This Saturday offers yet another crazy amount of cycling goodness in addition to all the other regular rides. You’ve got not one but TWO huge bike swaps going on plus trail work, riding and camping with the Austin Ridge Riders AND the Tour Das Hugel for those who want to ride 14,000 vertical feet around [...]
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Bikes lanes on Red River? It could happen.
It’s not official or a done deal by any means, but let’s just say the odds of getting bike lanes on Red River are looking good right now. City staff has been working behind the scenes with the Downtown Austin Plan staff to see what they can do to provide for all kinds of cyclists [...]
Urban Transportation Commission Adopts Recommendations for Downtown Austin Plan
Last night, the city’s Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) adopted the following recommendations to send along as input for the Downtown Austin Plan, which is in progress: Whereas the Downtown Austin Plan intends to create the best multi modal system possible, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Commission recommends to the full Commission, [...]
Would you rather have Trinity or Red River as your east downtown cycling gateway?
Last night at the Urban Transportation Commission Bike and Pedestrian Subcommittee meeting, one very important point came up that needs feedback from Austin cyclists involving the Downtown Austin Plan. Currently, Trinity street is proposed as the east downtown bicycle priority street for north-south travel. Several cyclists spoke last night, though, and proposed that Red River [...]
