Monday November 28th 2011 GEARS will hold its annual meeting and Bike Swap on Monday November 28th from 6 to 8 pm at Hilyard Center, 2580 Hilyard St.  All GEARS members are invited to join for free Pizza and a soft drink ($5 for non members)!  We will vote on a By-Law change, have a [...]

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General Meeting – Death Valley tour presented by Gary Cook Countryside Pizza, 645 River Road, Eugene This month we are pleased to have long time GEARS member and ride leader Gary Cook present his tour of Death Valley and the surrounding areas of California and Nevada, finished in Jan/Feb of 2010. Gary is a very [...]

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posted by Anya Dobrowolski, Advocacy Committee Chair Riding the success of our spring advocacy efforts, the GEARs Advocacy Committee (AC) will be meeting in June to discuss to start putting together a local advocacy strategy.  The June meeting will cover two important actions that will help us move forward to make bicycling in our community [...]

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The month of March has been a busy one, indeed!   The Committee started the month off by looking at the proposed projects for the Eugene Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, and put together a list of 15 “Wish List” projects that we would most like to see implemented.  After creating an online poll, the projects [...]

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In our last GEARs Advocacy Committee Meeting on February 21 we discussed the proposed Eugene-Springfield Bike-Ped Masterplan, and talked about what we believe should be priority projects.  We also discussed several pieces of legislation that are up for debate in this year’s state legislative session.  Our next meeting will focus further on the state legislation. [...]

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We last held an Advocacy Committee Meeting on January 31 to get everyone up to speed on various bike-related issues, and think about initial steps for the committee to make. Now we are going to be having an action meeting, where the intention is to develop distinct actions for the committee to take. The details [...]

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A note from the BTA on an upcoming Meet & Greet: Dear Eugene area Members, Friends, and Volunteers, Two of our programs staff, LeeAnne Fergason, and Joel Holly, will be in the area next week, and we’d love to talk to more people while we’re there. On Friday, August 27th, from 6:00-8:30, we’ll be at [...]

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The Ride of Silence, an annual bicycle ride held to memorialize cyclists killed or seriously injured on local roadways and to promote traffic safety, will be held on Wednesday, May 19.  Riders will gather at the EMU Amphitheater on the University of Oregon campus (13th & University) at 6:45 p.m.  After a brief ceremony, the [...]

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If you haven’t heard about the awesome event(s) happening this weekend hold onto your hats…. Paul Freedman of Rock the Bike (AKA The Fossil Fool) is working with the University of Oregon’s Bike Program (a project of the Outdoor Program) to build a Pedal Powered generator.  They’ll be holding an informative and exciting expose of the program’s [...]

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Starting on Monday, April 19 and continuing through May 3, the Canoe Canal Path as it passes under I-5 will be closed. Path users will be required to use the North Bank Path for any east/west passage in the Whilamut Natural Area between Eugene and Springfield during the closure. With construction activity increasing daily, path [...]

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