Every once in a while I find myself on Madison, one of the streets in old Albany where the pavement makes your teeth chatter, especially if you’re on a bike. So an item on the agenda of the city’s bike and pedestrian commission caught my eye.
Tags: Albany Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Albany bike boulevard, bicycle transportation, Madison Street, ODOT safety grant
On Second Avenue, nine trees will fall
A block of Second Avenue in downtown Albany will look kind of bare pretty soon. Nine street trees there have become too big, and the city is cutting them down.
Tags: Albany street trees, Albany urban forestry, downtown Albany, old Sears building, Second Avenue trees