Friday afternoon’s North Albany traffic tie-up was worse than most. The underlying cause was the same as always: Too many cars.
What happened to ‘nine to five’?
Written April 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Most weekday afternoons, traffic bunches up on the way into Albany via the Ellsworth Street Bridge on Highway 20. But sometimes I’m puzzled by the time of day when congestion starts. The photo with this story was taken on the afternoon of April 4. This was a Thursday, and it was 4 minutes past 4 […]
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Tags: 9 to 5, congestion, downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, peak hour timing, peak hour traffic, work hours
Tags: 9 to 5, congestion, downtown Albany, Ellsworth Street bridge, Highway 20, peak hour timing, peak hour traffic, work hours
Bridge congestion: Study will seek solution
Written April 12th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Getting stuck in traffic on the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany used to be confined mostly to the afternoon commute. On Tuesday it happened to dozens of motorists (including me) at noon.
Six ways to ease congestion on Hwy. 20
Written February 7th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
If you’re stuck in the occasional afternoon traffic jams on Highway 20 before crossing the Willamette River, you’ll be interested in ideas for increasing the road’s capacity in the next few years.
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Tags: Albany traffic, congestion, Highway 20 congestion, Willamette bridges
Tags: Albany traffic, congestion, Highway 20 congestion, Willamette bridges
Bikes would not be stuck here
Written April 30th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Being stuck in traffic gives you time to think about things such as: “If I was on my bike now, I wouldn’t have to sit here.”  And that means legislators working on a transportation tax package are at least partly on the wrong track.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Bike tax, congestion, Oregon roads, transportation funding, transportation policy
Tags: Bike tax, congestion, Oregon roads, transportation funding, transportation policy
Traffic fixes: A couple of ideas
Written April 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
One of the advantages of living in a small town is supposed to be the lack of congestion. So how come in Albany we’re now spending so much time in stop-and-go traffic?
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Construction under way in Riverwood Crossing
As you will have noticed if you have driven on Gibson Hill Road in North Albany, vertical construction started this month on Riverwood Crossing, the 80-lot “middle housing” development approved last year.
Tags: child lots, congestion, housing, land use, middle housing, North Albany, Riverwood Crossing, urban development