Mike Seager, editor of the new WeBikeEugene bicycle blog, has posted an in-depth report on what could be Eugene’s first-ever cycletrack on Alder Street:
This is a story that I’ve been dying to write for years, even though WeBikeEugene has only existed for a month. It’s hard for me to stay detached and unbiased about this subject because I’ve spent countless hours and miles having my bones shaken and bike punished by the decrepit and horrible conditions on Alder St. near the University or Oregon – a street that is one of Eugene’s main, yet most horribly maintained, cycling routes.
Thankfully, good news is finally here. Not only is Alder St. between 18th Ave. and Franklin Blvd (and part of 13th Ave) going to be repaved in 2011 as part of The City of Eugene’s Pavement Preservation Program, but thanks to the City’s policy of piggy-backing bicyclist and pedestrian improvement projects on top of its pavement preservation projects, there is an opportunity for additional funds to be made available from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Pedestrian and Bicycle Grant Program.
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Learn more about the history of the project and the five options currently on the table at WeBikeEugene.org.
