Rx for Hwy. 101 bottlenecks on the way?
Transportation officials in Marin County are actively seeking solutions to the frustrating traffic jams that can stretch for miles
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
Mailbag: Trucks and Laughlin Road bridge don’t mix
Every few months a truck gets stuck on the one-lane Laughlin Road bridge south of Airport Blvd.
Roads Report: Work sites and lane closures
Night closures in Petaluma on Highway 101 at the Old Redwood Highway are scheduled this week. In Sonoma County, road crews are busy with chip seal, paving and striping jobs this week, in addition to building guard rails on Fulton Road and continuing the bridge building on Porter Creek Road. [...]
Intersection of the week
The week of Sept. 2, Santa Rosa police will be monitoring one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections, Piner Road at Coffey Lane, which last year was tied for fourth place with eight collisions. As part of a weekly Monday through Friday special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers [...]
Note from the road: Wine tasting and EV charging
A reader with an electric car drove up to the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville earlier in the week, knowing that the winery has two public charging stations
Mailbag: Bad luck in the fast lane
I'm writing to you because I bought a Chevy volt and have access to the HOV which should get me from Point A to point B faster but I assumed wrong
Where goest thou, Bay Bridge Troll?
Does the new span mean the end for the Bay Bridge Troll?
Hwy. 101/Petaluma lane, ramp closures
Northbound drivers on Highway 101 are advised of two night closures in Petaluma that will remain in force through Thursday, Aug. 29. As part of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows widening project, one northbound lane will be closed 11 p.m.-6 a.m. between the Sonoma County border and the Kenilworth pedestrian overcrossing. At [...]
Intersection of the week: Cleveland at W. Steele Lane
The week of Aug. 26, Santa Rosa police will be monitoring one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections, Cleveland Avenue at West Steele Lane, which last year was tied for third place with 10 collisions. As part of a weekly Monday through Friday special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers [...]