HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Hub City Village plans to break ground

Written June 3rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

It was four years ago, in July 2019, that I first reported on Albany’s Creating Housing Coalition and its hopes of building a community of tiny houses for people who have no place else to live. Now the group is about to start building the place.


The things you can see on a bike ride

Written February 8th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Riding around town on a bike means you see some stuff you might miss if you stayed put.


Climate fanatics want us to suffer and freeze

Written December 18th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Wintertime temperatures don’t keep some of us from riding our bikes. We look forward to warming up again indoors when the ride is done. But these days some activists want to deprive Oregon citizens of convenient and affordable heating at home.


An odd little law: Unsafe passing a bike

Written August 31st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

This may be as good a time as any to remind us all about Oregon’s law on how drivers of motor vehicles are supposed to pass people on bicycles.


Neighbors: P&W Railroad and Water Gardens

Written April 18th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

A chance to work on the railroad? That sounds intriguing. Makes you wish you were a lot younger than you probably are.


Remembering Stathos and Albany bike ideas

Written March 30th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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:


A fine afternoon for a February ride

Written February 6th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Circumstances kept me off the bike for more than a month. So I was glad to take advantage of the unseasonal sunshine Sunday afternoon by swinging a leg over the top tube and setting off for a little ride.


 
HH Today: A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany Fire Department Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Post Office Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal apartments ARA Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park CARA City of Albany climate change COVID-19 Cox Creek Cox Creek path Crocker Lane cumberland church cycling Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village gun control Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 Linn County marijuana Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany Obama ODOT Oregon coast Oregon legislature Pacific Boulevard Pacific Power Portland & Western Republic Services Riverside Drive Santiam Canal Scott Lepman Talking Water Gardens The Banks Tom Cordier Union Pacific urban renewal Water Avenue Waverly Lake Willamette River


Copyright 2022. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
Hasso Hering