congestion

Six ways to ease congestion on Hwy. 20

Written February 7th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 22 responses.

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

Bikes would not be stuck here

Written April 30th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

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

Traffic fixes: A couple of ideas

Written April 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

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?

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany traffic, congestion, Ellsworth, Lyon, Willamette bridges

What? A traffic jam here?

Written May 4th, 2013 by

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One of the many reasons many of us live in the mid-Willamette Valley and stay here is that we seldom get stuck in traffic. So it was with some surprise that driving into Albany on Friday night, it was stop-and-go on Highway 20 headed for the Ellsworth Street Bridge. Now I know that if congestion […]

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Tags: Albany traffic, congestion, First and Ellsworth