Comments for Eugene bicyclist http://eugenebicyclist.com Bike culture in Eugene, Oregon Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Lindsay Selser http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2256 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:32:08 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2256 We’re on top of it! There is already a shortcut/shorter route for those that can’t make the hill. The route map that was posted is really quite basic so you can’t see all the details. When the route is finalized we will release a map to the public. THANKS!
~Lindsay

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Eugene Bicyclist http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2255 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:27:59 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2255 Right, as Lindsay points out in her comment, it’s a tentative route idea and I’m sure they’re open to suggestions.

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by jonesey http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2254 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:10:57 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2254 That’s a pretty big hill on University, from 23rd up to 19th, and then from University to Onyx. Maybe most people’s little kids are tougher than mine, but we would have to shortcut that part of the route. I sent a note to Lindsay with a suggestion for an alternate route.

Hooray for stopping at Prince Puckler’s! Maybe Obama will be there on the campaign trail again.

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Lindsay Selser http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2253 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:56:50 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2253 Hello All! Us here at the City of Eugene are so excited to be planning the 2nd annual Eugene Sunday Streets event. We are still in the early planning phases and the route pictured on the blog is not final. We still need to work with the businesses along the route to make sure it will work for them as well. We wish we could offer more than one event per year but at this time we do not have the funding to do so. We hope that as the event grows year after year we will be able to grow our partnerships with the community to bring greater outside funding. Closing almost 3 miles of streets is actually quite a bit of work that requires over 200 volunteers, hundreds of staff hours and lots of supplies and traffic control. Please stay tuned for opportunities to donate and volunteer coming soon. As for the angry motorists, we will continue to get better each year at planning better detours. If anyone is interested in helping with the 2012 Sunday Streets event or has any more questions or comments please contact me at the email below!

Thanks,
Lindsay Selser
City of Eugene – Transportation Options Coordinator
sundaystreets@ci.eugene.or.us

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Alpha W. http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2252 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:49:52 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2252 I totally agree that more than once a year is sorely needed to help get drivers used to the idea and to get more people out more often!

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by PDXCyclistWK http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2251 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:41:28 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2251 Thank you Eugene Bicyclist. That was profound in a very simple and direct way. Huh, I never thought about it that way. Low level stress. But it rings true. Again, thank you.

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Mrs Random http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2250 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:18:26 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2250 I visited the Sunday Streets last year, and you’re right – it was incredibly relaxing not to have to be constantly alert for automobile traffic. And to have so much space! And the quiet! It was great. We live just outside last year’s perimeter, though, and I was highly entertained (and alarmed and surprised and a bit irritated) by the anger demonstrated by many of the diverted drivers – squealing turns, screaming down residential streets. I had been hoping they’d do the Sunday streets more, more than one neighborhood a year, so that some of us could enjoy it more, and some of us could get used to it. I like one a month….

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety by Sue Gardiner http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/23/sunday-streets-v-2-and-some-thoughts-on-low-level-anxiety/#comment-2249 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:32:46 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6705#comment-2249 Sunday Streets sounds like heaven. It would be nice if every Sunday the roads were car free. I also am anxious when riding on our tiny bendy lanes in England. I am always aware that the driver coming up behind me (we have 4×4′s in the country here too) may just be, looking at his/her phone, changing the radio station or eating something and not notice the cyclist in front.

]]> Comment on Sunday Streets: It’s not all fun and games, people by Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety | Eugene bicyclist http://eugenebicyclist.com/2011/09/21/sunday-streets-its-not-all-fun-and-games-people/#comment-2248 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:58:33 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=5514#comment-2248 [...] you remember Eugene’s first Sunday Streets event this past September? Was it fun, you ask? What do you mean, was it fun? You remember this [...]

]]> Comment on Delays on the Canoe Canal Path; new phase of Middle Fork Path under way by Eugene Bicyclist http://eugenebicyclist.com/2012/02/17/delays-on-the-canoe-canal-path-new-phase-of-middle-fork-path-under-way/#comment-2198 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:34:08 +0000 http://eugenebicyclist.com/?p=6709#comment-2198 Thanks, Kevin. And, sure, it may not sound like a rip-roaring good time, but remember that it’s important work!

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