They're meant to slow traffic down in residential areas and they're going to start showing up around Buffalo. It's called a "Speed Hump" and the new initiative will be hitting streets soon.
Buffalo traffic isn't notoriously AWFUL, but it's not real great all the time, either.
There might be an area or two that gives you anxiety, miles before you hit it each morning/afternoon.
For me, there's one particular area if I'm travelling from Buffalo to Main Street in Williamsville that I start sweating about, as soon as I get on the 33...
If you drive on the 198, you know those light up construction signs with the orange bulbs that you can change. They're supposed to let you know traffic updates and exit closings. Yesterday someone changed it – not anything bad but it said 'ITS ALL A DREAM'.
Today? it s...
To reduce congestion on the I-90 the Thruway Authority plans to add to the auxiliary lane between the 33 and Cleveland Drive exists. This would allow drivers to get all the way to the 290 without having to merge over.
Neighbors that live along this stretch of the thruway, by law, will have the opportunity to vote and decide whether they want wooden noise barriers installed on both sides of that se
Tens of thousands of motorists use the route everyday. It connects the mainline Thruway I-90 with the Niagara section of the Thruway I-190 thru the towns of Amherst and Tonawanda. It's officially I-290, but most locals call it the Youngmann.
Which US States have the rudest drivers on the road? Insure.com listed them and New York State didn’t rank #1. New York was listed at number 3.
5. Massachusetts -While other states may try to deny or downplay their rudeness, Massachusetts drivers embrace it, as evidenced by their “Masshole” bumper stickers.
4. Wyoming - Wyomin
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That accident in the Town of Tonawanda that took the life of a 12-year-old boy riding his bicycle to football practice continues to bother me. The driver wasn't charged. She had a green arrow to turn left onto Sheridan Drive. The boy probably didn't notice the green arrow because all the other lights were red and he thought he could cross safely. Just a terrible accident.
George Zimmerman -- yes the same Florida neighborhood watchman acquitted in the Trayvon Martin murder trial -- was pulled over for speeding on a highway near Dallas, Texas.