More to learn from Copenhagen on making a city bikeable for all
I have spent a lot of time in my professional life trying to sell Texans and Austinites on a vision of life that does not center around the car. Whether it was sharing cars, using a bike for everyday errands, or riding rail, I’ve [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2009 Bicycle Master Plan’
A New Year, a new mindset
Ten biggest stories of 2009 in Austin cycling
2009 was a momentous year for cycling in Austin with several mile stones passed and the volume of people moving on two wheels growing. Here is a quick run down of what I think are the top ten Austin bike related stories in order of importance. If 2010 is anything like this year, Austin’s cycling [...]
November Update from City of Austin on bike infrastructure improvements
Sharrows, bike boxes now installed and being tested in Austin
Editor Note: As an update to the passage of the Master Bike Plan, Annick Beaudet, the Bicycle Program Manager with the City of Austin in Department of Public Works, has [...]
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.
Congrats [...]
Cycling Community Wants More Bike Education – Where is it?
Editor Note: Eileen Schaubert, Mellow Johnny’s Community Outreach person, took the Austin Police Department’s bicycle training in July and is doing a series of articles for A2W about her experience.
I’ve just spent three days out at the Austin Police Department’s training academy as the first civilian to take their mountain bike patrol class. I was [...]
City Bike Program gives update on project progress
Editor Note: This article was sent to us by Annick Beaudet, the Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Austin, which was written for the Southwest Cycling New, the monthly newspaper of the Austin Cycling Association. She heads the Bike/Ped section of the Public Works Department and works with her staff to implement the Master Bicycle [...]
BAC meeting allows venting over last minute Master Plan changes, introduction of new bike lane installation process
Members of the Bicycle Advisory Council vented their frustration with City Bike/Ped staff last night at the lack of notice given for last minute changes to the Master Bike Plan adopted by the Austin City Council in June. The changes were made just days before the Council adopted the final plan, and while they were [...]
City consultant recommends removing hemletless bikers from Master Bike Plan document
Tonight is the meeting of the City of Austin Bicycle Advisory Council and part of the agenda includes discussion of proposed amendments to the recently adopted Master Bicycle Plan. The suggested changes come from Jim Carrillo, a planning consultant hired by the City with Halff Associates, Inc. The amendments include the removal of Speedway on [...]
UT quitely slipped in last minute amendment to Master Bike Plan to exclude bicycles
The Daily Texan reported yesterday that as the Austin City Council moved to adopt the new Master Bike Plan last month, the University of Texas quietly asked the City to remove Speedway from the plan. This major cross campus route has long been used by student and staff cyclists.
Cycling advocate and member of the University [...]
Careful when you glide through that stop sign, it may cost you over $150
APD decides to start targeted cracking down on bicyclists without warning
Back in March, APD Chief Art Acevedo addressed the Austin Cycling Association in an attempt to “reach out” to the cycling community and hear our concerns. The general consensus from the meeting was that he got a lot of tough questions and handled them well [...]
