The Road Wizard appears in The
Idaho Statesman each week to explore local transportation matters. He tries to find out why situations
occur and what is being done about them. The Wizard's column is a public service
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Road Wizard Archive - 2003
Date
Topics
December 28 Signal
at Gekeler/Bergeson, merge lane at Federal Way and Protest
December 21 Signals
and diodes, signals at Broadway/Federal Way and DeMeyer/Cloverdale
December 14 Busiest
intersections, wrong road signage, left turn legalities
December 7
Signals at Mitchell/Emerald, Vista/Cassia and Maple Grove/Franklin
November 30
Traffic signs on private property, right turns on red
November 23
No left turns on red at Vista/I-84, the signal at Mitchell/Emerald
November 16
Red light signs, Franklin/Touchmark signal, speeds on Federal Way
November 9
"Invisible" bicycles at intersections, lefts off Milwaukee and center-lane driving
November 2
Signal at State/Bloom, Five Mile bike lane, Franklin widening
October 26
Why Five and Ten Mile roads are six miles apart
October 19
Federal Way speeds, request for a Cole/Fairview barrier
October 12
Signals on Five Mile Road, motorcycles left out/by the loop
October 5
Eagle Road's center lane, interpreting the left-on-red law
September 28
Right-on-red at Amity/Federal Way, accident trends
September 21
Gas octane, rural rumble strips, Mountain View/Cole signal
September 14 Why
a signal at Main and 1st? Lefts at Broadway/University
September 7
Signal at Eagle Road/I-84, correct speed on Glenwood Street
August 31
Rumble strips, sinking utility trenches and Thermotape
August 24
Meridian High traffic, funeral processions and Chinden detour
... and the March 1996 column on funeral
processions
August 17 Coffee
Street sidewalk request, Gekeler Street traffic calming
August 10
Broadway/Main Street signalization, chipsealing questions
August 3
Intersection outages, I-84 exit to Orchard and a left-arrow request
July 27
Street name changes, chipsealing and road maintenance
July 20
Exiting parking lots, street renaming, Mitchell and Ustick signal
July 13 Idaho
and 1st, a problem turn, intersection and driveway etiquette
July 6
Linder Road closures, Curtis Road landscaping, head restraints
June 29
Harrison school crossing, Cruzen/Curtis cut-thru traffic
June 22
Cloverdale widening, construction zone obstructions
June 15
20/25 mph speed limits: school zones, residential areas
June 8
Rail crossing repairs, flaggers and road closures
June 1
Turning left on a red light, analyzing traffic bottlenecks
May 25
Cloverdale/Overland sight obstruction, keep right, Eagle signals
May 18
Signal at Hill/Catalpa/36th, lane-line paint, neighborhood petitions
May 11
Construction signs on sidewalks, Federal Way/Yamhill Road
May 4 Interchange landscaping,
Federal Way/Broadway Avenue merge
April 27
Federal Way/Yamhill signal, slower traffic to the right
April 20
Latah/Kootenai signal, Wye landscaping, protected left turns
April 13
Hospital driving, Latah/Kootenai signal, school-zone speeds
April 6
Parking violations, reflective paint
March 30
State/Glenwood signal length, Curtis Road congestion
March 23
Heavy vehicle restrictions, tight Ustick/Locust Grove turn
March 16
Red-running at Five Mile/Chinden, West ParkCenter Bridge turning
March 9
Green lights vs. green arrows, Five Mile/Fairview backups
March 2
Curtis/Fairview signal length, broken Glenwood/Riverside detector
February 23
Benjamin/Franklin intersection, traffic signal timing
February 16
Eisenman/Gowen turn signal, Gowen bottleneck
February 9
Opticom system (emergency vehicles), traffic cameras
February 2
Turns from 9th to Front, traffic signal synchronization
January 26
Chipsealing, school zone driving, Federal Way
January 19
Westpark Drive, Fairview/Five Mile
January 12
Chinden/Five Mile work, signal head location and number