Albany cycling

A break between showers: Get on the bike

Written December 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Just yesterday, on Christmas Day, I complained that the Oregon weather in December made riding a bike more difficult. And today proved me wrong.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: Albany cycling, bike routes, Bryant drive, Linn county roads, Oregon bike routes, scenic bikeway

This Albany trail stays ‘unimproved,’ for now

Written July 21st, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

You can walk from Bowman Park to Talking Water Gardens and back along a well trodden path. Albany’s plans call for this path to be improved as the South Waterfront Trail, but carrying out that plan will have to wait.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Albany trails, bicycling, community trails, mountain biking, ODOt grants, South Waterfront Trail

Remembering Stathos and Albany bike ideas

Written March 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Several times since 2012, I’ve paid tribute in this space to the late Don Stathos, father of the Oregon Bike Bill. And it’s that time again:

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany cycling, bicycling, bike lanes, delineators, Don Stathos, racks

Bike boulevards: Questioning the need

Written December 28th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

Albany’s transportation plan contains proposals for a dozen so-called “bike boulevards” along segments of existing streets. None have been built, but that’s no big deal because bicyclists don’t need them to get around town.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Albany Transportation Systems Plan, Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, bicycling, bike boulevards

Benton: UP won’t allow bikeway underpass

Written April 6th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

It’s hard to say whether the long-planned but never built Albany-Corvallis Bikeway in Benton County is still a possibility, especially now that the Albany portion has to be reconsidered.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Benton County, Highway 20, Oregon cycling, Riverside Drive, Thornton Lake Road, Union Pacific

Biking across the Ellsworth Street Bridge

Written March 11th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

If you’re going to ride a bike around Albany for any length of time, sooner or later you’re going to want to cross the Willamette River.

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Tags: Albany cycling, Ellsworth Street bridge, river crossings, Willamette River

Albany panels favor ‘bike boulevard’ idea

Written March 2nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Two Albany advisory commissions would like the city to go ahead and improve Madison Street from Pacific Boulevard to First Avenue as a “bicycle boulevard.”

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Tags: Albany cycling, bike boulevards, car-bike crashes, Madison Street, ODOT, traffic safety