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The Traffic Safety Advisory Board held a long and thoughtful discussion of the west Turnpike speed limits, deciding to recommend sticking with the TDOT limits, but continue to monitor the situation.
Based on the 85th percentile speeds, city engineer Steve Byrd opined that the 50 mph limit is appropriate for the section that has that limit, [...]
They’re back (west Oak Ridge Turnpike speed limits, that is)! The Traffic Safety Advisory Board (TSAB) discusses them at its meeting Tuesday evening at 7 pm. The city engineer has conducted motorist speed surveys and is recommending that the city not make any adjustments to the state’s speed limits.
How we got to this point
In [...]
Friday evening I attended a most interesting panel discussion program at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, on the topic of homelessness in Oak Ridge and Anderson County. Based on the size of the crowd (yes, there was a crowd — and this was on a Friday evening), it’s clear that is is a subject [...]
With today’s news that Oak Ridge National Laboratory is closed due to snow, I’m remembering back to years past when ORNL was always open, regardless of the weather. I recall a parody of a memo (don’t remember I actually saw it, or only heard about it) from the Union Carbide days, to the effect that [...]