A five-part series this week will explore traffic and transportation issues in the Lehigh Valley. Increasing traffic volume, dangerous driving and insufficient infrastructure are among the topics examined.
An influx of residents and warehouses have seen highways in Lehigh and Northampton counties grow more crowded. An analysis by LehighValleyNews.com finds some stretches of road have experienced increases of 40% to 50% in traffic volume. Route 33 has overtaken Interstate 78 as the region's second-busiest highway.
While state data doesn't show significant increases in distracted or aggressive driving, or that the Lehigh Valley is a hotspot for these incidents, it might still feel that way to everyday commuters. Those risky behaviors are far more common than the average driver would think.
Impaired driving is among the most persistent threats to road safety in the Lehigh Valley, according to two of the region's chief prosecutors.
Courts are trying to “strike a balance” between punishing drivers for their actions and helping them recover from underlying issues that may have led them to drive impaired, according to the region's chief prosecutors.
Only five Lehigh Valley school districts offer driver education of some kind. The local intermediate units and private driving schools fill in the gaps.
In Philadelphia, automated speed enforcement has been in use in targeted areas for more than a year. Now with months of data, will lawmakers approve expanding the program to municipalities across the commonwealth?
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Easton has taken in $1.3 million in funding which will allow for $1 million award for traffic calming and safety improvements, and another $300,000 for a downtown intersection redesign.
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The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has proposed raising tolls on its eight toll bridges starting in 2026 to keep up with rising maintenance costs.
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The state Office of Open Records has ordered the Allentown School District to release records connected to BusPatrol, the contractor responsible for administering the district’s stop-arm camera enforcement program.
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After residents continuously raised concerns about speeding at 13th Avenue and West Market Street, the Bethlehem Public Works Department and Bethlehem Police Department Traffic Division opted to turn the two-way stop into a four-way stop.
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The state Office of Open Records issued the order after LehighValleyNews.com appealed Allentown's denial of a request for records under the state's Right to Know law.
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Drivers who have been ticketed for school bus camera violations say the process to contest them needs to change. PennDOT said thousands of citations across seven Lehigh Valley school districts are still awaiting hearings.
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A reader sounds off to The Road Scholar about how people don't understand the rules of red turn-arrows.
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The two-day training and enforcement program hosted by Troop M Bethlehem combined classroom instruction workshops on DUI case law and roving DUI patrols.
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A reader asks what can be done about a problematic four-way intersection in Lehigh County. PennDOT has an idea, but it won't be getting to it for more than a decade.
