Some recent comments from readers: Unsafe bicycling on skinny roads I am new to the Sonoma County backroads. I believe in sharing the road with bicycles, but was surprised by their behavior. Last Saturday I drove out to the coast on Petaluma Point Reyes road, narrow, double yellow line. The [...]
Questions from our readers: What's up with the dirt/concrete pile along 101? What is all the construction going on east of Highway 101 just south of Petaluma? It's been a curiosity for a couple of weeks now, and has gotten to the point where it's now causing traffic delays in [...]
Paving crews are at work Tuesday and Wednesday on East Washington Street in Petaluma, and police are warning of traffic delays. The work is in on westbound East Washington from about Highway 101 to Edith Street in the right lane. The paving, once completed, will be a relief to Petaluma [...]
Caltrans this week plans the following lane closures in Sonoma County: Highway 1: --One-way traffic control between Fort Ross Road and and Meyers Grade Road because of part of the road has slipped away. Highway 101: --9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday, one lane closed from Fulton onramp [...]
Questions from Road Warrior readers: Santa Rosa’s parking surveillance SUV What is that police car that drivers around and has all the cameras and surveillance equipment on it and has Parking Enforcement on its sides. Are we supposed to believe that vehicle patrols parking spaces? Just curious. Kurt [...]
Here are questions from Road Warrior readers: Occidental Road needs striping The center line striping on Occidental Road between Fulton Road and Highway 116 is totally worn. The reflective dots are missing or covered in oil. Really scary driving are night and especially during the rain. Jerry The answer comes [...]
Caltrans on Wednesday is scheduled to begin cutting down trees and bushes at the Highway 101 interchange at Airport Boulevard north of Santa Rosa as a step toward rebuilding that interchange. The work isn't expected to cause any lanes on Highway 101 or Airport to be closed. The major job [...]
Caltrans on Wednesday night will close Highway 162, which runs from Highway 101 north of Willits to Covelo, for 24 hours to permit additional repairs to a section of the road that washed out in last month's storms. The highway will be closed 7 p.m. Wednesday to 7 [...]
Just in time for Christmas, Caltrans has boosted the speed limit between Rohnert Park and Petaluma on Highway 101 back to 65 after so many years of construction to widen the highway. Now, drivers have been going 65 on that stretch for months ever since Caltrans finished paving the road, [...]
Our previous Mailbag column generated comments and questions from readers: From Tim: I have been doing a lot of driving in the Coddingtown area as of late and noticed an area of concern: Can you have someone look into the intersection of Cleveland Ave. & Guerneville Road? Specifically, going eastbound [...]