Posts Tagged ‘apd’

This story has been circulating on local bike mailing lists and was covered by KEYE a couple of days ago:
An Austin bicyclist seriously injured in an accident is taking action against the Austin Police Department. This, after he found out the officers who responded to the scene did not file an accident report.
On May 4th, [...]

After a long string of Critical Mass rides without major encounter with police, Austin Police were out in force on Friday arresting and ticketing Critical Massers for running red lights and “obstructing traffic.”
Here’s a video encounter of APD arresting local cyclist and budding frame builder Nathaniel “Lurcher” Hill.

So a car runs a red light and [...]

Our good friend Karl-Thomas Musselman over at political site Burnt Orange Report lives carfree and recently had his bike stolen. We’re hoping he can still get it back. Description follows.
My blue/black Trek 3700 that I bought back in 2004 and have put a few thousand miles on probably, was stolen from 902 E 5th Street [...]

Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo spoke and answered questions before a large audience at the Austin Cycling Association meeting last night. Before we talk about the rest, let’s get the Austin Police Chief’s “big faux pas”  out of the way:
In the middle of a really long answer about sharing the road, [...]

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 [...]

James Clayton’s home raided by police for stolen bike parts
Jason at ATXBS has broken a story about the police raid and arrest of James Clayton, a local Austin cyclists that has been accused of rampant bike theft. The Travis County Sheriff’s Booking Records indicate that Clayton is being charged with 2nd Degree felony for burglery [...]

In interesting e-mail from Austin cyclist Tom Wald is circulating about the Austin Police Department and their much reported crackdown on cyclists who break traffic laws. Tom wrote the police department a letter criticizing the program for singling out cyclists when motorists cause the vast majority of accidents that involve injury and deaths.
Regardless of whether [...]

According to the blog of east Austin store Complete Clothing, fixed gear riders are getting ticketed in San Marcos. Now, this is a real bummer, but I would attribute it more to confusion on the part of law enforcement than any sort of “crackdown on fixed gear culture.” I think it’s more likely that San [...]