Earlier today, we let you know about the Safe Passing Bill (SB 488) coming up before the Texas Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday morning. Due to Republican plans to disenfranchise minorities, poor people, students, the elderly, women who just got married, women who just got divorced and anyone else they could think of, I mean protect [...]
Posts on ‘March 10th, 2009’
Cap Metro proposes service cuts
Just got back from the Urban Transportation Commission where officials from Cap Metro spoke about the bus lines and service times they want to cut starting in June. According to them, most of the changes are from specific route times that had very low ridership. The biggest cut is that weekend Dillo service will be [...]
Bike advocates ride on D.C., torches ablaze
Cycling organizers are meeting at the nation’s Capitol for a week of advocacy and education known as the National Bike Summit. Put on every year by the League of American Bicyclists, the Summit is likely the biggest political bike advocacy event of the year. They’ve got some lofty goals too – the fight to increase [...]
Testify in support of the Safe Passing Bill this Wednesday
The following information has been passed along to us from Rob D’Amico from the League of Bicycling Voters about this critical legislation. The 2009 Safe Passing Act, Senate Bill SB 488 will be heard by the Texas State Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security on Wednesday morning, March 11, 2009 in Hearing Room E1.016 [...]
Bikes Across Borders benefit This Saturday
The first Saturday of spring break is going to be a busy one, but we wanted to make sure you knew about this great event for a good cause. Bikes Across Borders has organized more than ten bike delivery caravans since 2001, sending over 500 bicycles to Cuba, Mexico, and Central America.At our home base [...]
