Over at the Bicycle Austin forum e-mail list, a poster recently suggested some guerrilla street painting to carve out space for cyclists on Austin streets specifically on parts of Parmer Lane and along the IH-35 access road. The post was in response to a recent Bicycling magazine article about a group in Los Angeles that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Bicycle Master Plan’
Update on action on the Austin 2020 Master Bike Plan
Last night, the Austin City Council heard public comment on the Austin 2020 Master Bike Plan and the cycling community was there in force. In addition to such regular stalwarts as Tommy Eden, Hill Abel, Tom Wald, and BikeTexas’ Robin Stallings, there were nearly 300 people signed up to speak about the plan with only 11 [...]
Austin American Statesman endorses Master Bike Plan
In a surprising move considering their normal stance on city issues, the editorial board of the Austin American Statesman endorsed the Austin 2020 Master Bicycle Plan which is up for consideration at the City Council meeting tonight.
The goal of safety is everyone’s business — those on bikes and those in cars or other vehicles. Too [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/21- 5/27/09
Things have slowed down a little going into the Memorial Day holiday, but there are still lots of cycling things to do. Be sure to come out to support the Master Bicycle Plan at the City Council meeting tonight and head over to the Yellow Bike Project 12th Birthday Party afterwards.
Here’s a quick run down [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 4/9- 4/15/09
There’s a lot going on this Easter weekend including the addition of some nice new rides sponsored by the Austin Cycling Association leaving from The Peddler Bike Shop.
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events [...]
Austin On Two Wheels on KOOP radio today
Marcus and I are leaving the electronic world for the airways today with a guest appearance today at noon on the ANC Radio show on KOOP, 91.7 FM. The theme of the show is “What’s Austin’s Two Wheel Plan”, and we’ll be joined by City of Austin Bicycle Program Manager Annick Beaudet and Urban Transportation [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/26- 3/4/09
We are up one event over last week for a total of 85 cycling events this week in the Austin area. Our comprehensive cycling and bike culture event calendar has slowed in growth a bit the last week, but I prefer to think we are taking a breather before spring comes roaring in.
As always, if [...]
Open House for Austin Bicycle Master Plan Wed, March 4
The City of Austin has released a draft of its 2020 Bicycle Master Plan. This is the first update to the City’s bike plan since 1998. City staff will be having an open house to answer questions and get feedback:
Bicycle Master Plan Open House
Wednesday. March 4
5:30- 8 PM
One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Rd, 3rd [...]
