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.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: 2007 legislature, bicycling, bikes, SN 108, traffic laws, unsafe passing
Tags: 2007 legislature, bicycling, bikes, SN 108, traffic laws, unsafe passing
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.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: bicycling, engineered wetlands, Portland & Western Railroad, Talking Water Gardens, walking trails, wastewater treatment, wildlife
Tags: bicycling, engineered wetlands, Portland & Western Railroad, Talking Water Gardens, walking trails, wastewater treatment, wildlife
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:
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany cycling, bicycling, bike lanes, delineators, Don Stathos, racks
Tags: Albany cycling, bicycling, bike lanes, delineators, Don Stathos, racks
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.
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Hub City Village plans to break ground
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.
Tags: bicycling, Creating Housing Coalition, homeless, Hub City Village, mentally ill, Oregon Health Authority