The City of Austin’s Bicycle Advisory Council is looking for Austin cyclists to serve on the regular citizens committee that reports all things bicycle to the City. Their annual fall elections is next Thursday, November 17, and they will be filling 10 spots. The City of Austin charges the BAC as follows: The purpose of [...]
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Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/17- 2/23/11
After a bout of real winter weather, Austin is back to what we expect: sunny and in the 60s and 70s. It’s going to be a great weekend to ride! Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS [...]
Capital Metro considering triple bike racks on buses
At the last Thursday’s Bicycle Advisory Council, Capital Metro held a demonstration of a new triple bike rack they are considering for their bus fleet. The bike-bus combo can be a great solution for a lot of people. Your bike connects you with bus routes that are not in walking distance and provide the “last [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/20- 1/26/11
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/21- 1/27/10
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 8/20- 8/26/09
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]
BAC meeting allows venting over last minute Master Plan changes, introduction of new bike lane installation process
Members of the Bicycle Advisory Council vented their frustration with City Bike/Ped staff last night at the lack of notice given for last minute changes to the Master Bike Plan adopted by the Austin City Council in June. The changes were made just days before the Council adopted the final plan, and while they were [...]
City consultant recommends removing hemletless bikers from Master Bike Plan document
Tonight is the meeting of the City of Austin Bicycle Advisory Council and part of the agenda includes discussion of proposed amendments to the recently adopted Master Bicycle Plan. The suggested changes come from Jim Carrillo, a planning consultant hired by the City with Halff Associates, Inc. The amendments include the removal of Speedway on [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 7/16- 7/22/09
Does anyone remember what it was like to have a non-100 degree plus day or a night where it dips below 80 degrees? Luckily the Thursday Night Urban Ride and Tuesday’s Midnight Ridazz have the right idea with some mid-ride wet and wild. If you must ride sans swimming check out Sunday’s Austin Flyers’ Chipotle [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 4/16- 4/22/09
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly [...]
