bicycling

Another corona casualty: supply of bikes

Written May 29th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Bicycles have joined toilet paper as an item in short supply during the corona crisis, in Albany as well as across the United States.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: bicycles, bicycling, Bike shortage, corona bikes

Widening the rest of Riverside has to wait

Written May 5th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

So when is Riverside Drive south of Albany going to be widened the rest of the way? Eventually, probably, but not right away. That’s the word from Linn County. A few days ago, Jeff Senders left this comment on hh-today: “What’s new on the road widening project along south Riverside Drive? Connecting from the Grange […]

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 4-foot-bike lanes, bicycling, Linn County cycling, Oregon cycling, Riverside Drive, widening Rivnerside

Not canceled — One way to avoid the panic

Written March 13th, 2020 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

Too bad that winter weather came back to the Albany area this morning. It made for a chilly and wet ride on the bike.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: bicycling, corona, responding to panic

The ‘Idaho stop’ stalls in state Senate

Written May 31st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 21 responses.

All you Albany drivers who recoiled at the prospect of an Idaho stop law for bicyclists, you can relax. The bill is dead. Or at least it appears that way.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: bicycling, Idaho stop, SB 998

At Talking Waters, an added feature

Written May 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

At Albany’s Talking Water Gardens the other day, I noticed something new: Three spiffy bike racks near the entrance. Is that supposed to be a hint to bike riders to leave their wheels behind and proceed on foot?

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, bike racks, Talking Water Gardens

Thinking of bike tax on a New Year’s ride

Written January 1st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 20 responses.

Riding along the Oregon coast at the beginning of 2019, the old idea of bike taxation kept turning in my head despite the sunny brilliance of the day.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: bicycling, biking on New Year's, Oregon bike taxation

There’s that *&%#@ bike again!

Written December 26th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 27 responses.

On Facebook the other day, somebody complained that my bike shows up in many of the photos on hh-today. “Unprofessional,” I believe was the word used. To which I say: Tough.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany biking, bicycling