Readers have a lot on their minds this week, perhaps because summer vacation is in full swing and those of us working rather than vacationing are feeling the worse for wear. Here's what three commuters have on their minds. Stop clogging my Highway 37 I just recently started commuting to [...]
The widening of Highway 101 is about to take some big leaps forward. --This week, weather permitting, Caltrans says, construction crews will begin the final paving of 101 from Rohnert Park Expressway to Petaluma Boulevard North, doing the work overnight to limit traffic delays. Northbound work is scheduled [...]
Here's a question from a reader: If there is an accident in the "slow" lane during commute hours, can you use the carpool lane to avoid the accident? Can the CHP ticket you for this? This scenario recently happened on the Cotati Grade, it was a major accident. Sue The [...]
At times, it seems I'm the only one going 55 on the Cotati Grade. You too? With the opening late last year of the third north and southbound lanes on Highway 101 between Petaluma Boulevard North and Rohnert Park Expressway, many drivers have turned the stretch into a speedway, often [...]
More construction and car-pool lanes are headed our way. As Staff Writer Brett Wilkison reports, the state Transportation Commission this week approved $22.8 million to widen Highway 101 from Pepper Road at the bottom of the Cotati Grade to just south of Old Redwood Highway in Petaluma. Work on the [...]
Get ready for more construction work along Highway 101. Monday (April 26) is ground breaking ceremony for the widening of 101 from Rohnert Park Expressway south to Pepper Road in Cotati. The addition of a car pool lane in each direction will be great for those who every day must [...]