We were sent a link yesterday to the Transportation for America blog via the Streetsblog network, and were very excited to read a letter from President-Elect Obama sent shortly before the election regarding transportation, cycling, and walking infrastructure. Read it yourself here, but below is my favorite part: Everyone benefits if we can leave our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
Your bike won’t go on strike
I woke up very, very late this morning, in recovery from election night revelry (yes we’re extremely happy here at Austin Bike Blog, we are heading for a much more transit and bicycle friendly presidency, most likely), only to discover that the Capital Metro strike had begun! Normally this wouldn’t have much impact on me [...]
City of Austin Bicycle Plan (Street Smarts Task Force) Report, Part III
OTHER PARTS OF THIS REPORT: Part I can be found here Part II can be found here Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to be writing a section-by-section summary and info on the City of Austin Street Smarts Task Force 2008 final report, which is Austin’s updated bicycle plan. I will add [...]
Useless bike lanes – can’t we get them where we actually need them?
This weekend, I was walking around south congress while waiting for my bicycle to be worked on at Tsumani Cycles (hi guys!) when I walked by some of the side streets and saw this wonderful bicycle lane. Wonderfully bad, that is. First, this is a neighborhood street, that doesn’t have very much traffic on it, [...]
City of Austin Bicycle Plan (Street Smarts Task Force) Report, Part II
OTHER PARTS OF THIS REPORT: Part I can be found here. Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to be writing a section-by-section summary and info on the City of Austin Street Smarts Task Force 2008 final report, which is Austin’s updated bicycle plan. I will add comments and links to other related [...]
City of Austin Bicycle Plan (Street Smarts Task Force) Report, Part I
Over the next couple of weeks, I am going to be writing a section-by-section summary and info on the City of Austin Street Smarts Task Force 2008 final report, which is Austin’s updated bicycle plan. I will add comments and links to other related news articles where needed. The Street Smarts Task Force Final Report [...]
Bicycle News Roundup, 9/17/08
Some news of interest to urban and commuter cyclists: City’s bike plan has more than commuters in mind, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Getting with the (bike) program, Vancouver Sun Oberstar Forum Features Germany Bike City Mayor, Minnesota Trails The Cycle Pad: Fort Collins landlord creates cycle pad to encourage biking over driving, Fort Collins Now Despite Cool [...]
