If you have to go anywhere in the vicinity of the city/Manheim Township right about now, my advice: Don’t. “Gridlock” doesn’t do it justice.

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Noticed, on Good Drive, a new stoplight - this one at the intersection of Noll Road, which goes right by where the huge new Stauffers of Kissel Hill on Rohrerstown Road is being built/expanded. The new market/outdoor center is massive and is expected to generate significant traffic; hence the new light, designed to help control […]

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And so in relation to this post yesterday on roads where the speed limits might be upped, we see that the Hourglass Foundation held a forum Thursday to discuss the issue of traffic, and what might be done about it.
The short answer: Not much.
Sidney Marland, president of Hourglass Foundation, said the way land development and […]

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So I have occasion on occasion to drive Schoolhouse Road in Lancaster Township, a nice little shortcut if you’re headed from Columbia Avenue over to Millersville Pike. But one on which it would be pretty easy to be stopped for speeding.
Which is to say that the speed limit on this road is 25 mph, and […]

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The scientific analysis:
The team developed a mathematical model to show the impact of unexpected events such as a lorry pulling out of its lane on a dual carriageway. Their model revealed that slowing down below a critical speed when reacting to such an event, a driver would force the car behind to slow down further […]

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Along Good Drive over the course of the past week, there’s been one of those digital roadside speed indicators - tells you your speed as you pass it. I got sort of a chuckle out of it because I drive Good Drive probably on average once a day, and speeding is almost never an issue […]

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