streets

I've seen so many of these, but never really gave any thought about why they were there. Have you ever wondered what the strange metal plates at Missouri intersections are for? I learned that they could save a life.

There hasn't been much rain to even be able to cut the grass.

Like many of us, some roads around the state could cut back a little and go on a diet.

If you don't have plans this weekend, have you considered just going for a drive?

President Biden has unveiled a $2.25T infrastructure spending bill, and $650B of that money will go to improve roads and bridges in America.

If you've thought that there has been a lot more speeding and reckless driving since the pandemic began last March, you're absolutely right. Illinois traffic deaths during this COVID-19 nightmare have been spiking.

We've long had an incorrect adage in these parts about seasons: The only seasons we have in Rockford are winter and road construction. Not true. We actually have three of them if you include pothole season.

Both my kids are (depending on the chart you look at) millennials, that group of Americans that are constantly (usually with good reason) excoriated for narcissism, bad manners, lack of respect, inability to deal with things that don't go their way, etc. Now, according to Chicago AAA, they're the worst-behaved drivers on our roads.

Do you know how to pronounce Puri Parkway? How about Boscobel Court? Veer off Rockford's main streets and you might find these five confusing Rockford street names.

Natalie O'Neill of the New York Post had a piece up yesterday that has garnered a lot of interest, and a lot of arguing. In the article, headlined "Woman harassed 108 times in 10 hours on NYC streets," we get a look at what happens when volunteer Shoshana Roberts takes a long, long walk around Manhattan...