I discovered this great short video of a bike bus project in Vienna, VA. If you are not familiar with the concept, a bike bus works like a real bus with “stops” along the way to pick up riders. Essentially, a leader starts the ride and brings riders into the group at predetermined times and [...]
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City Bicycle Program Seeking Input on New 5-County Regional Bike Map
The City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is at work on the next addition of their very helpful City Bike Map but this time are going regional. In addition to the Austin specific map, they are working on a safe route map for the 5 county Central Texas region. To make sure the map [...]
Route Report: Sections of Hike & Bike Trail to be closed July 4
This notice is in from the City of Austin regarding portions of the Hike & Bike Trail being closed on Sunday, July 4 in preparation for the city’s firework display that evening.
Beginning at 10 am on Sunday, July 4, 2010, portions of the hike/bike trail will be closed for public safety while fireworks preparations are [...]
Something in the water these days?
I don’t know if the summer heat is lulling drivers into a haze, but I’ve been hearing about a lot of crashes with automobiles and cyclists lately. First in a bizare twist, fellow blogger and road racer Daniel Satowas hit by a car this morning just 12 hours after his sister was in a auto [...]
ACA to offer first in the nation “defensive cycling” classes for ticket dismissal
In partnership with the Austin Municipal Court, the Austin Cycling Association is now offering the first “defensive cycling” classes in the country that may be used for ticket dismissal. Just like defensive driving classes, individuals may take the class to dismiss a ticket once every 12 months.
If you’ve been ticketed by Austin Police for a [...]
Route Update: Bridge over Waller Creek to be temporarily closed until Apr 29
This just in from City staff about the Lady Bird Lake trail bridge over Waller Creek being closed until April 29 for asbestos removal. They say you can use the bridge after 5 PM and during the weekends but I’d just avoid asbestos if you can.
A section of the Lady Bird Lake hike and bike [...]
Friday Film Fun: Portland cycle tracks and buffered bike lanes
One of the criticism hurled by the bike boulevard opposition is that the facility gives road space over to bikes at the expense of cars. Well, yeah. Creating great bike facilities is about getting people to change their transportation choices and what better way to do that than to elevate the desired choice of transportation? [...]
Friday Film Fun: Contraflow Cycle Path
Much is brewing with the Downtown Bicycle Boulevard, formerly know as the Nueces Bicycle Boulevard, and I will be writing more about that in the coming weeks. In the meantime, I wanted to share this great StreetFilms video from Washington DC where traffic engineers took a formerly 4 lane one-way road and gave it a [...]
City asks cyclist to avoid 4th Street near Waller Creek until improvements are finished
Today, the Capital Metro Red Line Metro Rail began running, and in addition to representing a day some of us thought would never come, it also means cyclists need to avoid a section of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway on 4th Street for the next couple months. The section of bikeway on 4th between Red River [...]
Civia issues recall on carbon forks on Hylands
Commuter and utility bike company Civia has issued a voluntary recall of the carbon fork equipped on all their Hyland bikes.
A few weeks ago we became aware that our carbon fork does not meet our expectation for product safety. We have seen a couple forks begin to crack around the steerer tube and one had [...]
