Posts Tagged ‘bicycle’

State Bicycle Survey Reveals Danger Concerns, Cycling Perceptions, University of Texas Bicyclists in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are more concerned with being involved in vehicle crashes compared to bicyclists in other Texas cities, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin. Midtown Bike Center [...]

Building the Cause for Change, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff In a sad revelation, Beth noted a conversation with Dallas Bike Co-Ordinator PM Summer, where he stated, “As long as I’m the Bike Coordinator for the city, Dallas will never have on-street bike lanes”. Bicycle on METRO light rail; your emails & attendance needed again, Bicycle [...]

CityRacks Design Competition Winner, NY City Racks Competition The design of Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab), based in Copenhagen, Denmark, was selected as the first-place winner in the outdoor competition that attracted over 200 entrants from around the world. Product Review: Blackburn X4, Jack and Adam’s Bicycles Blog With the loss of light [...]

Yes, by the way, starting with last week, I’ve dropped the “news media” part of the roundup, and just focused on blogs. Yay! Tech-Enabled Bike Sharing Rolls Into North America, The Huffington Post Now RFID (radio frequency identification) tags and Smart Card payment systems have created a third generation of bike share programs popping up [...]

I was reading John Kelso’s column from Thursday last night and he’s got an interesting story about a cyclist that was refused service at a Wachovia bank. Here’s a quote: On Wednesday mid-morning Jimmy says he pedaled up to the drive-up window of the Wachovia branch bank on South Congress right next to Richard Jones [...]

And little of this is coming from the bike industry Being the consumer driven society we are in America, television commercials often seem to be the cutting edge on the latest trends in the national conscience (One can argue they book end trends based on the number of super-duty pickup truck ads I still see.) [...]

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 [...]

Stories & News From the Blogs: Grand Street Protected Bicycle Path, NYC Bike Maps Streets Blog has confirmed that the existing Grand Street bike lane between Varick and Chrystie is being replaced with a protected bicycle path. Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor adds bicycle capacity, Bike Commute Tips Blog Interesting discovery on my ride home this evening [...]

More later, but we got back from Tour De Fat here in Austin late in the afternoon. Here are nearly 200 unedited, unfiltered photos of the event! If you want any copies of anything in high-res, just ask, we’ll email them.

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 [...]