HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Hub City Experience: Queen Ave. suspense

Written May 11th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Waiting at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing is part of life in Albany. It’s an essential element, you might say, of the Hub City Experience.


Well, that didn’t take very long

Written May 9th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

As expected, it didn’t take long for vandals to start undoing the volunteer work of Albany’s “graffiti chasers” on the Periwinkle Bikepath behind Lowe’s, near Ninth Avenue.


Making end of Water Avenue one-way

Written May 8th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

The reconstruction of Water Avenue in Albany is moving along, and the shape of a new traffic pattern has become obvious at the street’s western end.


Muddy Creek solar project asks more time

Written May 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Driving up I-5 toward Albany the other day, I saw banners in the fields on the right with the word “Solar.” At freeway speed, I could not make out the rest. But whatever happened to the proposal to build the “Muddy Creek Energy Park” in that vicinity?


New gas station planned on South Pacific

Written May 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

A vacant former shop building on Southwest Pacific Boulevard in Albany is likely to be gone soon, and a new convenience store and gas station will take up the space.


Here and there: Random shots of what I saw

Written May 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

For the last week I have been away, sometimes riding a bike around Jacksonville in Southern Oregon but mainly taking it easy. So here are are few photos from around Albany over the last month.


Bus station or bike lane? It’s both

Written May 3rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

A bike ride last week brought me to what has to be the busiest bus stop of the Albany Transit System. And as you can see, buses stopping there take up pretty much the entire bike lane on that side of the street.


 
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