Posts Tagged ‘League of Bicycling Voters’

Will good public policy prevail or will a handful of property owners derail the first major project of the Master Bike Plan? Tonight is the second in a three part series of open houses on a proposed bicycle boulevard for Nueces Street from 3rd Street to MLK downtown. All are welcome at this public forum [...]

Attend this Wednesday’s Bike Boulevard Open House to bring back bikeable streets If you pay much attention to rail history in this country, you’ll know the current move to build light rail and street cars system in the many American cities is a movement to restore rail that was widespread until the 1950s. Most American [...]

After a contentious first public meeting on the conversion of Nueces Street downtown into a bicycle boulevard, the League of Bicycling Voters got together in mid-December to hammer out a cycling community proposal for this project. Much of the objections from property owners stems from uncertainty of the physical and economic impact this traffic calming [...]

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 [...]

They’re here! It’s been a long wait, but Austin bicyclists finally will get their first taste of sharrows (shared lane markings) when the city installs the thermoplastic stencils on Guadalupe, Lavaca and 51st streets tomorrow (weather permitting). The sharrows are part of a pilot project, which is required by the Federal Highway Administration before cities [...]

Tape your nose and get out your yellow jumps suit. The League of Bicycling Voters is back this week with their Bike-in Cinema fundraising series with Bottle Rocket Thursday evening at The Triangle. Admission is $2 and proceeds from the beer sales will go to the LOBV courtesy of New Belgium Brewery. Bring a blanket and a chair [...]

Last night, the League of Bicycling Voters had an organizational meeting to recommit to Austin cycling advocacy and build a stronger, professional organization. At the meeting were leaders from most of the larger cycling organizations in town including Austin Cycling Association, Austin Ridge Riders, Yellow Bike Project, and Bike Texas as well as community outreach [...]

The League of Bicycling Voters will have their first meeting is some time tomorrow night and now have the location, the Rio Grande Restaurant. Coming off their very well attended round table discussion with David Byrne and the hiring of a new Executive Director, Tom Wald, the LOBV is ready to get even more active [...]

Last night, musician, author, and urban cyclist David Byrne lead a round table discussion called Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around about urban cycling and how to plan for a city that puts people on bikes, transit, and on foot ahead of cars. Joining Byrne was League of Bicycling Voters President Rob D’Amico, City [...]

The League of Bicycling Voters recently sent out a newsletter with some interesting developments including the hiring of an Executive Director, Tom Wald. Tom is active in the cycling community serving on the City of Austin Bicycle Advisory Council as well as the person running Orange Bike. The hiring of a staff person shows the [...]