It’s been so great to see the energy grow on the UO campus with both the LiveMove student group and the UO Bike Program continually pushing for positive changes to the campus area for cyclists. The latest news from the Bike Program involves some assistance from GEARs Education to help them purchase five self-service bike [...]

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A final neighborhood open house has been scheduled for Thursday, January 5th to discuss the street rehabilitation project for 24th Avenue (from Chambers St to Jefferson St). There will be a presentation and discussion on design alternatives for this street.  Alternatives discussed will include removing on-street parking on one side of the street, installing bicycle [...]

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Work has been completed on a $1.6 million extension of the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path in the River Road-Santa Clara area, and the multi-use path extension is open for public use. Knife River Corporation, working under contract to the Eugene Public Works Department, began work early this year to extend the path from River Avenue, [...]

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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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This week planners at Lane Council of Governments (LCOG), debuted “CycleLane” a free application for iPhone and Android that allows residents of the Eugene-Springfield to help planners better understand bicycle behavior.  Users in the area can download and use the application, which sends information about their preferred bicycle route to LCOG data bases for analysis [...]

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One of the cities busiest bicycle corridors will be closed at one intersection tomorrow. Please be aware of this closure and adjust your travel/timing accordingly. The closure (and short notice) is unfortunate but at least it is for a good cause- Eugene’s first dedicated bike signal. Here’s the info: Traffic Advisory Alder Closed Wednesday from [...]

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The City of Eugene is working on the repaving plans for Willamette St. including a section between 29th and 32nd. As many local riders know this is a major area of concern for cyclists and a missing link in our bike transportation infrastructure.  Originally there were no plans for bike infrastructure in the designs but [...]

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GEARs Members, We recently learned that there is going to be a re-paving project on Willamette Street from 29th Avenue to 32nd Avenue and that the city “left out” plans to add bicycle facilities.  This runs contrary to the city’s own policy of adding bike facilities to road reconstruction projects, especially those called out in [...]

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With the removal of over 200 parking meters downtown GEARs has been working with the City of Eugene to improve the bike parking situation in the downtown area. Richard Hughes and Sue Wolling did a walk about survey of parking issues to determine the bicycle parking needs in the area and have been working with [...]

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