Share your thoughts on the latest Road Worrier column.Road conditions reminiscent of rides at the fair
Road Worrier: A rumbling drive along Glenwood Avenue can conjure up not-so-nostalgic reveries from decades ago.
U.S. 70 bypass eagerly awaited
Road Worrier: Anyone unlucky enough to try to flee to the coast via U.S. 70 on a Friday afternoon knows how much more stress you can add to your week inching along in that traffic.
Commuting challenges may vary
Road Worrier: Flat tire? Sweaty ride? Bikers, it could be worse.
Study explores how blind pedestrians can cross safely
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.
No spandex required: Town bikes get rolling
Road Worrier:A new town program encourages Chapel Hill employees to borrow bikes to commute to work-related meetings or make lunch runs.
Fuel prices torment truckers
Road Worrier:High fuel prices sap profits of independent long-haul truckers and truck stops.
Foes of toll road vow to avoid it
Road Worrier:Work on the Triangle Parkway is scheduled to begin this summer, assuming the turnpike authority receives money from the General Assembly.
He bikes for exercise, economy
Road Worrier:Durham resident frequently commutes to work, does his errands by bicycle.
No fair -- Greensboro's miles are longer
Road Worrier:Greensboro's new Interstate 40 bypass is bigger than Raleigh's. In more ways than one.
Natural gas seen as a cheaper route to green
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.
Traffic pain? Relief is a phone call away
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.
See the street where you live
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.
Red lights can take up lots of time
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.
Stop for funerals? Law says you may
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.
This is a bus ride worth taking
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.
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