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Crosstown Traffic is all about getting around in the Triangle. Bad drivers and traffic hassles. Gas taxes and transportation politics. Public transit and other auto alternatives.

The blog is maintained by N&O transportation reporter Bruce Siceloff, whose Road Worrier column is published each Tuesday.

This traffic is two-way. What do you think? Leave a comment or email Bruce with questions, links, tips or gripes.

Take me home, Urban Loop

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I get lost when I'm trying to find my way home after Sunday dinner with Mom.

It should be easy: Follow I-40 from her place near Greensboro to my place near Chapel Hill.

But it’s hard. I blame DOT and the fiendish maze it calls the Greensboro Urban Loop.

Now DOT is switching signs again – rerouting I-40 and “Business” I-40, posting new exit numbers, putting up new sign colors, even changing the mile markers. Can't they leave dumb enough alone?

Is it just me, or are there other folks who long for the old days of Death Valley -- where all roads through Greensboro led to a narrow, smoky, dangerous corridor?

If you have problems traveling I-85 and I-40 through or around Greensboro – or if you have solutions – I’d like to hear from you.

Please e-mail me or call me at 919-829-4527. Don’t forget to include your name and workday phone number.

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About the blogger

Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the Road Worrier column in 2003. Lately he drives I-40 with the cruise control set at 68 mph. You can e-mail Bruce, call him at 919-829-4527, or follow him (@Road_Worrier) on Twitter.

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