League of Bicycling Voter’s President blasts City of watered down bike boulevard proposal Today, City staff will release the initial recommendation on Austin’s first bicycle boulevard, and League of Bicycling Voter President Rob D’Amico pulled no punches in his displeasure in the plan. “First they took the word ‘Nueces’ out and began calling it the [...]
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APD Chief Acevedo returns for second forum with the cycling community
The weather outside may have been cold and stormy, but the reception from the cycling community to Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo was warm at last night’s forum at One Texas Center. The forum was a follow-up on last year’s meeting with the Chief, the first of its kind in Austin, and was sponsored [...]
City Bike-Ped staff commission committee to hammer out compromise on Nueces Bike Boulevard
A model process for the future or the Son of Shoal Creek? This week, City staff from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program will begin convening a steering committee with the goal of creating a compromise solution on what has turned out to be a contentious proposal for Austin’s first bicycle boulevard. The committee will be [...]
City offers more options, positions harden at second bike boulevard meeting
Last night, the City of Austin held its second in a three part series of open houses on the proposed bicycle boulevard on Nueces Street. While city staff maintained publicly that all options were still on the table, a source told A2W that a high level city staffer communicated to cycling advocates that Nueces as [...]
First bike boulevard open house highlights tensions between cyclists and Nueces Street property owners
Last night, the City of Austin held the first of three design and feedback open houses for Austin’s first bicycle boulevard proposed for Nueces Street from 3rd Street to MLK, Jr Boulevard. The Nueces Street Bike Boulevard was part of the Master Bicycle Plan unanimously adopted by the Austin City Council in June. During an [...]
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 provided this update on the implementation of the plan. It is my pleasure to write [...]
David Byrne and panel talk bicycles, planning, advocacy
Last night, musician, author, and urban cyclist David Byrne lead a round table discussion called Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around about urban cycling and how to plan for a city that puts people on bikes, transit, and on foot ahead of cars. Joining Byrne was League of Bicycling Voters President Rob D’Amico, City [...]
David Byrne cycling round table coming one week from Sunday
Next Sunday, September 27, author, cyclist, and former Talking Heads front man David Bryne will be coming to Austin to lead a round table discussion on the future of cities and transportation. This event is being hosted by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation and is part of Bryne’s tour promoting his new book, Bicycle [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
