Two major subjects were discussed at the CAMPO Policy Board meeting of November 14th: CAMPO TIP Amendments and the STP-MM funding decision. CAMPO TIP Amendments At many CAMPO Policy Board meetings, the board considers amendments to the CAMPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP includes transportation projects receiving federal funding that the CAMPO board has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bicycle infrastructure’
Debate over regional versus local control could have effect on area bike infrastructure spending
This is the first of periodic posts from Tom Wald, Executive Director of the League of Bicycling Voters. The CAMPO Policy Board meetings, like most public meetings, charge no admission and provide little overt entertainment to the uninitiated. I’m not currently in a position to take a gonzo journalism approach to reporting from such meetings, [...]
Friday Film Fun: Bikeshare changing the face of cycling in Barcelona
Today’s excellent film is a short documentary by Australian Sit-up Cycle on the Bicing program in Barcelona. The film credits the bikeshare program with transforming Barcelona from a car centric city to one of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world. Bicing has been smart with how they’ve run their vehicle sharing program. They’ve [...]
Stratford Trail to be closed next 3-4 weeks
For those who use the Stratford Trail at Barton Springs Drive to get in and out of the Zilker Park area, please note starting today the trail will be closed for a few weeks. Here are the details from the City of Austin: Starting on Monday, February 28th the City of Austin will be closing [...]
Pfluger bridge extension is indeed open
After it was announced that the Pfluger bridge extension would open Friday, the snowy weather caused a bit of a delay. I heard from several people over the weekend that it was finally open, so I swung by after a Bike Month planning meeting this evening to check it out. I’s very, very nice and [...]
More thoughts on how we sell cycling to the masses
Pictures of highway flyovers and commuting to work doesn’t sell cars and it won’t sell bikes either As our city and our country tries to move away from the oil dependent lifestyle of the last 65 years, many efforts are being made to encourage every day people to choose cycling over driving. Some small progress [...]
Speed Kills: The simple answer to radically increasing bike use
Make cycling faster than driving, and the masses will come If you’ve read this site much, you will know that I am a big proponent of bicycle infrastructure. I think our economic security and long term quality of life depends on shifting people away from the car-dependent, resource sucking lifestyle of the last 65 years. [...]
LOBV calls on support for continuous bike path along MoPac
The MoPac Improvement Project is working on ways to improve traffic along this heavy used corridor, and the League of Bicycling Voters is suggesting a continuous bike path from Parmer Lane to Lady Bird Lake would make a measurable impact. The LOBV is asking for your help in contacting members of the project working group [...]
History of the Cycle Path in the Netherlands
I just saw this amazing video over at Copenhagenize about how cycle paths, i.e. separate bike only roads running parallel to automotive roads, got started in the Netherlands. Who knew Napoleon was the genesis of bike paths and that conflict between bicycles and horse carriage, not cars, caused the Dutch to adopt separate facilities. It [...]
LOBV calls on cyclists to support improvements to South Congress
The City of Austin’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is considering improvements in bicycle infrastructure on South Congress between downtown and Oltorf including bike lanes and back in parking spaces (similar to those installed on Dean Keaton). Last week, the Bicycle Advisory Council passed a resolution in support of this action calling for the following: a [...]
