Road Worrier:To help visually impaired pedestrians maneuver safely, researchers are testing the effectiveness of a video camera system designed to detect when vehicles have stopped "upstream" to allow pedestrians to cross.

Road Worrier:A new town program encourages Chapel Hill employees to borrow bikes to commute to work-related meetings or make lunch runs.

Road Worrier:High fuel prices sap profits of independent long-haul truckers and truck stops.

Road Worrier:Work on the Triangle Parkway is scheduled to begin this summer, assuming the turnpike authority receives money from the General Assembly.

Road Worrier:Durham resident frequently commutes to work, does his errands by bicycle.

Road Worrier:Greensboro's new Interstate 40 bypass is bigger than Raleigh's. In more ways than one.

Road Worrier:As Triangle motorists adjust to paying record prices of more than $3.18 a gallon for gasoline, Ronald Orr thinks we might like to hear about a different kind of gas that costs less than $2.

Road Worrier:Steve Johnson, based at DOT's Division 5 office in Durham, fields a lot of calls and e-mails from motorists concerned about balky stoplights, missing traffic signs and other road hazards.

Road Worrier:Street View provides a stream of panoramic pictures recorded last year by a crew that drove up and down streets in the Triangle.

Road Worrier:Tom Fahnestock wants more green lights, and fewer red ones. He wants to get things moving on the clogged molasses boulevards of Raleigh.

Road Worrier:North Carolina traffic laws recognize that some drivers want to show their respect for the dead. But life and traffic must go on.

Road Worrier:Carol Mitchell can't believe she once had qualms about trading her spot in the parking deck for a seat on the express bus.