Roadshow: BART's 'escalator roulette' infuriates commuter
Laura A. OdaCommuters exit the Embarcadero BART station in San Francisco, Calif., on July 26, 2016. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Q My complaints to BART are falling on deaf ears so I thought I...
View ArticleRoadshow: Sales tax to fix our roads? 'Forget it!'
Gary Reyes, Bay Area News Group2015: A large pothole in San Jose’s Foxworthy Avenue, before the street was repaved. Q You mentioned a survey that showed 72 percent of likely voters support spending...
View ArticleRoadshow: Don't ignore out-of-state traffic tickets
Q I’m not sure if you have covered this issue, but it is now something I need to deal with and would love to pick your encyclopedic brain on it. Do traffic violations in Arizona get reported to the...
View ArticleRoadshow: California's lane-splitting law — scary or no big deal?
Gary Reyes A motorcyclist splits lanes on northbound US-101 at Montague Expressway during the morning commute in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, June 1, 2015. Q I thought you could always split lanes....
View ArticleRoadshow: 15-hour-a-day carpool lanes coming to more Bay Area freeways
Q I think the reader who opined about losing a lane on Interstate 680 between Walnut Creek and Dublin was more correct than not with his concern. The current commuter lane in Contra Costa County...
View ArticleRoadshow: What are the big black poles on this San Jose thoroughfare?
Q I’ve noticed huge black light posts that have been installed along The Alameda in San Jose. They’re certainly helping to light up the street better at night, but what else are they being used for?...
View ArticleRoadshow: Lake Tahoe driver scared by this stretch of Highway 89
Q I have some questions arising from our recent trip to Lake Tahoe and would love to hear anything you can add: Kathy Craig Lafayette A With Labor Day weekend approaching, Interstate 80 and other...
View ArticleRoadshow: San Jose's trashiest interchange? Readers fume about roadside ugliness
Q Can we conduct a poll on the trashiest interchange in San Jose? My vote goes to the Highway 101 north interchange to Interstate 880. Disgusting. Paul Rodriguez Gilroy A Oh, man. Do you realize I...
View ArticleRoadshow: I paid for my Golden Gate toll mistake, so why the big penalty?
Traffic passes through the toll plaza at the Golden Gate Bridge. (Frankie Frost/Marin Independent Journal) Q Mainly due to poor signage, I twice found myself inadvertently in the FasTrak toll lane at...
View ArticleRoadshow: These bicycle markings deface our San Jose neighborhood
Q Our neighborhood streets were recently peppered with street paintings — some sort of bicycle/share the road symbols. They’re every 100 feet or so on Scott Street and Pfeffer Lane. This is a...
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