Hasso Hering

Bill could help cyclists at lights

Written March 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

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

Still dreaming: State of Jefferson

Written March 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

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 […]

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Tags: California politics, Oregon politics, state of Jefferson, Williiams

Lighting the path; how about rules?

Written March 14th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

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 […]

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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

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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

Daylight time again, but why?

Written March 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

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 […]

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Daylight saving time, Oregon legislature

Not exactly close in Millersburg

Written March 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 2 responses.

So much for the notion of forming a municipal electric utility in Millersburg. It looks to me as though Tuesday’s election results make it very unlikely that Millersburg voters would approve, in the foreseeable future, the borrowing that would be necessary to change electric suppliers.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: debt limit election, Millersburg, Pacific Power

Overhead, our not so blue skies

Written March 10th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

It’s tempting to conclude that all that cloud-making high above us has to affect our weather in some way, such as by diminishing sunlight down here where we live. What’s puzzling is why, in a society as litigious as ours, no one has sued anyone because of it. Perhaps that because it’s hard to determine whom to […]

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: aviation, contrails, vapor trails