Posts on ‘December 18th, 2008’

I just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21. The focus of the luncheon is to learn how we can change the dynamics of transportation in Texas, while building healthy communities and reducing traffic. There will be a ride after the luncheon [...]

Formal Announcement expected Friday This morning the New York Times confirmed earlier reports that President Elect Obama has chosen retiring Illinois Republican Congressman Ray LaHood to be his Transportation Secretary.  Although he is a moderate Republican with a record of voting in favor of alternative transportation, I have to say I’m pretty disappointed with this [...]

My apologies for the two week absence of this weekly post. While I was gone learning to build bicycle frames, it was very hard to make posts and I neglected to ask Marcus to take up this project. Hopefully, we’ll see no future lapses in providing you a quick round up of bike culture events [...]