Posts under ‘Safety’

Today, Google launched a bike route mapping option to their popular Google maps resource, and Austin was included in the cities with this option in its initial roll out. Google has been on the forefront of adding alternative transportation to their mapping programs with walking and transit options available in the last few years in [...]

This week is the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, a meeting of all the major bicycle advocacy organizations to push for more resources for bikes as a valid form of transportation. At the summit, the Bikes Belong Coalition has rolled out their new People for Bikes initiative with a goal of getting the signed [...]

Back in December, we shared a video that mentioned how Copenhagen is so focused on making bikes the preferred form of transportation that the lights on one of their major roads is timed to allow cyclists 6 km of travel without having to stop. Rotterdam is installing an even higher tech version called Evergreen that [...]

Critics of bike blvd make factually incorrect statements in calling for delay or removal of bike boulevard. Plus an update on the free swim policy at Barton Springs Pool.
Tuesday night, the City of Austin Urban Transportation Commission met to review the current progress on plans to create Austin’s first bicycle boulevard on Nueces Street. [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to brush up on your bike safety but cannot swing the time for the full Traffic 101 classes offered by the Austin Cycling Association, here’s your chance to pick and choose the portions you need help with in bit sized amounts. ACA will be offering Traffic Skills 101 Mini Clinics starting [...]

Lane Wimberley from the League of Bicycling Voters attended last night’s CAMPO meeting where the board decided whether or not to fund some critical bike infrastructure to improve safety and accessibility for Austin cyclists. Lane reported back with this mixed report on the meeting:
The CAMPO Transportation Policy Board met last night to (among other things) [...]

This evening, the board of CAMPO (Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) will meet to approve implementation of several road projects in the Austin area. Included in these are improvements to the Highway 183 and 360 area (near the Arboretum). The current plan for this intersection goes against staff recommendations and eliminates proper bike infrastructure facilitating [...]

Seattle Bike Supply working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a voluntary recall of their 2010 Redline Conquest Pro cyclocross bike.
The bicycle’s fork legs can separate from the fork crown and cause the rider to lose control, posing a risk of serious injury if the rider falls.
The firm is aware of three reports [...]

Inspiration for the Copenhagenization the rest of the world
With the Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen remains very much in the news especially on the bike front. As a city with a dominate car culture until the 1970s, Copenhagen pulled back from the gasoline induced sprawl most of the Western world embraced and now has 37% of [...]

Thoughts on where we’ve been and where we are going ahead of tonight’s Bike Boulevard Open House
As Austin prepares to experiment with the concept of bicycle boulevards, it is important to remember where bicycle infrastructure has been and why bike boulevards are really important in the goal of creating a city where large numbers of [...]