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Mendocino Avenue gets extra police attention

Steele Lane intersection is the city's 6th most dangerous.

By | November 3rd, 2013|1 Comment

Santa Rosa’s longest traffic light? Farmers at 4th St.

If it feels like you sit forever at the traffic light at Farmers Lane and Fourth Street/Highway 12, that's because it is Santa Rosa's longest light

By | September 5th, 2013|13 Comments

Sound Off: Dangerous Highway 101 on/offramps

Here are some comments from Road Warrior readers: Downtown on/offramps dangerous As a downtown Santa Rosa resident, I use all of the downtown exits and onramps often. It seems that these are among the most dangerous and congestion causing exits/entrances of the newly redone Hwy 101 downtown corridor. The Hwy [...]

By | October 19th, 2012|10 Comments

Mailbag: Is Porter Creek Road sinking? Sonoma Avenue lanes

Here's a question from a reader: I drive daily from Graton to St. Helena via Mark West Springs Road/Porter Creek Road and am writing in hopes you will bring additional attention to a serious road hazard on Porter Creek Road.  I contacted County Roads of Sonoma County and reported this [...]

By | September 21st, 2012|9 Comments

SRPD focusing on collision-prone intersection this week

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city's most collision-prone intersections --- Mendocino Avenue at Steele Lane, which last year was tied for sixth worst with eight collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers [...]

By | September 15th, 2012|3 Comments

Sound off: Readers’ gripes, comments

ARE THESE BICYCLISTS RIDING LEGALLY? I am sending you this letter and attachment in the hope that you will help educate the biking community to their responsibilities under the law. I  understand and support the individual bicycler’s right to share the road with me. But I do expect [...]

By | April 7th, 2012|27 Comments

Santa Rosa’s 25 most dangerous intersections

Here are Santa Rosa's most dangerous intersections, based on the number of collisions at each in 2011 as reported by the Santa Rosa Police Department. Each week during the year, Santa Rosa motorcycle officers typically spend part of their day at one of these intersections, looking for traffic violators, with [...]

By | January 16th, 2012|0 Comments

Road projects, traffic delays

Here are some road projects this week where traffic delays are likely: --Arnold Drive, from London Ranch Road to the Sonoma Development Center, for paving completion, all week. --Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to Santa Rosa, for road striping on Thursday. --Bodega Highway, from Sexton to Jonive roads, for [...]

By | September 26th, 2011|1 Comment

Mailbag: Confusion at Steele and Cleveland

Here's a question from a Road Warrior reader: There seems to be a lot of confusion on the intersection of Cleveland Ave and Steele Lane. If you are turning left from (southbound) Cleveland to Steele, there are two turn lanes which go to three lanes into Steele. I see people [...]

By | August 5th, 2011|21 Comments

Going green with special parking spaces

Sorry, but this parking space is reserved for "green" cars. And more are coming. When the CVS drugstore at Mendocino Avenue and Steele Lane in Santa Rosa was recently remodeled and its parking lot spruced up, several parking spots were reserved for low pollution and fuel efficient vehicles. [...]

By | June 21st, 2011|32 Comments