The Austin American Statesman is reporting that the City of Austin will be converting parking along Dean Keaton north of the UT Law School to back in parking shrinking the road from 6 lanes of traffic to 4 and adding a bike lane each way. Back in parking requires the driver to go past the [...]
Posts on ‘July 27th, 2009’
Local political blog pokes fun at cyclist/car interaction, Smart Cars
Local politican consultant and bull shit artist humorist Harold Cook writes a news satire site, Letters from Texas, commenting mostly on happenings at the Capitol and City Hall. In his Sunday news round up, he poked fun at the road worthliness of the Smart Car and the interactions between drivers and cyclists: Local man killed [...]
Asheville firefighter shoots cyclist over argument about safety
This story from North Carolina sounds like something from News of the Weird. The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting: Police charged a city firefighter with attempted first-degree murder Sunday after witnesses said he fired a handgun at a bicyclist along Tunnel Road, barely missing his skull. Charles Alexander Diez, 42, apparently fired at the Asheville man [...]
Images from Frankenbike 48
The 48th installment of Frankenbike occurred this Saturday, July 25 at Buck’s Bike’s in Northwest Austin. The turnout was a bit lighter than usual perhaps due to the far north location which is not particularly bikeable. Still, there was a good showing of part swappers including quite a few more frames and frame sets than [...]
