Despite the snowfall this week, spring is right around the corner, and it shows with the plethora of activities this week. Tonight will be a fundraiser for Mariel Mentink who was hit by a car on New Years Eve while on Monday APD Chief Art Acevedo will be the guest of a forum on bike [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Yellow Bike Project’
Ten biggest stories of 2009 in Austin cycling
2009 was a momentous year for cycling in Austin with several mile stones passed and the volume of people moving on two wheels growing. Here is a quick run down of what I think are the top ten Austin bike related stories in order of importance. If 2010 is anything like this year, Austin’s cycling [...]
Tour de Fat looking for volunteers
The Tour de Fat, a one day celebration of the bike, is this weekend, and in addition to being a whole lot of fun, the New Belgium Brewery donates all the beer sales to local cycling organizations. In our case, that means Austin Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club. In [...]
New Yellow Shirt and other updates from Yellow Bike Project
The Austin Yellow Bike Project has been feverishly raising money at frequent events all summer and through a new microlending Bike Bonds campaign. All of this is helping them close in on the $300,000 needed to build a new shop on Webberville Road. In their latest newsletter, YPB reports that they have raised over $46,000 [...]
Bicycle Film Festival Austin Wrapup
Sunday was the last night of the Austin leg of the Bicycle Film Festival. The organization and support of the local cycling community this year far surpassed last years hastily put together stop. Five days of activities offered something for everyone from music to rides to alleycats to bike polo to a whole lot of [...]
Passes now available for sale for Bicycle Film Festival
Volunteer opportunities still available
The International Bicycle Film Festival makes it’s next stop in Austin next week, August 5-9. Passes are now available for sale online for $27 or individual screens are available for $10.The passes are good for everything except the opening night Bikes Rock concert with the Black Angels at La Zona Rosa which [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/28- 6/3/09
Bike Month is winding down, but there are still lots of great events going on this week including Critical Mass, the Real Ale Ride, and the launch party on Sunday for Violet Crown Cycles.
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/21- 5/27/09
Things have slowed down a little going into the Memorial Day holiday, but there are still lots of cycling things to do. Be sure to come out to support the Master Bicycle Plan at the City Council meeting tonight and head over to the Yellow Bike Project 12th Birthday Party afterwards.
Here’s a quick run down [...]
GO to this Thursday’s City Council meeting: bike plan on the agenda!
From the Yellow Bike Project:
This Thursday, May 21st, Austin City Council will hold a public hearing on the 2009 update to Austin’s Bicycle Master Plan. The update outlines a long-term strategy for making cycling a safer and more viable mode of transportation in Austin. We need to be there, because those who are against it [...]
We have Yellow Bike, Denton has Green Bike
Last week, Marcus posted info about an event for Querencia Community Bike Shop in Denton, TX. The shop is doing many of the things Austin Yellow Bike Project is doing: rebuilding old bikes and putting them out in the community for those who need them. I just came across this video about the Querencia Community Bike Shop which [...]
