Here’s one of life’s vexing questions to which we need a better answer, or any workable answer at all: What do we do about people who leave their trash along our public roads?
The day Albany Carousel will open
Written June 2nd, 2017 by Hasso Hering
You probably had no idea there is such a thing as National Carousel Day, let alone when it is. Well, it’s on July 25, and that’s the date when the Albany Carousel is scheduled to open.
Phone/driving bill hits a detour
Written June 1st, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon legislature’s attempt to prevent distracted driving because of any kind of cell phone use could not get out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. Chairman Floyd Prozanski salvaged the bill by arranging to have it transferred to the Senate Committee on Rules.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: cell phones, Distracted driving, HB 2597, Senate Judiciary, Senator Manning, Senator Prozanski
Tags: cell phones, Distracted driving, HB 2597, Senate Judiciary, Senator Manning, Senator Prozanski
Phone/driving ban reaches too far
Written May 31st, 2017 by Hasso Hering
In Salem, the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning once again postponed action on Rep. Andy Olson’s bill to outlaw the use of any mobile electronic device while driving. It would be understandable if legislators had second thoughts about this bill.
More bulbouts, and a question
Written May 29th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The official name, I think, is sidewalk extensions. But you can also call them bulbouts. They’ve been a favorite of street planners for years, and Albany is getting a bunch more as part of the CARA streetscape project that’s going to start in June.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Bulbouts, CARA streetscape, Ellsworth Street, Highway 20, ODOT, sidewalk extensions
Tags: Bulbouts, CARA streetscape, Ellsworth Street, Highway 20, ODOT, sidewalk extensions
Why the Benton blackout of KOIN?
Written May 26th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Portland TV station KOIN is no longer available on the Comcast cable system in Benton County, and both the station and the cable company left viewers in the dark about the reason why.
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ODOT: Raise speed limit for trucks
If you spend much time on I-5, you’ll be interested in this: ODOT engineers are recommending that Oregon raise the freeway speed limit for trucks from 55 to 60 mph, but they expect this would increase actual truck speeds only a little if at all.
Tags: freeway speeds I-5, ODOT truck speed study, Speed Zone Review Panel, truck speeds