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6 Changes Needed on Commerce & North » Urban Milwaukee

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Sign-up for the Urban Milwaukee daily email Intersection of N. Commerce St and E. North Ave. The meeting of Commerce and North — just east of Humboldt Ave. — is one of the busiest un-signalized intersections in the city. The number of issues presented by this important intersection convince me it merits some review and revision by the city. North Avenue is a primary east-west corridor which runs west from Lake Michigan across the entire length of the city. It is a busy street at nearly all hours and according to WISDOT, it carries over 30,000 vehicles a day. Commerce Street, meanwhile, has over the course of the last 20 years transformed from dormancy to being lined with hundreds of apartments and condominiums and many thousands of new daily users. Despite the significant amounts of development that have occurred around Commerce and North, the intersection has not been retrofitted to account for those changes. What Works Commerce and North is a victim of its success – an increasingly ...

Accident outside of Hunters Ridge Apartments | News

Three Virginia Tech students were involved in a two car collision at the corner of Seneca Drive and Patrick Henry Drive at approximately 7:20 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Blacksburg Rescue took the driver and passenger from the turning car to the hospital. No one sustained serious injuries at the scene.   One car turned left onto Seneca Drive, colliding with a car driving straight on Patrick Henry Drive . The accident occurred in front of Hunters Ridge Apartments and Collegiate Suites Apartments . Turning vehicles do not have right of way and are required to yield to cars driving straight . The front bumper of both cars were damaged and towed by Campus Automotive. Two Blacksburg Police officers directed the minor traffic congestion coming out of Hunters Ridge and Pheasant Run at the four-way intersection. The two student drivers declined to be identified or comment at this time. Officers on the scene declined to comment at this time.

Behind the luxury: Turmoil and shoddy care inside five-star addiction treatment centers

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