Watching a video on urban planning and transportation the other day, I heard the presenter refer to “bike gutters.” What did he mean?
Bikes in traffic: A reader’s challenge accepted
Written January 15th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
When you’re on a bicycle, how best to keep going north on Highway 99E when you come to the big Y junction with Santiam Highway? It’s easier than I thought.
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Tags: Albany streets, bike lanes, bikes in traffic, Ninth and Geary, tricky junctions
Tags: Albany streets, bike lanes, bikes in traffic, Ninth and Geary, tricky junctions
Seen up close, those sewer grates are safe
Written January 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Friday’s short video tour of bike lanes along Highways 20 and 99E (Albany’s Santiam Highway and Pacific Boulevard) caused a least a couple of viewers to worry about the sewer grates as they flashed by.
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Tags: Albany highways, bike lanes, cycling, Pacific Boulevard, Santiam Highway, storm sewer grates
Tags: Albany highways, bike lanes, cycling, Pacific Boulevard, Santiam Highway, storm sewer grates
How useful are bike lanes? Take a look
Written January 8th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A sunny and mild day in January, a welcome break from recent rains: What better time for a little demonstration of how bike lanes make cycling more feasible on roads that carry a lot of cars and trucks.
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Tags: Albany bike lanes, bike lane travel, bike lanes, cycling, Pacific and Santiam, traffic
Tags: Albany bike lanes, bike lane travel, bike lanes, cycling, Pacific and Santiam, traffic
Leaf piles in the street: Patience, please
Written December 2nd, 2020 by Hasso Hering
This is the last period of the fall when Republic Services picks up piles of leaves left on Albany streets. Pointing this out also highlights how impossible it is to carry out the city’s advice on just how and where to pile up leaves.
Bike lanes must be used, except for …
Written November 3rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
In Oregon law there’s an offense called “failure to use a bicycle lane or path.” It’s a Class D traffic violation, but there’s no practical way to enforce it. And the Albany Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission last month agreed to recommend education rather than trying to hit violators with tickets.
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Where courtesy and common sense combine
For years, there’s been a bike lane on First Avenue in downtown Albany. But the lane disappears at Lyon Street, leaving motorists and the occasional cyclist to work out a traffic pattern on the spot.
Tags: Albany traffic, bike lanes, First and Lyon, intersections, vanishing bike lanes