Given the overwhelming support for the Austin Master Bike Plan and successful recent implementation of new bicycle infrastructure, it was a bit surprising to hear the vocal opposition to the City of Austin plan to convert Nueces Street to a bicycle boulevard. Time and again both at the meeting and in the press, we heard [...]
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Bikes Bring Bucks into Our Economy
An economic report from Portland shows that their local cycling-related economy has a value of $90 million. Portland News 8 Also covered this in a short news segment, here. WE NEED A STUDY LIKE THIS FOR AUSTIN… BAD! Especially if it shows primary and secondary economic effects of cycling in Austin, and even better, add [...]
