- and stop a $50 billion giveaway to the road lobby This is not directly related to cycling, but transit is a key component in making biking for transportation work. I just received an action alert from Transportation for America stating that two Republican senators, Kit Bond of Missouri and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, have [...]
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Will Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Choice be Good for Bikes and Transit?
Speculation abounds: who will be Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary Choice? It’s far too early to really know, but we’re hoping here at Austin Bike Blog that the next Secretary of Transportation has a much better view of transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure than our current one. The current Secretary of Transportation in the Bush Administration, [...]
HI THERE, I’m in the road
This morning, I came within a few feet of being hit by an inattentive Range Rover driver who was turning left into an automotive repair shop on south Congress. This driver wasn’t even looking at the road at all as she turned, she seemed to be looking nearly straight down! And then it dawned on [...]
