Mr. Roadshow wanted to share some of his favorite columns and stories from more than 30 years of informing, entertaining and getting things changed for drivers in the Bay Area (and beyond).
Gary Richards, aka Mr. Roadshow, began covering traffic and transportation in the Bay Area in 1992. Scroll down for some of his most memorable columns.
Are you frustrated with wonky metering lights, “road boulders” in express lanes or just wondering when that terrible stretch of Highway 101 will finally be repaved? Email your questions to mrroadshow@bayareanewsgroup.com and find his latest columns for The Mercury News here and for the East Bay Times here.
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Now, on to his favorite columns from the Roadshow archive:
Dressing on the freeway and other bad driver stunts
Being thankful for the kindness and heroism in others
When the Sunol Grade replaced the Bay Bridge as the worst traffic jam in the Bay Area
A look back at the highlights and low points of Roadshow’s first 20 years
The Prius Party of 2011, featuring Steve Wozniak and plenty of yellow stickers
But officer, I can explain: Drivers’ traffic-violation excuses
How the Serra rest stop went from wasteland to wonderful
A bed of flowers puts the brakes on Highway 85 commute
The Highway 85 tragedy that spurred safety changes across California
