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 [...]
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November Update from City of Austin on bike infrastructure improvements
Sharrows, bike boxes now installed and being tested in Austin
Editor Note: As an update to the passage of the Master Bike Plan, Annick Beaudet, the Bicycle Program Manager with the City of Austin in Department of Public Works, has [...]
Shoal Creek Trail Closed at 3rd Street until Friday
From Nadia Barrera at the City of Austin’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Program:
The bridge over Shoal Creek at 3rd Street will be closed from Monday 11/9/09 to Friday 11/13/09. The project team will be providing a connection to a 72” water line that runs directly adjacent to the bridge.
Those with questions or concerns can contact Barrera at (512) [...]
Anderson Lane update from another great local tri blog
I recently got an e-mail from Heather Herrick, the author of the local triathlon blog Windy Possibilities. She wanted to let people know that Anderson Lane has been resurfaced and bikes lanes added.
From today’s post:
Today was my first day to ride on Anderson Lane. They resurfaced and restriped Anderson and they put in a new [...]
Bike Lanes to be added to Dean Keaton
The Austin American Statesman is reporting that the City of Austin will be converting parking along Dean Keaton north of the UT Law School to back in parking shrinking the road from 6 lanes of traffic to 4 and adding a bike lane each way. Back in parking requires the driver to go past the [...]
Route Report: Shoal Creek Bridge at 3rd closed this week
The Bike/Ped Divison over at the City of Austin sent over this closure announcement regarding the 3rd Street Hike and Bike bridge over Shoal Creek:
To Shoal Creek Trail users:
There will be a full trail closure sometime this week (the week of July 20th) on the 3rd Street Bridge over Shoal Creek for the installation of [...]
Bike Infrastructure: What we can learn from Seattle
Over the July 4th holiday, I visited Seattle to see some family, but I also took my travel bike with me to get in some riding and test the new Versa Shifters for internal hub (review coming later this week.) Now that I have been back in Austin for a few weeks, I’ve reflected on [...]
City Bike Program gives update on project progress
Editor Note: This article was sent to us by Annick Beaudet, the Bicycle Coordinator for the City of Austin, which was written for the Southwest Cycling New, the monthly newspaper of the Austin Cycling Association. She heads the Bike/Ped section of the Public Works Department and works with her staff to implement the Master Bicycle [...]
Signs of new bike infrastructure popping up in South Austin
With all the hub-hub about the Master Bike Plan in the last month, it’s easy to forget that the Bicycle/Pedestrian folks in the City Public Works Department are tirelessly working little by little each day to make our city more bicycle friendly and walkable.
Recently, I’ve been helping Austin CarShare get caught up on service of [...]
Route Report: Access to Lance Armstrong Bikeway restored at north side of Cesar Chavez at Sandra Muraida Way
Last week, the City of Austin Public Works Department put out this statement regarding new access to the Lance Armstrong Bikeway restored at north side of Cesar Chavez at Sandra Muraida Way.
This week the City of Austin completed work on a small but crucial piece of the development along Cesar Chavez. The crosswalk connecting the Town [...]
