The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, Nov. 17,  at the Springfield Justice Center, 230 4th Street, in Springfield. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. Time will be available for public input around 11:25 a.m.. The agenda includes a discussion of the Springfield Pedestrian Safety Project on Highway 126B (Main Street), [...]

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A little update via “CenterLines” of the National Center for Bicycling and Walking: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: WE’VE GOT A DRAFT TRANSPORTATION BILL!* by Mark Plotz -> *And, well, it is called “MAP-21 or the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” but after reviewing the relevant sections of the 600 or so page bill, [...]

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Eugene undertook a step toward becoming more bicycle friendly when it installed a two-way bike lane on Alder Street this summer, separating bicycles from moving cars. While the Alder Street cycle track was under construction, 11 University of Oregon students were exploring the home of numerous such cycle tracks – The Netherlands – on a [...]

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From Susan of the BTA: Just wanted to remind everyone that we’re having a BTA Strategic Plan meeting on Thursday night 6:30-8:30 at Pegasus Pizza, 790 East 14th (in the bar Fathoms, so everyone needs to be 21 or older- sorry about the age restriction). We’ll be discussing our strategic plan and want to talk to you on how [...]

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Join us as Rob Inerfeld presents the Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. Rob is the city’s transportation planning manager and has a presentation that lists bike and pedestrian-related upgrades the city could undertake over the next 20 years. The plans range from creating bike lane along Willamette Street from 17th to 32nd avenues, connecting [...]

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This post was originally published in similar form on the EugeneSRTS site. There are few meetings happening this week that will inform and influence our transportation system in the coming years and your input is needed. On Thursday (Oct. 13th) from 11:30-1:30 the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) is meeting at the Eugene Public Library (100 [...]

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Please come to the final Open House for Draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan on Monday, Sept. 26 where there will be an opportunity for public feedback on the plan from 5 – 7 p.m. in the downtown Eugene Public Library‘s Bascom-Tykeson Room. At the open house, copies of the plan as well as large [...]

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Your chance to talk with decision makers about the Fairgrounds Gate Closures is coming up next week!  We need to be there to stress the importance of this connection and the issues with the current route that cyclists and pedestrians are having to take (poor pavement, not to code, narrow gate opening, potholed bridge, pavement [...]

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I’m not sure if this is the case with the example below but it highlights how Twitter can work as a bike advocacy tool. Friday, August 5th: @SuziSteffen posts this on twitter*: “City of #Eugene, #WTF is this? OH HA! THERE’S A BIKE LANE THERE. http://twitpic.com/61lvjs” The twitpic link leads to this photo: EugeneSRTS tweets: [...]

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As many of you know, the access way gates at the North and South entrances of the Fairgrounds are now closed to bicycles and pedestrians except when an event is in progress (KVAL story). This closure cuts off a critical north-south connector between the College Hill/Friendly St. and  the Jefferson Westside/Whiteaker neighborhoods. The County Commissioners [...]

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