The perfect storm

As congestion on Bend's Reed Market Road reaches a critical stage, the city is looking at ways to fix its worst traffic headache.

By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
August 15, 2006

On a hot summer afternoon as a train rumbles by the intersection of Reed Market Road and Ninth Street, cars stack up for blocks.

Once the train has passed and motorists move on about a mile down the road, cars wait again, sometimes for more than a minute and half, as traffic eases its way....

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