Candidates present: Chris Riley, Perla Cavazos Opening statements: Cavazos – I’m a triathlete. Hope to do the MS150 someday. Very supportive of multimodal transportation options and cycling. We need to do a better job of improving our city streets and adding bicycle lanes. Would also like to see better signage and education about sharing the [...]
Posts on ‘March 23rd, 2009’
Austin City Council cycling forum – Mayoral candidate rough transcript
Very rough notes taken as fast as I could, sorry about any typos, but wanted to get this out as fast as possible. – Marcus Bethel Hall, St. David’s Episcopal Church, 7th and San Jacinto. 6pm-9pm Candidates present – Brewster McCracken, Lee Leffingwell, David Buttross, Josiah Ingalls Big crowd. Easily over 100. This is an [...]
Pink: a (love) courier service is back in Austin this April
Bike messengers speeding across town to deliver a message… of love? That’s Jaclyn Pryor’s “pink: a (love) courier service,” an art project that started in Austin in 2006, has traveled since then to Portland, Oregon and Chicago and is now coming back to Austin next month. As Jaclyn describes the project: PINK is both a [...]
Armstrong crashes at Vuelta a Castilla y León, breaks collarbone
Part of the extraordinary run that Lance Armstrong had in his seven years winning the Tour de France was his ability in avoiding crashes. On the rare occasion that he was involved in a tumble, he was lucky enough to emerge ready to race another day. Well, luck finally caught up with him. VeloNews is [...]
