Posts Tagged ‘advocacy’

Last night, the League of Bicycling Voters had an organizational meeting to recommit to Austin cycling advocacy and build a stronger, professional organization. At the meeting were leaders from most of the larger cycling organizations in town including Austin Cycling Association, Austin Ridge Riders, Yellow Bike Project, and Bike Texas as well as community outreach [...]

From BikeTexas: *Action Alert* *Safe Passing* ACTION ALERT: GOVERNOR PLANS TO VETO SAFE PASSING BILL TODAY Forward this email to every cyclist you know! Dear Fellow Texas Cyclists, Every cyclist in Texas must call Governor Perry today and insist that he allow SB 488 to pass! The governor mistakenly thinks that the bill puts all [...]

Leslie Luciano and Chris Carter at Bicycle Sport Shop have been writing at an official blog for the store for around two months now. They have a lot of good advocacy and event content up there now and I highly recommend giving their site a look. Recent articles on the BSS Blog have included coverage [...]

From Rob D’Amico of the League of Bicycling Voters: League of Bicycling Voters Early Voting Rally (Chris Riley will be in attendance) Sunday, May 3 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Woolridge Square (9th and Guadalupe) (Early Vote polls are across the street at the Courthouse….closes at 6 p.m.) I believe they plan on pulling out [...]

It’s just amazing how two things can work together so perfectly. On Tuesday we wrote about a new Twitter list called Social Cycling ATX  for getting short-notice rides organized and going. Their group is growing fast, with 57 followers on Twitter at last count and a Facebook group with 77 members. So now you can [...]

Thanks to Bicycle Sport Shop‘s Leslie Luciano for sending over this revised, texas-focused release about the 2009 National Bike Summit! Record Number Attended 2009 Bike Summit! In total, 580 registrants from 47 states and four countries (Canada, Denmark, Czech Republic and the USA) visited more than 350 Congressional offices on Thursday, March 12. More than [...]

I recently reviewed over three dozen cycling podcasts to come up with a list that I feel represent the best ones out there. Keep in mind this is my opinion, yours may vary. If you have others that you think our readers would enjoy, suggest them in the comments. The bikescape podcast: long-running audio podcast [...]

On February 26, the Austin City Council will be voting on a proposed plan for completing the gap in the Hike & Bike trail. We reported on a city meeting on this last month, and strongly support the idea of a boardwalk trail that completes the gap. Not only is this something many people in [...]