Texas Bicycling News Digest February 6th 2018
Dockless bike share? Proceed with caution
BY RYAN YOUNG | www.dailytexanonline.com
Another year, another disruption to the way you move around Austin. This time, it’s called dockless bike share, and it goes something like this: Take B-cycle, the bike-sharing system we already know and love, and get rid of the stations and docks. Just let anybody park their rented bicycle anywhere.
And now, Austin City Council just approved a one-year pilot. What’s going to happen? Maybe we should look to other cities, where …
Dragonslayer 2018
Desert Nomad | www.bikemojo.com
When: Sunday November 18th, 2018 at dawn. Ending 13:30:00 hours later. Rain date of 11/25/2018.
Where: Russell Park trailhead, Lake Georgetown TX
What: Ride up to three laps of the Goodwater loop maintaining minimum 4:30:00 per lap cut off times. Riders completing laps earn the chance for swag.
How: Any non-motorized bicycle. 100% self supported.
Why: Because it’s there
$20 to enter. Registration will open this summer. Maximum 100 riders. It will fill up fast.
Same format as last year. Same route as last year. Come out and test your metal.
Surveillance video shows woman struggle with her killers outside gas station
By Courtney Fischer | abc13.com
Investigators say two men on bicycles pulled up to a gas station on Bissonnet near Leawood. At some point the woman was shot.
More than five hours after the deadly shooting the whole gas station was still taped off.
The detective on the scene described the incident as a vicious murder. It’s something you don’t hear from investigators every day.
The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Monday night. …
Dallas needs bike-share
Philip Kingston | www.dallasnews.com
Dallas needs bike-share. Our air quality is terrible — 13th worst air quality in the nation (but our best ranking ever). Our highway and street networks are snarled, a condition that will worsen as we continue to grow. Our 33 percent obesity rate places an avoidable strain on public health resources and costs all of us money at Parkland. …
Video: DeSoto PD: Officer pulling weapon on citizen on bike ‘concerning
David Goins | www.wfaa.com
DeSoto Police responded Tuesday to what it called a “very serious” interaction, after an officer drew a weapon on a citizen over the weekend.
DeSoto Police Chief Joe Costa said the contact between the unnamed officer and …
Dallas’s rush into bikeshare turns controversial
fox6now.com
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas suddenly has the largest bikeshare network in the United States, but its growth has triggered a backlash in a city with little history of bicycling.
With more than 20,000 bicycles, Dallas’s fleet dwarfs those of traditional bike hotspots, such as Portland, Oregon, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, Washington, D.C. and New York.
Dockless bicycles, which don’t have to be returned to a station or locked to a bike rack, …
Bridge agreement brings traffic fears in southwest Fort Worth
BY SANDRA BAKER | www.star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH
Although a yet-to-be signed agreement between Benbrook and Fort Worth says both cities want “to forever prohibit†public access to a planned emergency access bridge over the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, opponents of the project say they are still not convinced that’s the case. …
Michael John Bruckner
Beverly Vaughn | www.timesrecordnews.com
Michael John Bruckner, 75, of Wichita Falls, passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2018.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 8, 2018, in Lunn’s Chapel with Rev. Tom Medley officiating. Interment will follow in Lancaster, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn’s Colonial Funeral Home.
A son of the late Virginia (Shank) and Edward John Bruckner, Michael was born on October 11, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. …
He participated in athletics until slowed by a muscle disease since 1994. Prior to this, he ran twelve 26.2 mile marathons, several triathlons, and a 121 mile bike race from the Texas Capitol to College Station. …
Denton Discusses Bike-Sharing Regulations
By Scott Gordon | www.nbcdfw.com
The Denton City Council on Tuesday discussed a pilot program requiring bike-share companies to get a city permit and follow strict rules to avoid bicycles littering sidewalks and rights-of-way.
The permit would last nine months, limit companies to a certain number of bicycles each, and …
Rules of the road: Bike rental companies soon will need permits to run in Denton
Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe | www.dentonrc.com
The Denton City Council laid down new ground rules for bike-rental companies doing business in the city and jotted down a few more rules for themselves during ethics talks Tuesday afternoon.
The council’s work session began at noon and took about 90 minutes on each topic. The ethics talk was the council’s third major …
Texas Bicycling from Twitter
And the city chimes in…a must read.
"The City Council will take legitimate complaints seriously, but we will… https://t.co/BX9Ud8sUQv— BikeDFW (@BikeDFW) February 6, 2018
Help us catch two suspects wanted in the murder of a 31-year-old woman. If you recognize them, call HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or @CrimeStopHOU at 713-222-TIPS. More info at: https://t.co/KIhNol7Z9G #hounews pic.twitter.com/0Kk5H59PDA
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) February 6, 2018
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event TUESDAY NIGHT CRITERIUM – Richardson, TX TUESDAY NIGHT CRITERIUM at Richardson, TXhttps://t.co/HM9Cmb9EMIhttps://t.co/huzwjfa4nz
Category Distance Start Fee Prizes Field Limit
A RACE- P-1-2-3 60 minutes 7:10 PM $20 CASH AND MERCHANDISE 75
… https://t.co/41G8K2Abv8— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 6, 2018
New Event RBM presents: St. Patrick's Day Parade – Dallas, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://t.co/xzBgGVTlmx
Join us for one of the best events of the year, Dallas St. Patrick's Day Parade!
Richardson Bike Mart, the … https://t.co/Vn5eGsdFWz
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) February 7, 2018