Texas Biking News December 10th 2019
VeoRide says it’s working on modifications to keep bike service in Aggieland
By Karla Castillo | www.kbtx.com
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – VeoRide representatives say they’re working on system modifications to keep the bike share program in Aggieland.
Texas A&M Transportation Services announced the contract with VeoRide was ending on December 31 and would likely not be renewed because of things like unsafe bike antics and bikes blocking sidewalk access.
Monday night a VeoRide representative told KBTX they are …
Want to ride your bicycle? After more than one year of work, the bike master plan for Georgetown is here
By Sally Grace Holtgrieve | communityimpact.com
After trying to bike into downtown Georgetown via Leander Road a couple times, Kim Rouston said she decided it was just too dangerous.
The only place to safely ride a bike on the route from Rouston’s home is the sidewalk, which stops and starts along various sides of the road, she said. One must continuously zig-zag across the street and at one point go through a school campus to stay on the sidewalk.
“There’s no way to safely go down this street and into town,†she said.
The city of Georgetown hopes to change that.
Officials are working to install infrastructure ahead of city and county growth to …
Photographs and Memories: A Weekend in the Biking Life in Austin, Texas
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
Like many people in the modern era who are privileged enough to have a smart phone, electricity and mobility, I take a lot of pictures. Some good, some not, a few great. Who’s to say, though? If you like them, great. If not, move along. Trouble is, I don’t use that photo platform named after your grandmother, so when I’m riding my bicycle and take a pic, it goes either here, on my Strava fitness app (follow me there if you’re a bikester) or doesn’t see the light of day. Occasionally I post a blog with a lot of photos and some words to explain them. This is one of …