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Connell, WA · Traffic & Transit
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Bellingham Herald
Rules of the Road: Can't we all just calm down? Physical strategies to slow traffic
Q: There is a lively discussion online about the new choker curbs on a road in Richland, half the people supporting them and half saying the city has created an unsafe condition. I would appreciate any thoughts you have on the effectiveness of traffic-calming devices, how they work, the legal basis for them, and how local drivers adapt to the changes. A: When someone is really fired up, have you ever tried telling them to just calm down? How’d that play out? And when someone is driving too fast, does telling them to slow down work? Maybe for some, but we have more options. Traffic-calming has two primary goals: slower speeds and less traffic. Although related, we’ll leave traffic volume for another day. We can sort two common speed-reduction approaches into big buckets I’ll call physical and behavioral. Physical strategies involve making changes to the roadway that compel drivers to respond. Traffic engineers break this into three methods: horizontal deflection (preventing drivers from traveling in a straight line, using tools like lane shifts, chicanes, and roundabouts), vertical deflection (like speed humps that force drivers to slow down to avoid discomfort), and street width reduction (which includes corner extensions, median islands,
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Tri-City Herald
Update: Clearwater at Edison reopened after wrecks
Update 4:50 p.m.: Traffic was flowing again by 4:45 p.m. At least one team of first responders was still working the wreck at Hood and Volland. Update 4:15 p.m.: The intersection at West Clearwater Avenue and North Edison Street has been reopened. Hood Avenue and Volland Street remains closed. ---- Multiple wrecks are blocking traffic along a large stretch of Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick. Kennewick police and fire responded to a wreck at Clearwater and North Edison Street just after 3 p.m. Another wreck happened at Volland and Hood. Traffic across Clearwater was blocked due to the wrecks, leaving drivers backed up on Edison and along Kennewick Avenue. Commuters should find alternate routes. Those needing to access State Route 240 should try the on ramps at Highway 395 or Columbia Center Boulevard. It’s unclear when the roadways will be cleared. This story will be updated.
Apple Valley News Now
Toppenish gets nearly $1.5 million to improve traffic safety on State Route 22
TOPPENISH, Wash. – The City of Toppenish is set to receive a grant of almost $1.5 million to implement a package of safety improvements on State Route 22 as part of a larger $24.5 million grant package that is going to communities across the State of Washington to reduce traffic deaths.
Progressive Rail Roading
UP, CSX move first dedicated produce unit train between Washington state and New York (10/26/2006)
A week ago, Union Pacific Railroad and CSX Transportation began operating a new dedicated produce unit-train service. The Class Is moved the first train from Wallula, Wash., to Albany, N.Y. Arriving at its destination Oct. 22, the train — comprising 55 refrigerated box cars —completed the move in 124 hours,...
Tri-City Herald
High prices aren't slowing down Tri-Cities gas station building boom
Welcome to a special gas station-themed edition of “What’s being built there?” This regular Tri-City Herald feature gives short descriptions of construction projects shaping the Tri-Cities. Share projects you want to see updated at news@tricityherald.com. Kennewick Friend’s Corner Gas Station 311 S. Columbia Center Blvd. LCR Construction has started framing the future gas station, convenience store and retail center near the Flashcube building at South Columbia Center Boulevard and West Clearwater. The site is best known as the former home of the Kennewick Flower Farm landscape and shrubbery business. The project includes an 8,500-square-foot retail building containing a 5,500-square-foot convenience store, drive-thru food service and space for additional tenants. A 2,700-square-foot canopy will shelter five fuel pumps served by a 40,000-gallon underground tank. The project is being built for owner OMJSR LC by LCR Construction LLC. Metro Mart Gas Station and Laundromat 1400 W. 10th Ave. Construction of a new Metro Mart gas station and convenience store is wrapping up near Kennewick’s Riverview Cemetery at 10th and Olympia streets. The project began this spring and includes a 4,300-square-foot convenience store/gas station as well as a 1,400-squaare-foot laundromat. Thorn Construction Group is the contractor. Permits value the project at nearly $1.9
Tri-City Herald
Tri-City transit agency goes pink + Learn more about new Dial-A-Ride app
Ben Franklin Transit has wrapped two vehicles in pink as it launches its Driven by Hope campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The vehicles will stay pink through October 2027. The pink Driven by Hope effort includes a regular transit bus and a Dial-A-Ride vehicle. Both are wrapped with pink vinyl decorated with the names of local residents who have fought breast cancer. “Each of these signatures represents someone who faced a devastating diagnosis and kept fighting,” said Tara Divers, marketing director. “During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we want to recognize these brave members of our community and share a reminder that there is hope for everyone going through a cancer battle today.” New Dial-A-Ride booking app In other BFT business, the agency recently launched Book BFT, which allows Dial-A-Ride users to book rides online and through a smartphone app. The system is optional and users may still book by phone. BFT staff will hold information sessions at Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels locations in coming weeks to explain Book BFT and help those interested in setting up online accounts. Each session will take place from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. October 20: Parkside Dining Center, 253 W. Margaret St. in