Bicycling

Along a bikeway: Whimsy or what?

Written August 5th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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Riding west on the new bikeway alongside Highway 34 the other day, I saw this little plastic doll resting against the base of a Pacific Power pole and didn’t think anything of it. Then I came to the power pole next in line.

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Tags: Highway 34, Hwy. 34 bikeway

Riverside bike route: Not so fast

Written August 2nd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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ODOT completed a million-dollar separated bike path along Highway 34 last fall. It’s supposed to be part of a safer bike route between Albany and Corvallis. Linn County had hoped to start this year on its part of the deal — wider shoulders along part of six-mile-long Riverside Drive — but there’s been a delay.

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Tags: cycling in the mid-valley, Higway 34 bike path, Linn county roads, ODOT, Riverside Drive

A little smoke on my ride …

Written July 23rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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On my ride Saturday, I could smell smoke from a long way off, which seemed a little ominous in the middle of summer when open burning is not allowed. Then I got closer and realized the fire, in a pile of grass straw, had been put out but was smoldering still.

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Tags: Albany Fire Department, straw fire on Bryant Drive

Benton roads: What’s coming up

Written June 23rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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Road maintenance may not be the sexiest subject. Still, the handful of citizens who showed up for Thursday night’s “community event and open house” on Benton County transportation came away with useful things to know.

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Tags: Benton bike lanes, Benton county roads, Benton Public Works

Enjoying summer’s first day

Written June 20th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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There are lots of ways to observe the first day of summer, I guess. But I figure one of the best is to make use of the county roads in Oregon’s mid-valley for a leisurely ride on my bike. So that’s what I did on Monday morning.

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Tags: bicycling, Linn county roads, Summer

A potential hazard, so watch out

Written June 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering

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The installation of new lights on Albany’s riverside Dave Clark Trail has been completed, and I’m looking forward to a nighttime ride in brilliant illumination. But first, I was puzzled by this instruction on two of the newly poured slabs surrounding pedestals for the new lights.

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