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 [...]
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Alert: Legal help needed for out of town cyclist hit and jailed by police at Critical Mass ride
UPDATE: Local attorney Jay Paul Warren (who let us publish that very helpful article on what to do in a bike-car accident) contacted me this evening to let me know he posted bail for the cyclist in question. Jason from ATXBS also sent me an e-mail from Chief Acevedo who is very aware of the [...]
APD continues the “There is no crackdown” crackdown on cyclists
Looks like the Austin Police Department is again focusing on ticketing cyclist for traffic violations. Just don’t call it a crackdown.
Bike Noob reported on four club riders getting tickets for failing to completely stop at a stop light when turning right.
The officer told the group he was issuing citations because of the grief the Austin [...]
Just What is APD Teaching Bike Patrol Officers?
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.
“Yes, officer, I know I am riding slower than traffic but it is legal for me to ride here.” Sound familiar? Long a complaint among the [...]
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 [...]
APD Bicycle Theft Resolution Subcommittee Meeting Tonight
Reminder from Nadia Barrera at the City of Austin:
This is just a reminder of tonight’s Bicycle Theft Resolution Subcommittee Meeting. Our meeting will be held at the Austin Police Department’s Headquarters building located at 715 East 8th Street, on the 4th Floor in the CompStat Room. Please enter the police department through the east entrance [...]
Cyclists and stop signs: Will someone come up with a constructive solution?
The controversy over cyclists failing to stop at stop signs has been swirling around the Austin cycling community the last few days, and we have certainly entered the fray and stirred the pot a bit ourselves. Things kind of came to a head with a Monday evening story by KVUE that many thought was pretty [...]
City wants feedback on Bicycle Theft Resolution
If you work in the Austin cycling community, or, I would presume, an affiliated organization, the City of Austin would like to meet with you and get your feedback regarding an educational campaign they are starting.
Here’s the full email, forwarded to us by the ever-stalwart Leslie Luciano of Bicycle Sport Shop (she now of the [...]
KVUE succeeds in its hit on the cycling community
Or how to report the story you want instead of the facts
On Monday, I reported on an alleged crackdown that APD was doing on cyclists who run stop signs. It had become quite the hot topic over the weekend on the forums at Bicycle Austin. Several cyclists chimed in on getting ticketed and the discussion [...]
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 [...]
