It’s always a favorite topic of water-cooler conversation around the Bluegrass, and the conversation usually starts like this: "What’s that mess on XXXX Road?" Central Kentuckians love to talk — and complain — about traffic. We get lots of calls with questions about traffic, and stories about roads and roadwork are traditionally among the most widely read on Kentucky.com.
Which leads me to a conversation I had recently with a couple of other editors and reporters in the newsroom. Other newspapers around the country have a weekly (or more frequent) traffic column, in which readers ask questions about road work, strange traffic situations or things that just irritate them on the drive to work. The paper then sets out to answer those questions, both online and in print.
That got me to thinking: What kinds of questions do Central Kentucky readers have about traffic? I’m not sure there’s enough fodder out there to sustain a weekly traffic column like this in Lexington, though we do seem to write frequently about transportation issues. That’s where the Web is such a beautiful thing. Think of this as a test run, so to speak. What questions do you have about traffic in Lexington and Central Kentucky, and what traffic topics would you like to see us tackle?
If you have a traffic or transportation-related question, post it here as a comment, or e-mail it to me by clicking on my name below, or call me at (859) 231-3446. I’ll post again later with the questions you send.
Peter Baniak
metro editor
Sorry, its over for Lexington traffic. A mall so far off the interstate? A wagon-wheel circling the town? More than half of New Circle unrestircted? Man-O-War now just a development, intead of a road to move traffic? Are you people INSANE? Poor planning will eventually stunt any future growth … maybe Lexington can learn from its big brother to the west???