Eugene is utterly fantastic for both pedestrians and bikers. I lived there a year from a car and thought "This isn't the pretty city I thought I knew..." ...then sold the car. The transformation of the city as a whole was magnificent. We lived on the Millrace near Glenwood, and from there, could take a little back road to a bike trail that stretched all the way through campus to downtown, and bike trails from there completely circumvented the city to take us to Springfield (Gateway) or to the other mall (I forget the name...) but it was fantastic. Even biking in the city was nice, with all the trees downtown, etc, there were never the big, long open stretches I see here... =P

Such a pity the job market in Eugene is so poor. I'd do anything to live there again...