Albany’s only Flock Safety license plate reader used to be mounted on a light pole on the northwest corner of Ellsworth Street and First Avenue. Now it’s gone. Somebody apparently swiped it.
Ideas to fix traffic tieups on Hwy. 20
Written January 8th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
A study of Highway 20 in downtown Albany has come up with ideas on how congestion during the peak traffic period between 4 and 6 p.m. might be fixed, or if not fixed then at least made less severe.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Ellsworth, First Avenue, Highway 20 study, Lyon, SEcond Avenue, traffic congestion
Tags: Ellsworth, First Avenue, Highway 20 study, Lyon, SEcond Avenue, traffic congestion
Highway 20 work downtown? Alas, no
Written November 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
If you saw crews like this and thought they were beginning to work on ODOT projects to upgrade Highway 20 through downtown Albany, sorry to disappoint you.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Coburn, Collins, downtown couplet, Downtown streetscape, Ellsworth, Lyon, ODOT
Tags: Coburn, Collins, downtown couplet, Downtown streetscape, Ellsworth, Lyon, ODOT
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?
‘Sharrows’ on busy highways?
Written December 8th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
“Sharrow” sets the spellchecker abuzz because it’s not in most dictionaries. It’s a contraction that describes a pavement marking, kind of an “arrow” or chevron, that calls on motorists to “share” the road with bicyclists. Today’s question is whether sharrows should be painted on Albany’s Ellsworth and Lyon streets and on the Ellsworth Street bridge.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, Ellsworth, Highway 20, Lyon, ODOT, sharrows. Albany bicycle and ped commission
Tags: Albany City Council, Ellsworth, Highway 20, Lyon, ODOT, sharrows. Albany bicycle and ped commission
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An afternoon drive along Ellsworth Street
Having developed an aversion to schedules of all kinds, I try my best to avoid organized events like political demonstrations.
Tags: demonstration, Ellsworth, No Kings