Lincoln Avenue road diet has light impact in Willow Glen

QHow many drivers like me who used to love going to the Willow Glen area have just stopped going because of the road diet? I avoid the area like the plague, so therefore, I no longer shop or spend money in the area. — Sheri Rozario

AThis is the first complaint I’ve received in many months. Early data suggests that pedestrian counts and bicyclist use are up, and that traffic delays are less than a couple of years ago when Lincoln Avenue was reduced from four to two lanes with a center lane reserved for left turns. Anyone else?

QFor the second time in 3 years my family has experienced the cost and indignity of a $42 parking citation in Los Gatos.

Most recently we barely exceeded the 3-hour time limit in a virtually empty MUNI LOT 4, and in September of 2015 our crime was parking ever so slightly outside of the white markings on a virtually deserted North Santa Cruz Avenue. In each instance we had ventured to Los Gatos from our Berryessa home to

AQdo business, $137 worth on the recent outing at 5 separate merchants.

But now we are done spending our money there. Please warn your readers. — Debbie Goldman-Hall, San Jose Parking in Los Gatos can be difficult, but here’s an idea. Give Willow Glen a try.

Recently I received a speeding ticket in Modesto, but I was never in that area at that time and have my work time card to prove it. I went to the Stanislaus County Traffic Court to contest it, and the judge dismissed the ticket.

As I was waiting for my discharge documents, the bailiff suggested that I file a police report saying this was a clear case of identity theft and someone is driving a car that is not mine with my ID. He said I could do it in Modesto, or Hollister where I live.

I went to the Hollister Police and called their non-emergency number per instruction. The person who answered the phone said that I should file the report in Modesto where the ticket was issued. I called Modesto police, and they referred me back to the Hollister police and hung up. — Kelvin Jones, Hollister

ABruce-the-RoadshowTraffic-Cop said you should report this theft to your home police department. If not satisfied, then ask to speak to a supervisor. “It’s ridiculous that his own PD would not service him,” said Bruce.

QAre the metering lights at the ramp from Interstate 280 to Highway 85 malfunctioning, being permanently removed or a victim of copper thieves? Their absence has made that intersection quite a choke point in the morning. — Jerry Isaac and many more

AThere were electrical problems. All should be fixed now.

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