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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