Last night, the City of Austin held the first of three design and feedback open houses for Austin’s first bicycle boulevard proposed for Nueces Street from 3rd Street to MLK, Jr Boulevard. The Nueces Street Bike Boulevard was part of the Master Bicycle Plan unanimously adopted by the Austin City Council in June. During an [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/10- 12/16/09
We are a little late getting the weekly event preview post up today as we’ve been derelict in our calendar duties with posting Austin Cycling Association rides. They were posted through mid November, but we had not updated the new rides through the Thanksgiving holiday. All of the posted ACA Classic and Hosted rides are [...]
Vehicular cycling versus bike lanes: why they are both right, both wrong and why bike boulevards matter
Thoughts on where we’ve been and where we are going ahead of tonight’s Bike Boulevard Open House As Austin prepares to experiment with the concept of bicycle boulevards, it is important to remember where bicycle infrastructure has been and why bike boulevards are really important in the goal of creating a city where large numbers [...]
Team Radio Shack release design on new jersey
The pro cycling team of Austin’s most famous cyclist released the design of their 2010 season jersey today via Twitter modeled by Big Tex himself. I have to say I’m underwhelmed with the design but wonder how cool Radio Shack can be made. Your thoughts? Is this new kit a hit or a miss?
Cargo bikes in the news
Yesterday, NPR ran a story on cargo bikes as a new market in the U.S. They brought up the concept of these bikes a green replacement for the minivan and their practicality among business users looking to reduce fleet fuel costs. The report included interviews with Bakfiets supplier Clever Cycles in Portland as well as [...]
Dirt Derby scrapped for this week, one week left
It appears the Dirt Derby organizers just can’t get a break on the weather. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the weekend wetness and today’s foggy drizzle have left the track unrideable yet again. There’s no Hammerhead Bicycles Dirt Derby this week, so use the time to go get some Swiftwick stockings to [...]
BikeTexas looking for volunteers this Thursday
This Thursday, BikeTexas is putting together packages benefiting bicycle/motorist safety education programs and Safe Routes to School. They need to be mailed to government offices all over Texas, and Bike Texas needs a hand getting them all done. They will also continue to do data entry on the Safe Passing petition signatures. Free dinner will [...]
Eat Local Week kicks off with Urban Farm Bicycle Tour
On Saturday, I joined over 400 other intrepid cyclists in braving the 25 degree weather to partake in Edible Austin’s Urban Farm Bicycle Tour. The Tour kicked off Edible Austin’s Eat Local Week, a celebration of locally grown and made food. The leisurely paced ride took in a nice sampling of all the local food [...]
Fox 7 News looks at how easy is it to commute by bike in Austin
This recent local broadcast of Fox 7 News gives a quick overview of biking to work with resources from the City of Austin, Bicycle Sport Shop and Mellow Johnny’s. It’s a nice cursory look at biking as an option but does spend quite a bit of time focusing on showers. Also mentioned is the free [...]
A2W Tweets summary for the Week of November 30, 2009
In the past, Marcus used to do a very good job of providing a weekly round up of bike news from around the web. Since he has stepped back from writing regularly for us, we’ve started using Twitter to share these stories. It’s a little more timely and efficient than a weekly review. Having said [...]
