Thanks to everyone to called and wrote to the Austin City Council to voice concern about the calendar games being played with the Downtown Bicycle Boulevard briefing and to ask for public comment on the staff recommendations. I just heard from Rob D’Amico, President of the League of Bicycling Voters, that Councilmembers Chris Riley and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Bicycle Master Plan’
City staff to cyclists on Bike Blvd: We don’t want to hear from you anymore
UPDATE: An A2W reader sent me an e-mail asking me to clarify a point in this post. The decision to put items on the City Council agenda is done at a managerial level above the City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. ——- In a move reminiscent of some of the slimier actions taken by [...]
Friday Film Fun: Rush hour in Utrecht
Last week, I shared a video of the recent Critical Mass ride in Budapest which drew an amazing 35,000 riders, and I threw out the idea that that number of cyclists was approximately equal to the number Austin’s supposed to be at on a daily basis in 2020 under the Master Bike Plan. (Actually, the [...]
What will 38,000 cyclist on the streets of Austin every day look like
Things have been crazy busy the last few days with wrapping up our spring social ride series and beginning to plan for the next series, so I thought I’d share this video from the Budapest Critical Mass that Jason at ATXBS posted earlier this week. He made the point that the attendance at this ride [...]
City Staff on DIY Bike Lanes: Leave the painting to the professionals
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
