Yesterday, Bike Month wrapped up and I was happy to celebrate with friends and some new folks at the Violet Crown Cycles launch party. The after party ride for snow-cones was a blast and a nice bookend to a tremendous month. I’ve been regularly participating in Bike Month about five years and even help organize [...]
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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 [...]
Austin Bicycle Plan Open House at Mellow Johnny’s Thursday, February 26
Yesterday we reported on the upcoming March 4th Austin Bicycle Plan open house, but there’s an earlier event if you just can’t wait to get your hands on this phone-book-sized document and learn more about it will affect your biking life for the next decade or so. This open house is next Thursday, February 26 [...]
News flash: Bike Lanes make the road safer for cyclists
On Friday, I attended a standing room only City Forum Panel on Bicycle Research sponsored by the Community and Regional Planning Student Organization at the Texas Union on the UT campus. The forum included an interesting report from the Center for Transportation Research as well as an update on the progress toward adopting a new City of [...]
City of Austin Bicycle Plan (Street Smarts Task Force) Report, Part III
OTHER PARTS OF THIS REPORT: Part I can be found here Part II can be found here Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to be writing a section-by-section summary and info on the City of Austin Street Smarts Task Force 2008 final report, which is Austin’s updated bicycle plan. I will add [...]
Austin Bike Blog helps launch the Austin Bike Plan Petition
Austin Bike Plan Petition calls for clear time lines for implementation, better bike facilities The cycling community in Austin at a cross roads right now, and Marcus and I believe cyclists are in a unique position to ensure the City of Austin makes biking for transportation a priority and builds the necessary infrastructure to support [...]
City of Austin Bicycle Plan (Street Smarts Task Force) Report, Part II
OTHER PARTS OF THIS REPORT: Part I can be found here. Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to be writing a section-by-section summary and info on the City of Austin Street Smarts Task Force 2008 final report, which is Austin’s updated bicycle plan. I will add comments and links to other related [...]
