This may be the year that Linn County follows through on its plan to widen the shoulders of Riverside Drive, making it a better route for bicyclists connecting with the new path alongside Highway 34 on the way to Corvallis.
Riverside bike route: Not so fast
Written August 2nd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
ODOT completed a million-dollar separated bike path along Highway 34 last fall. It’s supposed to be part of a safer bike route between Albany and Corvallis. Linn County had hoped to start this year on its part of the deal — wider shoulders along part of six-mile-long Riverside Drive — but there’s been a delay.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: cycling in the mid-valley, Higway 34 bike path, Linn county roads, ODOT, Riverside Drive
Tags: cycling in the mid-valley, Higway 34 bike path, Linn county roads, ODOT, Riverside Drive
New bikeway: A noisy test ride
Written October 21st, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On the new and almost-open bikeway along Highway 34 west from Riverside Drive, it’s noisy but not nearly as noisy as my video makes it seem. The combination of traffic and wind played havoc with the little microphone on my camera. Still, I enjoyed Wednesday’s test ride on the part of the bikeway that’s now […]
Bikeway update: The word is soon
Written October 8th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On Thursday I rode down Riverside Drive to check on progress on the bikeway being built along Highway 34. I was hoping it might be finished early, ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline. No such luck. But the wait won’t be too long.
A blast — and much less risky
Written September 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Riding a bike from West Albany to Corvallis and back is going to be a blast — and a much safer blast at that — once the bikeway along Highway 34 is completed this fall. The route is still closed, according to all the signs. But on Friday, with nothing but time on my hands, […]
Truax Island: Foreboding vibes
Written July 12th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Little has changed at Truax Island on the Willamette River since I last looked at the place a year ago, except that with its algae-choked water holes and abandoned gravel pits it looks even more foreboding than before.
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How wetland rules waste money
Here’s an example of how Oregon’s effort to protect so-called wetlands goes too far and requires the spending of public money without accomplishing any actual wetland protection. I came across it on a bike ride on Riverside Drive just outside of Albany.
Tags: Oregon Department of State Lands, Riverside Drive, wetlands