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Tag Archives: Mission Street
Challenges of enforcing speed law on Mission Street, pt. 2
Editor’s note: Today’s Street Smarts column is a second installment from Ken Black, who retired from the Santa Cruz Police Department after more than 25 years of service; 18 years of those were spent as a motorcycle patrol officer. Now … Continue reading
Posted in police, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Mission Street, police, Public safety, Santa Cruz, schools, speed
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Challenges of enforcing speed on Mission Street from retired SCPD officer
Editor’s note: Today’s Street Smarts column comes from Ken Black, a retired Santa Cruz Police officer. Now a teacher in the Ukraine, Black still reads Street Smarts. Consequently, he mailed seeking to weigh in on the recent conversation about the … Continue reading
Posted in Mission Street, police, Public safety, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Mission Street, police, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police Department, speed
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You don’t need a car to get to San Francisco
Dear Street Smarts, Q: Hi Ramona, love your column. You always seem to provide such helpful information, so I’m hoping you can help me! I’m wondering if there is any public transportation to get to San Francisco. There used to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrain, Highway 1, Metro, Mission Street, Santa Cruz, Soquel, transportation
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Eastern access road idea should become reality to ease Mission Street congestion, says reader
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I think there may be different solutions to gridlock in different parts of the county. But with regard to the King at Mission intersection, Caltrans is right – that intersection cannot and was never intended to … Continue reading
Posted in commute, congestion, county, disabled access, environment, Highway 1, Highway 9, Mission Street, roads, Santa Cruz, Uncategorized
Tagged congestion, Highway 1, Highway 9, King Street, localnews, Mission Street, Santa Cruz, transportation
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Cracking down on Mission Street speeders not easy, police say
Dear Street Smarts, Q: In response to the suggestions on how to deal with Mission Street problem, one major problem was not mentioned. Speeding is rampant with zero police enforcement. Since Measure H was heavily pushed and passed with the … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, Mission Street, Santa Cruz, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Mission Street, police, Santa Cruz, speed, transportation
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Widen Highway 1 south of Salinas Road, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I have been watching the construction of the new interchange at Highway 1 and Salinas Road. The work looks very nearly complete; however, I have one observation that doesn’t seem to make any sense. It appears … Continue reading
Posted in congestion, Highway 1, traffic, Uncategorized
Tagged congestion, Highway 1, Mission Street, Salinas Road, traffic, transportation
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Caltrans explains the anatomy of clogged traffic on Mission Street
Dear Street Smarts, Q: It seems nothing has been done about the back-up of traffic at the intersection of King and Mission Streets in Santa Cruz. With hundreds of cars coming down from UCSC, clogging High Street, Storey and King, … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, carpool, congestion, Mission Street, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Highway 1, Mission Street, traffic signals, transportation
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Traffic light timing at Mission, King working fine, Caltrans says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I was so glad to hear that people had complained about the intersection of King and Mission streets (Street Smarts, 4/16). I live on the upper Westside of Santa Cruz, and at 8 a.m. and 2:30 … Continue reading
Problem manhole covers on Mission Street need repair, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I’m extremely happy that most of the work on Mission Street has been completed. The only problem is that the manhole covers are not even close to being even with the roadway and if you hit … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, Highway 1, Mission Street, road work, Santa Cruz, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Highway 1, Mission Street, road work, Santa Cruz
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Caltrans’ night-time road work on Highway 1/Mission Street
Caltrans reports ongoing night-time road work to preserve the road that makes up the 2.5-mile section of Highway 1 from the San Lorenzo Bridge to just north of Western Drive in Santa Cruz. From 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sundays … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, Highway 1, Mission Street, road work, Santa Cruz, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Highway 1, Mission Street, road work, Santa Cruz
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