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 [...]
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Route Update: Bridge over Waller Creek to be temporarily closed until Apr 29
This just in from City staff about the Lady Bird Lake trail bridge over Waller Creek being closed until April 29 for asbestos removal. They say you can use the bridge after 5 PM and during the weekends but I’d just avoid asbestos if you can. A section of the Lady Bird Lake hike and [...]
Construction begins this week on the Pfluger Bridge Extension
If you haven’t seen all the fencing and earth movers on Cesar Chavez and Lamar yet, know that the long awaited extension to the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge began construction this week. The extension will allow cyclists and pedestrians to cross Cesar Chavez on a bridge instead of having to cross at the light. Here are [...]
City asks cyclist to avoid 4th Street near Waller Creek until improvements are finished
Today, the Capital Metro Red Line Metro Rail began running, and in addition to representing a day some of us thought would never come, it also means cyclists need to avoid a section of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway on 4th Street for the next couple months. The section of bikeway on 4th between Red River [...]
City of Austin considering ending late hour free swim at Barton Springs
Your input requested at Wednesday night public hearing Thank you to an alert reader who let us know that the City of Austin is considering ending the after 9 PM free swim at Barton Springs Pool. This is partly a budgetary decision, but there have also been complaints of drug and alcohol use in the [...]
Bikeway closure: 3rd Street Bridge and Shoal Creek Trail
The City of Austin Public Works Department has put out this statement regarding the 3rd Street Bridge and bikeway to Town Lake being closed next week: The Shoal Creek trail from the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail to the 3rd Street bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Shoal Creek at Nueces will be closed for approximately one week during the [...]
Route Report: Bike Lane reopens on S Congress between Ben White & Woodward
On my ride to work this morning, I discovered the bike lane going northbound on South Congress between Ben White and Woodward has reopened. The section in front of the SoCo lofts project has been closed for about two years while this development was being built. This meant you had to merge out into traffic [...]
