
With time on my hands, it occurred to me today that there was a place in Albany where I could not recall ever having been.
Tags: Albany Highway, Albany Y, Bermuda Triangke, ODOT, Oregon highways
With time on my hands, it occurred to me today that there was a place in Albany where I could not recall ever having been.
This is a curve advisory speed sign on OR 34, and ODOT says it wants to upgrade signs like this between Waldport and Philomath starting in 2021. But how will they keep this change from giving drivers the wrong idea?
ODOT is inching ahead with plans for safety upgrades on the Albany-Corvallis Highway, and here is the agency’s concept for improving the junctions at Granger Road and Independence Highway.
[youtube video=”GcV6ib2c9m8″] Crossing the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany on a bicycle can be a bit of a thrill. To make it less risky, ODOT installed a system of flashing lights when the bridge was rehabilitated in 2002. (To make a long story short, the lights are out but were supposed to be fixed shortly, […]
ODOT has followed through on changing an important lane marking on Ellsworth Street between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Now let’s see if Albany drivers get the hint.
Albany panels favor ‘bike boulevard’ idea
Two Albany advisory commissions would like the city to go ahead and improve Madison Street from Pacific Boulevard to First Avenue as a “bicycle boulevard.”
Tags: Albany cycling, bike boulevards, car-bike crashes, Madison Street, ODOT, traffic safety