Gridlock Guru
The Gridlock Guru answers traffic questions in each Friday edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition. He's an advocate for the frustrated driver and a guardian of driving civility. Motorists should obey traffic laws, be courteous, and expect good driving behavior from the motorists near them.
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Have you got a question about current road construction, roads that should be built, driving laws, traffic jams, or road rage? We'll find the answers, but you have to ask.
Gridlock Guru
GRIDLOCK GURU : I-540 exit onto Cato worrisome
ROBERT J. SMITH
It’s not often that a public official throws up his hands in frustration because he didn’t have enough pull to get something done and beckons for help. - Friday, May 9, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : Johnson reconsiders stop for rail
ROBERT J. SMITH
Stop signs once caused drivers to pause before they slipped over the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Co. crossing at Main Drive in Johnson, but the mayor got them removed a few years ago. - Friday, May 2, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : Straight gas hard to find in the area
ROBERT J. SMITH
More gas stations are mixing ethanol into the fuel they sell, and that’s not cool if it’s hurting cars’ gas mileage. - Friday, April 25, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : New signals should ease exit holdup
ROBERT J. SMITH
A solution to the wicked traffic congestion near Interstate 540’s Pinnacle Hills Parkway exit is making its way toward Rogers. - Friday, April 18, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : Landowner holds fate of tilting trees
ROBERT J. SMITH
Folks should take note of the pretty drive west of Interstate 540 on two-lane Wagon Wheel Road. - Friday, April 11, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : Early riser waits alone at stoplight
ROBERT J. SMITH
J.B. Hunt Transport Services employees surely love the traffic signal at Dixieland Street and Arkansas 264 near the Lowell company’s headquarters. - Friday, April 4, 2008
GRIDLOCK GURU : Pinnacle job ever so near completion
ROBERT J. SMITH
Pinnacle Hills Parkway in Rogers is thisclose to done, so drivers are gonna have to persevere a little longer. - Friday, March 28, 2008