As part of Bike Month this year, the City of Austin has committed to holding its first ciclovía, a day where sections of public streets are shut down to automotive traffic and opened up to pedestrians and bicycles. The were first started in Colombía as a way to reclaim public space for people instead of [...]
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City council to vote on ciclovia resolution this Thursday
This week’s Austin City Council meeting will include a vote on a resolution instructing the City Manager to put together a ciclovía in Austin as part of the 2010 Bike Month activities. For those unfamiliar with the concept, ciclovía are where cities shut down street corridors to all automobile traffic for a half to full [...]
Time Square goes car-free indefinitely
As part of the work of New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to retake city streets as public space, parts of Time and Herald Squares were closed in the last week to all automobile traffic indefinitely. This is part of an overall plan to reduce traffic by removing cars from Broadway between 42nd [...]
Reminder: Shifting Gears luncheon this Wednesday
Shifting Gears with Enrique Peñalosa sponsored by Bike Texas
Wednesday, January 21
11:30 AM, Luncheon, Sumners Hall, St. David’s Episcopal Church, 304 E. 7th Street
3:00 PM, Bike Ride, BikeTexas offices, 1904 E. 6th Street
Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka BikeTexas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears with guest speaker Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá. Peñalosa is most famous in the cycling community for [...]
Austin Bike Culture Events: 1/15- 1/21/08
Once again, it’s time for our weekly highlight of up coming bike culture events in Austin with thanks to ATXBS. Thursday looks like a busy night!
Got an upcoming cycling or bike culture event you want us to promote? Contact us and we’ll add you to the weekly round up.
Thursday, January 15
Austin Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting
6:30 PM, One [...]
Shifting Gears luncheon scheduled for Jan 21
I just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21. The focus of the luncheon is to learn how we can change the dynamics of transportation in Texas, while building healthy communities and reducing traffic. There will be a ride after the luncheon [...]
Further thoughts on the City of Roses
This article is part of our AustinBikeBlog becomes PortlandBikeBlog series I’m writing on my recent trip to Portland and my exposure to its bike culture.
Well, now that I’m back in Austin and have had a decent night’s sleep, I thought I’d follow up to my article last week about bike culture in Portland with [...]
