The first thing that comes to mind when you see a massive traffic jam is how much fuel is being wasted here.
Flags above the freeway in spite of ODOT
Written April 1st, 2022 by Hasso Hering
On a drive from Albany to southern Oregon and back, you can’t help but notice U.S. flags tied to the fences on lots of the overpasses across I-5. The only thing I know about this is that ODOT is not pleased.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Distracted driving, Interstate 5, ODOT, overpass flags, U.S. flags
Tags: Distracted driving, Interstate 5, ODOT, overpass flags, U.S. flags
Congestion on I-5: What can be done?
Written July 16th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
While we’re on the topic of highways (see the previous story), here’s some gratuitous advice. If you don’t have to be on I-5 north of Albany these summer days, don’t go. The road is too full, and stop-and-go traffic in places is the result.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: autonomous vehicles, Interstate 5, ODOT, Oregon highways, toll roads, traffic congestion
Tags: autonomous vehicles, Interstate 5, ODOT, Oregon highways, toll roads, traffic congestion
Freeway life: Why semis get in front of you
Written March 13th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
I don’t know who “Trucker Mike” is, but I’m grateful to him just the same for answers to questions like this one: Why do truckers so often insist on passing each other on the freeway, blocking cars behind them?
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Interstate 5, semis passing each other, truck speeds, Trucker Mike, Trucking Truth
Tags: Interstate 5, semis passing each other, truck speeds, Trucker Mike, Trucking Truth
Cyclists at the ‘gore:’ What to do now?
Written December 3rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
That’s an awkward place for a bike lane to end, and apparently I’m not alone in thinking so. Someone made the same point to the Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany bicycling, Albany cycling routes, Albany traffic, Interstate 5, Knox Butte Road, ODOT
Tags: Albany bicycling, Albany cycling routes, Albany traffic, Interstate 5, Knox Butte Road, ODOT
On the highway Sunday afternoon
Written March 18th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Here’s what I was talking about a few days ago, when I was singing the blues about trucks on the interstate passing each other and taking their sweet time about getting back in the right lane.
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East Albany Plan: It’s complicated
Driving back to central Albany from east of I-5 might be more complicated in decades to come if one proposal for road system changes is carried out.
Tags: city council, East Albany Plan, Highway 20, Interstate 5, Planning commission