Texas Biking May 17th 2020
Two Valley priests bicycled for rain, and it poured
Matthew Wilson | www.themonitor.com
McCOOK — Revs. Juan Manual Salazar and Greg Labus hopped on their bikes around 8 a.m. Friday morning, intending to ride from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church here to San Isidro Catholic Church as a pilgrimage made in prayer for rain.
At a glance, two priests pedaling through the countryside doesn’t have anything to do with the weather. One might even consider it a laughable thought that the men really intended to bring in a stormfront by biking 21 miles.
When Saturday morning rolled around, however, the priests’ mission seemed much less …
Transportation Services to launch annual bicycle round-up May 20
Jayme Blaschke | news.txstate.edu
Transportation Services will launch the annual Texas State University bicycle round-up May 20.
The bicycle round-up is an annual collection of abandoned bicycles on campus. A bicycle will be considered abandoned if it is parked for more than a week in the same place on campus without moving, after it has been issued an abandonment notice.
Transportation Services understands that with the move to remote instruction mid-semester, many students may have left campus without making bike accommodations. Students wishing to reclaim bicycles from storage should be prepared to provide at least one of these items: …
Open Call for TxDOT Bicycle Advisory Committee Candidates
brazoscyclists.org
TxDOT is currently seeking candidates for the state’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC). TxDOT’s BAC is made up of Texas bicycling community representatives, not affiliated with TxDOT, who are interested in advancing the consideration of bicycling and walking as part of transportation planning and development within Texas.
TxDOT and the Texas Transportation Commission strive for a committee that is geographically balanced, professionally diverse, and representative of the growing and diverse Texas population. To identify a …