Category Archives: Traffic

Yellow card! Foul! Penalty Flag!

I knew it was coming. The NRDC gives a little award to the City of Santa Clarita for some of its positive, green programs, and suddenly we’re like Portland, Oregon: Heather Merenda, the city’s sustainability planner, said popular programs include … Continue reading

Posted in Recreation, Traffic, Transportation | 16 Comments

Cars and traffic at West Creek Academy

West Creek Academy has a traffic problem.

Posted in Education, Traffic | 17 Comments

Fire, 2 lanes closed on I-5; traffic snarled

The 5N is closed again, this time due to brush fire near LaSalle Canyon: Homes on the west side of LaSalle Canyon Road are being evacuated due to a fast-moving brush fire reported near the I-5 and Calgrove Boulevard, in … Continue reading

Posted in Complaint Dept., News, Traffic | 11 Comments

LA County Bicycling Infrastructure Meeting

Over a dozen people attended LA County and Alta Design’s Bicycle Master Plan meeting last month at Hart Park. The meeting, which focused exclusively on bike infrastructure in the unincorporated County areas of Santa Clarita, was useful and informative. County staff and … Continue reading

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Another senseless pedestrian death

The Sheriff’s Station has released the name of the 15 year old who was hit and killed by a truck on Sunday in Canyon Country. He is Eric Michael Gilhooley, and KHTS reports he was “standing on the curb on … Continue reading

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Valencia Auto Center is Back Baby!

Inasmuch as I have the capacity to enjoy advertisements, I was actually pleased to see an expensive and full Valencia Auto Center wrap around The Signal on Saturday. So what you ask? SO WHAT! It’s good news, that’s what. Because … Continue reading

Posted in Humor, Opinion, Traffic, Transportation | 11 Comments

Pay Parking in the SCV? Perish the thought

There can be little doubt that I’m the type of heavy-handed,  know-it-all  liberal that drives many of you crazy. Case in point: I support the plastic bag ban. In fact, when I heard about the proposed bag ban, I thought … Continue reading

Posted in Traffic, Transportation | 29 Comments

On Bike to Work Day, an investigation into SCV Traffic

I’ve been reading through the Winter 2010 Public Opinion Survey of 500+ Santa Clarita residents commissioned by the City prior to the Council Election. First of all, if you haven’t read it, you should. This thing is a real gem. … Continue reading

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Coming soon to a bike path/paseo near you?

This device, called the Earthmine Quad, could be used on bicycle paths to make nifty “Street View” type views along the entire path. Neat huh? It goes nicely with Google’s latest mobile “Maps” application. We already have the ability to … Continue reading

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Speed Kills

I didn’t intend for my short piece about speeding on Friday to be prophetic, but sadly, it appears that was the case because on Saturday yet another person in Santa Clarita died a truly pointless death on our local roads. … Continue reading

Posted in Opinion, Traffic, Transportation | 38 Comments