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Rohnert Park’s most dangerous intersections, times to drive

If you’re driving in Rohnert Park, you might want to avoid doing so from 2 to 4 p.m., watch out on Thursdays and be extra careful at Rohnert Park Expressway at Redwood and at State Farm drives. The latest traffic collision analysis, which covers July to December 2011, from the city’s Department of Public Safety shows that the number of collisions generally has dropped since 2004 in the last half of those years. For 2011, 182 collisions were reported from… Read More »

Mailbag: Missing speed limit. Traffic cams. 12/121 flooding

Here’s a question from a reader: Redwood Drive is the frontage road west of Highway 101 in Rohnert Park.  If you head north onto Redwood Drive from Business Park Drive, next to The Press Democrat facility, there is not a speed limit sign until just before Wilfred.  There used to be a sign previous to the 101 construction, but it has gone missing for a year or more. This has affected some of our industrial park customers since the police… Read More »

Rohnert Park’s most dangerous intersections

The 2010 traffic stats are in for Rohnert Park, and here are the top 10 intersections with the most collisions: First Rohnert Park Expressway at Commerce Boulevard, with 16 collisions. Sgt. Jason Krauss of the city’s Department of Public Safety noted it’s the city’s busiest intersection, but exact causes of the crashes weren’t broken down. Second Rohnert Park Expressway at State Farm Drive, with 8. Third Rohnert Park Expressway at Redwood Drive, with 7. Fourth Camino Collegio at East Cotati… Read More »