pedestrian crossing

Bike solution at Queen and Geary: It’s easy

Written July 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 13 responses.

For years, bike riders using Albany’s Periwinkle Bike path to go across town faced a slight dilemma: how best to cross the intersection of Queen Avenue and Geary Street.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Community Paths Program, diagonal signal, ODOT, Oregon Transportation Commission, pedestrian crossing, Periwinkle Bikepath, Queen and Geary

Reports an issue, gets quick city response

Written January 27th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Sometimes it’s as though readers’ comments on stories on this site are heavy on complaints. So it seemed, anyway, to Albany resident Jennifer Stuart.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: city complaints, City of Albany, city response, complaints, pedestrian crossing, Portland & Western, quick response, report a problem

Take a look at this handy little RR crossing

Written January 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

There’s a nice little path people can use to walk or bike across the Union Pacific mainline track at Burkhart Street. Nothing much has happened there lately, as far as I know, but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, pedestrian crossing, Portland & Western, railroad, Salem Avenue, Union Pacific, Willamette neighborhood

A crossing puzzle: No pedestrians?

Written April 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

If that’s not a pedestrian crossing, what else could it possibly be? That was my question when I saw this sign Wednesday at the newly completed railroad crossing at Hill Street and Water Avenue in Albany.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Hill and Water, pedestrian crossing, rail crossings