I wonder if this is what the designers had in mind: Putting the sidewalk that close to heavy traffic in front of the new Albany Fire Department’s Station 11 and Hasty Freez, one of the best burger-and-shake joints in town.
Tags: bicycling, Downtown streets, Fire Station 11, Hasty Freez, Lyon and Ellsworth, Lyon sidewalk, sharrows, sidewalk extensions
A new traffic signal, needed or not
A year and a half ago, the Albany City Council was pressured into spending nearly half a million dollars on a new traffic signal that nobody except ODOT thinks is necessary. On Wednesday the council will be asked to complete that action by awarding a bid.
Tags: Ellsworth and Sixth, Fire Station 11, ODOT, traffic signals