Posts Tagged ‘LOBV’

I don’t know if the summer heat is lulling drivers into a haze, but I’ve been hearing about a lot of crashes with automobiles and cyclists lately. First in a bizare twist, fellow blogger and road racer Daniel Satowas hit by a car this morning just 12 hours after his sister was in a auto [...]

If you’ve been thinking about supporting our local bicycle advocacy group, the League of Bicycling Voters, and haven’t gotten around to it, now’s your chance to support their great work and get a couple free spots on our Wednesday Taste of Downtown II bike tour. The next 5 people to join the LOBV at the [...]

League of Bicycling Voter’s President blasts City of watered down bike boulevard proposal Today, City staff will release the initial recommendation on Austin’s first bicycle boulevard, and League of Bicycling Voter President Rob D’Amico pulled no punches in his displeasure in the plan. “First they took the word ‘Nueces’ out and began calling it the [...]

The first Austin Bike Summit will be held this weekend to bring all parts of the cycling community together to plan for what’s next in bike advocacy. The summit is hosted by the League of Bicycling Voters, Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and Bike Texas. Registration is free and all are invited. Friday, April [...]

Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Open House #3 Wednesday, February 24 @ 6 PM Pease Elementary, 1106 Rio Grande St. Join Social Cycling ATX for a social ride and movie viewing party after the open house tonight! As the first major project in the new Austin Master Bicycle Plan, the City of Austin is considering creating the [...]

In early January, the League of Bicycling Voters put out a bike boulevard plan for Nueces Street as the cycling community’s best effort to create a true bike boulevard within some constrictions. The LOBV now has an online petition up where you can voice your support for this plan. It is important that the bike [...]

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 [...]

Thursday is the night to end all nights with cycling events this week. Along with the regular Driveway Crits, Bike Polo, and Thursday Night Social Ride, there will be the LOBV Bike-in Movie, ride with the author of Boneshaker, Get Your Art on Ride, and Bicycle Advisory Council. Whew. Friday is a bit of a [...]