HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Climate plan? They asked for comment

Written January 15th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Oregon has a “Climate Action Commission.” Even though we don’t need this group, the legislature created it in 2007 as the Global Warming Commission and renamed it in 2023.


Plan submitted for Albany housing project

Written January 13th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

  Albany city planners are reviewing a site plan for a subsidized housing project facing Creel Avenue, a residential street one block south of the Walmart Supercenter.


Where the ‘near future’ has not arrived

Written January 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

This dilapidated barricade and its vague promise of a street extension have been in place for more than a decade. Now the barricade is falling apart, and the future possibility mentioned in the sign has not yet arrived.


Seeing the trash along our public paths

Written January 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

A trip along Albany’s creekside paths can be discouraging because of the mess that a few people leave behind. I was reminded of this on a bike ride down the Cox Creek Path on Jan. 6.


New housing, as seen on an Albany ride

Written January 9th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

On one of my bike rides around Albany the other day, I happened by chance to go past three construction sites that had one thing in common. They made use of sites to create new housing within established neighborhoods.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News

Queen crossing now features a bike trap

Written January 8th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

If ODOT and the railroads ever carry out their plans for the Queen Avenue crossing in Albany, I’ll quit writing about it. But the improvement project at the crossing keeps slipping further back in time.


Time to watch a train pass Albany crossing

Written January 7th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

It has been a little while since the Union Pacific made an appearance on this site. Time to remedy that. Once again, on my usual bike ride Tuesday afternoon, I heard the sound of a locomotive’s horn. The sound was close and coming closer. I was on the east end of First Avenue when I […]


 
HH Today: A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Post Office Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal Amtrak apartments Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park CARA climate change COVID-19 Cox Creek Cox Creek path Crocker Lane cumberland church cycling Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village Ellsworth Street bridge Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 land use Linn County Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany North Albany Road ODOT Oregon legislature Pacific Boulevard Pacific Power Portland & Western Queen Avenue Queen Avenue crossing Railroads Republic Services Riverside Drive Santiam Canal Scott Lepman Talking Water Gardens Tom Cordier Union Pacific urban renewal Water Avenue Waterfront Project Waverly Lake Willamette River


Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
Hasso Hering