag: Why all the dirt, Part 2

A few weeks ago, we answered a reader's questions about the mound of dirt at Airport Boulevard and Highway 101 north of Santa Rosa. That prompted another reader to ask about the pile of dirt at Highway 12 and Farmers Lane. What's it for? Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus says the [...]

By | December 13th, 2010|1 Comment

101 project officially complete — sort of

It's official: The $120 million project to widen Highway 101 from Santa Rosa to Windsor is complete. Well, sort of. More than 50 local, county, state, federal and construction officials gathered Tuesday morning for the project's official ribbon cutting ceremony, held at the Standard Structures plant in Windsor, [...]

By | November 2nd, 2010|7 Comments

Hwy. 101 squeeze in Rohnert Park tonight, Friday

Highway 101 will be down to one lane in each direction tonight and Friday night in Rohnert Park for the removal of construction debris -- if the rains allow. Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said the lanes will be closed 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night from Santa Rosa Avenue [...]

By | October 28th, 2010|0 Comments