There exists, you may be astonished to learn, a regional transportation plan for the “Albany metropolitan area.” And among many other things on its hundreds of pages, it rates existing “bicycle facilities” by their “levels of stress” or LTS.
Are single-family houses over? Not yet
Written November 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
There’s no sign in Albany that developers are waiting for the new state housing law to kick in, the law that seeks to encourage more people to live closer together and start using the bus instead of their car.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
Tags: Albany housing, Albany Planning Commission, HB 2001, middle housing, Oregon land use
Covid ‘freeze’ too hard on restaurants
Written November 16th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
As we were having dinner at our favorite Albany restaurant Sunday night, Governor Brown’s coming two-week “freeze” was on our minds. What is it about restaurants that warrants the ban on indoor dining?
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany restaurants, CDC study, Covid risk factors, COVID-19, Oregon restaurants, Two-week freze
Tags: Albany restaurants, CDC study, Covid risk factors, COVID-19, Oregon restaurants, Two-week freze
Latest Covid order: Farmers’ market unaffected
Written November 14th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
When it’s 44 degrees and raining, as it was Saturday morning, the Albany Farmers’ Market is not exactly overrun, but it’s still a good place to shop.
Albany’s ADU flap: It’s not over yet
Written November 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s struggles over the size of permitted “accessory dwelling units” or ADUs appeared to have ended last month, but not so fast. Now the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals may get involved.
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Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany development code, Albany Historic Districts, LUBA
Tags: accessory dwelling units, ADUs, Albany development code, Albany Historic Districts, LUBA
Reminders of the summer season…
Written November 12th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
This unseasonal display caught my eye on a ride through Albany’s Bryant Park on Wednesday. The sunshine was deceptive. The temperature was in the 50s, not bad for the middle of November, but not exactly river recreation weather either.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Fire Department, life jackets, personal flotation devices, water safety
Tags: Albany Fire Department, life jackets, personal flotation devices, water safety
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In the Covid ‘freeze,’ expect no arrests
Despite tough talk from Governor Brown, don’t expect anyone to be hauled off in handcuffs in Albany or elsewhere in Oregon for violating her new executive order for a coronavirus “freeze.”
Tags: Albany police, corona order, COVID-19, executive order, governor Brown