Posts under ‘Safety’

The City of Austin is getting ready to paint new bike lanes all over town, and the League of Bicycling Voters is encouraging participation in City hosted open houses around town to ensure good facilities get built. In many cases, these new lanes will entail the removal of a limited number of current on street [...]

Many people I know sing the praises of the clever locking method developed by the late, great cycling guru Sheldon Brown. By putting a U-lock through your rear wheel, you can avoid scratching up your paint or needing an extra long lock. Personally, I never quite trusted this method, and as this video shows, less [...]

And a front light too Our local fixed gear shop Fast Folks is reporting that Austin Police are starting to ticket fixed gear riders riding bikes without a brake. Per the traffic code, APD says: A person may not operate a bicycle unless the bicycle is equipped with a brake. So it’s time to put [...]

A few weeks ago, the City of Austin released its first bicycle safety PSA called “Share the Road Rant.” The 1 minute ad focuses on informing drivers of the 3 foot passing rule and asks cyclists to obey the law while riding. I’ve been pretty indifferent to this approach for a while. It seems kind [...]

Warming weather means more riding whether its a club ride, to Barton Springs, or a pub crawl with friends. Although it stays lighter later, chances are you are eventually going to get caught riding after dark. (Actually, riding after dark is one of the best parts of summer riding in Austin.) Being a ninja rider [...]

This Wednesday is your chance to hobnob with local political leaders about bike issues with the 15th Annual Political Pedal. Austin City Council members and candidate will be in attendance! The ride will go from Austin City Hall to the Pfluger Bridge dedication and then on to Uncle Billy Brew & Que for schmoozing with [...]

Today’s excellent film is a short documentary by Australian Sit-up Cycle on the Bicing program in Barcelona. The film credits the bikeshare program with transforming Barcelona from a car centric city to one of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world. Bicing has been smart with how they’ve run their vehicle sharing program. They’ve [...]

You wanta be in pictures? Here’s your chance. The City of Austin is producing a series of bike safety public service announcements and wants local Austin cyclists for the shoot. They want you to come for one hour and stand next to the City and your community for the cause of bicycle safety and awareness. [...]

On Monday, March 7, the Austin Cycling Association will be hosting the third consecutive Annual Meeting with Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo and the Cycling Community. These have been extremely valuable forums to allow APD to get feedback from the cycling community and make appropriate changes in policies so cyclists are treated fairly by [...]

Extending the Pfluger bridge on Lady Bird Lake to cross over the busy West Cesar Chavez Street has been a dream of the cycling community that was over a decade in the making. After breaking ground on the extension last spring, the Austin American Statesman is reporting that tomorrow the bridge will officially open. With [...]