Texas Urban Mixed Use Projects: Fort Worth Becoming a Biking Mecca
by TXUrbanMXU
Look at the cities that have the highest bicycle commute rates in the country: Portland (wet), Minneapolis (cold), Seattle (wet), and Tucson (hot). Certainly there are many cyclists who won’t bike for transportation purposes when it’s …

Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | Ride The City Adds Austin
by Peter Smith
Ride the City, who originally provided mapping directions in New York City, followed by Chicago, now provide bike directions for Austin — that bike-crazy town smack dab in the middle of Texas: Even if you haven’t been there, …

The next two days are rest days from the TdF on TV for me since I do not watch until the evening. I have been watching each stage on a delayed basis thanks to my DVR recording of the live broadcast. On the Versus forums some people are complaining about the number of commercials. I think they are forgetting how the coverage gets on TV. The DVR has a 1 minute skip button so commercials breeze by quickly.