Posts from ‘March, 2009’

This event announcement was sent over by Erin at Mellow Johnny’s. The event is tomorrow (Thursday), so if you would like to go, contact her to RSVP! Siciclando is the dream of two guys from Sicily, two bikers, in love with the land of their birth. It is a dream that is wholly Mediterranean; it [...]

Local cycling advocacy group, the League of Bicycling Voters, released its list of endorsed candidates for the May 9th Austin City Council Election. There are not a lot of shockers here:  Mayor: Lee Leffingwell Place 1: Chris Riley Place 2: Mike Martinez Place 5: Bill Spelman Place 6: Sheryl Cole Bill Spelman is running unopposed and [...]

Cyclist yells ‘Why did you hit me?’ while police offices punches her after being cuffed New Jersey resident Sheila Stevenson was riding her bike on the sidewalk, a violation of Millville City law. This is not exactly a high crime, so why did an encounter with police end with her being punched by officer Carlo [...]

I came across a fantastic podcast the other day from the blog Portland Transport and I’ve been listening to all the episodes I can since. It’s very much like the ANC Radio show is here in Austin, except this show is ALL ABOUT BIKES! Entertaining and full of event ideas we could try here too [...]

Should Austin taxpayers be able to choose where their road maintenance fees go? One of the most important questions submitted by the League of Bicycling Voters at last night’s city council candidate forum was related to the Transportation User Fee or TUF. The TUF is a small fee of around $5 (well, $4.97) added on [...]

I saw this story via the Streetsblog Network last week,  posted by Livable Streets for West Palm Beach. I think we can all relate to the author’s stories of being intimidated and threatened by drivers who just couldn’t stand to slow down for a few seconds; the kind who think they really do own the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]