bike paths

Scenery getting cleaned along Albany paths

Written August 4th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

There has been considerable progress in the cleanup of vagrant camps along two of Albany’s multi-use paths. You cannot help but notice this if you go past these places every few days.

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Tags: Albany parks, Albany paths, bike paths, campsites, Cox Creek Periwinkle Creek, homeless camps, vagrancy

On Cox Creek Path, the scenery has changed

Written April 6th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

The Cox Creek Path in Albany is about one-third of a mile long and runs from Simpson Park to Salem Avenue. It used to be a scenic segment of Albany’s system of walking and cycling paths. This spring the nature of the scenery has dramatically changed.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, Cox Creek path, homeless camps, multiuse paths, vagrant camps, walking paths

Periwinkle update: Trash mound is gone

Written September 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

A few weeks ago, the north end of the Periwinkle Bike Path behind Lowe’s was a mess, with a big mound of bicycle parts and other trash piled up against the wall. Now that spot on the path is clean, or at least it was when I went through there Sunday on the bike.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, homelessness, Periwinkle Path, transient camps, transients, vagrants

Labor Day in Albany: Trash pile has moved

Written September 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

This, a garbage dump on a public trail, is still the exception in Albany. What can be done to keep scenes like this from multiplying as they have in other cities in Oregon and up and down the West Coast?

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany paths, bike paths, eyesores, Periwinkle Bike Path, public paths, trash, vagrancy

On Periwinkle Path, a big pile of trash

Written August 29th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

On Facebook last week, someone posted photos of a mess on the Periwinkle Bike Path in Albany. The mess was still there Sunday afternoon, when I went to take a look.

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Tags: bike paths, Periwinkle Bike Path, trash on public property, vagrancy

What a bike trail should be

Written October 13th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

In Benton County we’re at least several years away from completing the Albany-Corvallis Bike Trail, so in order to visualize the thing we have to ride other paths, such as SART, the Santa Ana River Trail in California’s Orange County.

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Tags: Alkbany-Corvallis Bike Trail, bike paths, Santa Ana River Trail

Periwinkle Path Project Planned

Written August 25th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

In this video, you are riding with me on a section of Albany’s Periwinkle Path that is about to be rebuilt — whether it needs it or not, I’m tempted to add.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, Periwinkle Path