In June, cycling advocates from all over the world descended on Copenhagen for the Velo-City Global 2010 Conference. This offered a chance for folks to share what they’ve been doing to make transportation cycling safer and more accessible. It also provided Copenhagen as a venue for what can be done and how far a city [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tom Wald’
Location set for LOBV meeting
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 [...]
LOBV adds staff, Bike-in Movies with Beer, and update on City bike projects
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 [...]
UT quitely slipped in last minute amendment to Master Bike Plan to exclude bicycles
The Daily Texan reported yesterday that as the Austin City Council moved to adopt the new Master Bike Plan last month, the University of Texas quietly asked the City to remove Speedway from the plan. This major cross campus route has long been used by student and staff cyclists. Cycling advocate and member of the [...]
Feedback needed on bicycle infrastructure on Zach Scott St. and Tilley St.
Comments on hike-n-bike trail material at Mueller also requested I found this e-mail in my inbox this morning from local bicycle advocate and Orange Bike Project organizer Tom Wald. He is active in the Mueller Transportation Subcommittee to ensure bikes are accomodated in this new development. He’s need feedback on a couple of things. If you want [...]
APD denying any crackdown on cyclists ever happened
In interesting e-mail from Austin cyclist Tom Wald is circulating about the Austin Police Department and their much reported crackdown on cyclists who break traffic laws. Tom wrote the police department a letter criticizing the program for singling out cyclists when motorists cause the vast majority of accidents that involve injury and deaths. Regardless of [...]
