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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Mark your calendars and be sure to come down for the Delta Ponds Bridge Dedication on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 11 a.m Join Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and members of the community in celebrating the substantial completion of the new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Delta Highway and through Delta Ponds. Put on your [...]

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**This write up by Paul Adkins originally appeared on Eugroove.com** If you were in the right place at the right time on Sunday morning, you could have added your own, “So Eugene, I love it!” to the chorus of drivers, runners and pedestrians who stopped to gape at (and cheer for) the 20 or so [...]

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There are a lot of great events happening this weekend! Come join the bikecentric fun: Mountain Bike Oregon- This event is sold out but if you’ve already registered it looks like a fun weekend of Mountain Biking up in Oakridge.  Registration for 2011 will open in 2011 so if this sounds fun be sure and [...]

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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 now [...]

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Surface Transportation Program- Urban (STP-U) funds; where we’re getting it right and where we might be missing the boat. On Thursday the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) met at the Eugene Public Library and the main item on the agenda was the STP-U funds allocation for 2011-2013. For more information on the MPC you can visit [...]

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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 more fun [...]

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Now that we have a new, smooth, beautiful Amazon Path a lot of riders are asking “what’s next?” Well here’s the answer. It’s the City of Eugene Public Works “Multi-Use Path Rehabilitation/Repair Priority List” and it shows what’s coming down the pipe.  The BPAC helped in the prioritizing of this list along with Public Works [...]

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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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