Next Sunday, September 27, author, cyclist, and former Talking Heads front man David Bryne will be coming to Austin to lead a round table discussion on the future of cities and transportation. This event is being hosted by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation and is part of Bryne’s tour promoting his new book, Bicycle [...]
Posts on ‘September 18th, 2009’
Austin Master Bike Plan wins State Planning Project Award
Kudos to the City of Austin Bicycle & Pedestrian Program for winning the very competitive State Planning Project Award for their work on the recently adopted 2009 Austin Master Bike Plan. The City will officially accept the award at the annual conference of the Texas Chapter of the American Planners Association in October in Galveston. [...]
Friday Film Fun: Whoa, Sixteen girls on one bike?
A few weeks ago, I shared the amazing video of two German girls doing artistic cycling. I was impressed but not nearly as impressed as I was of this video of Chinese acrobats doing routines on bicycles. There are flips on and off the shoulders of the riders, and the finale includes 16 girls on [...]
