Tag Archives: traffic

Crack Delays Bay Bridge Reopening

Shortly after the Bay Bridge was closed on Friday for seismic retrofitting, workers noticed that a crack had developed on a beam of the eastern span. Repairs may delay the bridge’s reopening today and pose a logistical nightmare for commuters. The parts needed to make the fix were manufactured overnight by Stinger Welding Inc. in Coolidge, Ariz. Weighing about 18,000 …

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San Franciscans Trapped! Sort Of!

The Bay Bridge is closed for the next four days as workers connect a new segment as work continues on a portion of the bridge damaged in 1989’s Loma Prieta earthquake. During the closure, a 300-foot-long portion of the original East Span will be cut and moved out. A new double-deck section will be put in place. It will link …

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Verrazano Fail

(Via – Gothamist)

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Sign Language

As we usually do, Chris and I ran into road construction on I-81 in the Pennsylvania mountains on the way to Hillside Campground on Friday. We were creeping along at 5mph when two men in a black Audi pulled up next to us and began making strange hand gestures. Chris said, “Are those gang signs? What the hell are they …

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Bike Messenger Vs. Pedestrian

An ugly incident involving a bike messenger and a pedestrian has spurred a heated discussion over on Gothamist and on NYC’s bike enthusiast sites. Apparently the messenger was turning right into a crosswalk where pedestrians had the right of way. What happened next depends on your point of view (and probably, your opinion of bike messengers.) Warning for violence.

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Ranked: Safest Cities For Drivers

Allstate has released their annual list of the safest cities for drivers. The ranking is based on the average number of years between collisions for a driver in that town. Unsurprisingly, smaller cities tend to dominate the top of the chart. The lower chart ranks the top ten safest cities with a population over one million. Phoenix is the safest …

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Car-Free Times Square: Mixed Reviews

We’re six days into Mayor Bloomberg’s six-month experiment and so far opinions are quite mixed. Tourists love it and rush hour traffic on nearby streets is actually moving faster. Shop owners and delivery men are much less happy, saying that deliveries must now be hand-trucked for blocks through crowded sidewalks. Postal workers, UPS, and FedEx are all giving the project …

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Broadway Goes Car-Free

Yesterday NYC began its experiment to make Times Square safer and more pedestrian-friendly, closing an eight block stretch of Broadway to vehicles. According to a city study, midtown traffic will actually be as much as 20% faster, since drivers no longer have to deal with the way Broadway slices across the city’s grid. By all reports, things are working well. …

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Daily Ungrumble

On Monday I nearly got clobbered by some dizzy broad whipping into the crosswalk while she yammered on her cell. (No right on red in New York, bitches!) Therefore I am highly pleased by the NYPD’s just-launched “cell phone ticketing blitz” which resulted in 4000 $120 citations yesterday alone. More please.

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Eight More Blocks Of Broadway To Become Vehicle-Free

Mayor Bloomberg is expanding his program of making Manhattan more pedestrian-friendly by closing eight more blocks of Broadway to vehicular traffic. Gothamist reports: Coming soon to Times Square and Herald Square: Vehicle-free Broadway! Starting on Memorial Day, two stretches of Broadway, from 42nd to 47th streets and from 32nd to 35th streets, will transformed into pedestrian plazas in an experiment …

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