For our September general meeting GEARs is pleased to present Joe Biel and Elly Blue in their Travelling Bikestravaganza!  Please join us on Thursday, September 9th from 6pm to 8pm for a traveling road show of bicycle talk, movies, zines, and transportation activism and advocacy. Elly Blue and Joe Biel will present short videos and [...]

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Every day is a great day to be a cyclists but this Friday is National Bike to Work Day and the City of Eugene, the Business Commute Challenge, GEARs, and BikeLane will be celebrating throughout the day.
To kick it off there  will be free coffee from 7 AM to 6 PM at Gary’s Coffee (525 High) and [...]

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A story on NPR about Ray LaHood’s revolutionary change for DOT to “make biking as important as driving”.
It really is an amazing step for cyclists at the national level.

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Originally Posted on the BTA Blog (by: Susan)
The members of Connecting Eugene are putting on a party this Saturday, April 24th to celebrate the Willamette River Appreciation Day. This is a free event with activities for all ages. There will also be speakers to address the challenges and opportunities facing the Willamette River [...]

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I’ll write more soon but I wanted to get this news release up!
BICYCLING MAGAZINE NAMES EUGENE NO. 5 MOST BIKE-FRIENDLY CITY IN AMERICA
EUGENE, OR (April 6, 2010) – In its May issue, Bicycling magazine ranks the fifty most bike-friendly cities in America and Eugene comes in at number five. Rounding out the top five spots [...]

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An interesting thing happened at Mondays City Council Work Session. Because of a policy recommendation made by the Sustainability Commission that Surface Transportation Program-Urban (STP-U) funds be used for bike/ped projects and not strictly pavement preservation as is currently mandated by council, the council members heard from the community that they would like to revisit [...]

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Winter in the Willamette Valley doesn’t mean hibernation for cyclists. Recreational rides are happening and important advocacy projects are still prevalent. There are several GEARs rides happening each week. Check out the Rides section of the site to see those or download this months ride list here.
The coming two weeks hold even [...]

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Last night over 100 people gathered at the EWEB building to discuss Eugene’s Climate and Energy Action Plan and it’s approach to Land Use and Transportation. Attendees were given a list of of over 100 actions that will help in the goal to “reduce total, current, community-wide, fossil fuel consumption by 50% by 2030.” [...]

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As many of us know from our rides around town there continues to be an issue with leaves being piled in unsafe and illegal areas, including bike lanes.  However, we knew that this wasn’t going to be problem that just went away.  The City has made a major effort over the past year to improve [...]

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The leaf season is here and this year we have some good developments from the Public Works Maintenances Leaf Program. GEARs has worked closely with the City to make changes to their program including changing their outreach material, working to create priority sweeping streets (similar to snow plowing routes), and a new reporting method.  The [...]

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