Posts Tagged ‘Austin City Council’

The golf cart taxi company Capital Cruisers will be on the agenda at the Urban Transportation Commission meeting on Tuesday. Our first story on this a few weeks ago has generated quite a bit of conversation between the golf cart proponents and pedicab drivers. If you’re interested in coming and putting your two cents in [...]

Candidates present: Chris Riley, Perla Cavazos Opening statements: Cavazos – I’m a triathlete. Hope to do the MS150 someday. Very supportive of multimodal transportation options and cycling. We need to do a better job of improving our city streets and adding bicycle lanes. Would also like to see better signage and education about sharing the [...]

Reprinted from a League of Bicycling Voters email. This is your chance to tell your next city council members that you want safe cycling to be a priority, and find out where they stand on our issues. Want to make an impression? The best way to advance safer and more accessible bicycling in Austin is [...]

There are four more opportunities to put in your two cents’ worth on the Austin Bike Plan before it becomes THE LAW. You can look at our full calendar for more details along the way but this is what’s left: April 14: The plan will be considered for recommendation by the Urban Transportation Commission April [...]

Austin City Council Place 1 candidate Chris Riley Austin City Council Place One candidate Chris Riley is an avid cyclist who lives carfree. Part of his outreach to the cycling community is a bicycle rally the weekend of SXSW. The ride will highlight the progress and needed improvements to our bicycle infrastructure, especially bike lanes, trails, and [...]

I just got off the phone with Rob D’Amico at the League Of Bicycling Voters, and he let me know that the agenda items to request over $5 million in federal stimulus bill funding for bicycle projects passed the City Council on unanimous consent yesterday. Thank you to everyone who responded to Rob’s call to [...]