Carma carpool program launches new app
Sonoma County transportation officials this week launched a new version of an online app that brings commuters together to share rides.
App for carpoolers in Sonoma County
Sonoma County is part of a pilot program for a new online app called Carma, which allows drivers and passengers to link up and share rides.
Most Sonoma County commuters drive solo
Three of every four drove themselves to work in 2012, and only 2 percent used public transportation.
4 ways to improve driving
Happy new year! Here's a New Year's resolution from the Road Warrior to help us all on the road: --Be smart with cellphones. People must go hands-free while using their cellphones while driving. Almost always the driver I encounter who's having trouble maintaining speed or staying in his/her lane is [...]
CHP boss sounds off on cellphone, texting, carpool violators
Drivers on their cellphones and drivers illegally using carpool lanes are among the two biggest gripes of Road Warrior readers. So with CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow dropping by the Petaluma police station last week to hand out traffic safety awards to the officers there, we asked him about [...]
Extended carpool lanes opening in Marin
Caltrans this week opened a new southbound carpool lane on Highway 101 in Novato and in a couple of weeks plans to open a northbound carpool lane there. Both are signs that the widening of 101 from northern Marin County to northern Petaluma is inching along, although closing the carpool [...]
Mailbag: Towing and illegally driving in carpool lane; cost of tickets
Here are some questions from Road Warrior readers: Question: I am not sure if these questions have come up yet but I saw two instances on 101 that have me confused. I saw a 4-wheel-drive truck towing a beautiful big boat in the carpool lane and then later that afternoon, [...]
Answers to your Caltrans questions
Here are answers to some of the questions readers posed last week for Caltrans: --When will the section of freeway in Cotati change from a 55-MPH zone to a regular 65 zone? Anthony Caltrans officials said once crews finish putting the final paving and striping on Highway 101 there, they'll [...]
Big changes coming on Highway 101
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 [...]