Roadshow: Longer 237 metering lights start working Tuesday
Q: They need to widen Highway 237 to four or five lanes in each direction, not just add more metering lights and more access for politically correct cars. Like driving a Tesla instead of a Toyota Camry...
View ArticleRoadshow: The mess at Highway 101-Willow Road may continue
Q: Will the work on the Willow Road-Highway 101 interchange fix the backup during the evening commute? Jackie Gachina Los Altos Related Articles Roadshow: Waze brought chaos to Woodside and beyond...
View ArticleRoadshow: Can I use old FasTrak for these new express lanes?
Q: The recently installed signs on Interstate 680 from Dublin to Walnut Creek indicate that either type of FasTrak toll tag device will work for the new express lanes. But the FasTrak website states...
View ArticleRoadshow: Lawsuit means delays on Measure B projects
Q: I’d love to know why Highway 101 south onto Highway 87 is only a single-lane exit. Seems there is plenty of room for a two-lane exit and my guess is it would do wonders for the daily traffic snarl...
View ArticleRoadshow: How can we escape this traffic mess?
Q: So, what’s the plan to deal with this traffic congestion? A few metering lights and some pretty green bike lanes aren’t going to cut it. In reality, we simply don’t have one. No serious road...
View ArticleRoadshow: Mr. Roadshow returns from unexpected maintenance work
Q: Did you cancel Roadshow and not tell anyone? Imagine my shock for the last week with no Roadshow. Yes, I am aware I can get Roadshow online, but I still like having a paper in hand. So I hope...
View ArticleRoadshow: Higher gas tax speeds up work on highways 87, 237
Q: Highway 87 — what a roller coaster! I was in the middle lane southbound just past the San Jose airport before downtown a few days ago when up ahead I saw about 50 yards of new pavement and got...
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Carpool crunch: Caltrans to consider requiring 3 people to drive in some Bay...
SAN FRANCISCO — With Bay Area traffic bad and getting worse, transportation officials are considering a drastic remedy for some clogged highways: requiring vehicles to carry three people, not just...
View ArticleRoadshow: Changing carpool rules to three people draws jeers
Q: Changing the carpool to three passengers is insane. It will put more people in the regular lanes and very little in the carpool lanes. What are they thinking? Steve Carter Campbell Related Articles...
View ArticleRoadshow: I finally figured out this express lane stunt
Q: I got a kick out of all of the people complaining about the new Interstate 680 Express Lanes. Apparently, some people think that they should be able to drive wherever and whenever they want,...
View ArticleRoadshow: Electric cars with diamond-lane stickers rule the road in the Bay Area
Q: Whoever told you that 8 percent of cars in the diamond lane is clean air cars is full of it. It’s more like 50 percent during commute times on Highway 87, Highway 101 and Interstate 280. Shawn...
View ArticleRoadshow: South Bay projects could aid East Bay commuters
Q: Mr. Roadshow, in a recent column you said of the possible increase in bridge tolls: “I know that it’s not balanced — 63 percent of current tolls are paid by residents of Alameda, Contra Costa and...
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No one likes Bay Area traffic, but getting us out of our cars is a challenge
Almost everyone in the Bay Area wants something done about the chronic traffic congestion choking the region. But when asked what would get them out of their cars, most said there isn’t much chance of...
View ArticleRoadshow: Relief on Lawrence Expressway is a long ways off
Q: Due to increased traffic on Lawrence Expressway southbound after 5 p.m., it takes close to 25 minutes to go from Highway 101 and Lawrence to Poinciana. Can they tweak the signals on Oakmead Parkway,...
View ArticleRoadshow: Illegal dumping turns interchanges into eyesores
Q: Along Highway 237 near the Sunnyvale Golf Course, and also at the Highway 85-Interstate 280 interchange near the Sunnyvale/Cupertino border, there are multiple piles of what looks like soil,...
View ArticleRoadshow: More BART parking at Walnut Creek, Lafayette stations
Q: BART has torn up one of the parking lots in Walnut Creek. One of the lots in Lafayette is still not functional. What is BART doing? Couldn’t they wait until the one in Lafayette was functional...
View ArticleCarpool sticker shock: Applications soar and California HOV lanes get more...
Applications for carpool stickers soared 35 percent last year, the biggest one-year increase ever as more California drivers seek ways to beat the maddening traffic jams choking the state. The trouble...
View ArticleRoadshow: What’s the plan for Altamont Pass?
Q: With each passing day traffic on the Altamont Pass gets worse and worse, yet the current construction projects seem to be putting up concrete barriers making it more difficult to widen the freeway...
View ArticleRoadshow: Rubberized asphalt will make Bay Area freeway less noisy
Q: I understand that they’re going to resurface Interstate 80 from Hercules to the Bay Bridge. I hope and pray that they will get rid of the noisy, terrible pavement that was put on there years ago and...
View ArticleRoadshow: This Highway 85 interchange is a merging mess
Q: Are there plans to update the Highway 85 interchanges at El Camino Real and Highway 237? This area can come to a complete stop as 85 drivers merge right to get onto 237 while within 100 feet or so...
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