Part of the fun of taking a road trip is in stopping in the towns along the way and taking a look around. I did that a couple of days ago in Williams, a town about halfway between Sacramento and Redding in the Sacramento Valley.
Bill could help cyclists at lights
Written March 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon Senate has passed, without dissent, a bill intended to help motorcyclists and bicyclists when they are stuck a traffic signals that refuse to detect them standing there. The House now has the bill, and it could do something to make it even more helpful before passing it too.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: bicycles, motorcycles, Oregon legislature, SB 533, trraffic signals
Tags: bicycles, motorcycles, Oregon legislature, SB 533, trraffic signals
Still dreaming: State of Jefferson
Written March 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The idea of forming the state of Jefferson may never go anywhere, but it also refuses to die. Even towns are getting into the act. On Wednesday, the city council of Williams, population 5,300 in Colusa County, plans to “discuss and authorize the signature of the declaration and petition to the California State Legislature for the […]
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: California politics, Oregon politics, state of Jefferson, Williiams
Tags: California politics, Oregon politics, state of Jefferson, Williiams
Lighting the path; how about rules?
Written March 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On Wednesday Albany’s downtown urban renewal board will consider spending up to $300,000 for new lighting along the Dave Clark Trail. The idea is to make the path safer when the sun goes down so that more people will use it. If more people use it, I hate to say it but some rules will […]
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: CARA, Dave Clark Trail, Huntington Beach, trail lighting, trail rules of the road
Tags: CARA, Dave Clark Trail, Huntington Beach, trail lighting, trail rules of the road
Bike bridge — an idea too far out?
Written March 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
It’s wishful thinking, I know, but a bike bridge across the Willamette River might actually avoid all kinds of other complications as the search continues for a more or less direct Albany-Corvallis Trail.
Posted in: Commentary, Uncategorized
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Benton County, Bike trails, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Santa Ana River, Willamette River bridge
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Trail, Benton County, Bike trails, Corvallis-Albany Trail, Santa Ana River, Willamette River bridge
Daylight time again, but why?
Written March 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
By now you may have gotten over the effects of the time change last Sunday. And if you were lucky, you didn’t fall victim to the increase in the frequency of traffic crashes that is said to be following the springtime switch. This is what our lawmakers are counting on. They count on us to get over […]
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Public records too hard to get
In Oregon we’ve had a public records law since 1973. It says that every piece of writing and other information in the hands of state and local governments is a public record, and with certain exceptions the public has a right to see them all. But by now the exceptions are legion. Sometimes getting particular […]
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