Texas Biking March 8th 2020
Trio of new bike lanes planned for roads linking North Waco, downtown, riverwalk
By RHIANNON SAEGERT | www.wacotrib.com
Portions of Herring Avenue, 15th Street and Colcord Avenue will be getting bike lanes as part of upcoming city repaving projects.
The city coordinates with the Waco Metropolitan Planning Organization, taking input from local pedestrian and cycling advocates, to incorporate bike lanes or sidewalks where appropriate into roadwork that would be happening anyway. Waco Bicycle Club member Stuart Smith said the three roads up for repaving, and new striping for bike lanes, see a fair amount of bicycle traffic.
“Those are roads that people use a lot and …
Beauty & Beast Bicycle Tour returns to Tyler
tylerpaper.com
Over 1,000 cyclists will be pedaling through parts of Tyler when Beauty & the Beast, the largest cycling event in East Texas, returns to downtown March 14.
In recent years, it has been held in Bullard.
“Downtown Tyler and it’s merchants have embraced this eventâ€, said Bill Lewis, president of the Tyler Bicycle Association, which hosts the event. â€We anticipate 1,000 cyclists getting to see the beauty of The Rose City and then must tackle the beast before …
Mollie Mims: Rolling through Cleburne
www.cleburnetimesreview.com
If you grew up in Cleburne, you might remember the man who rode his bike on South Main Street sounding his horn and waving at everyone.
I never knew their names but they were a part of my growing up years in Cleburne. Now I know a little more about their lives, thanks to comments on the Facebook page Cleburne Texas History and other research.
Beep! Beep!
“Maybe his name was named Ray†someone typed on the Facebook page. Donnie Adair thinks his name may have been Pete. Larry Money and Thomas Clark said some called him Bubba. …