Texas Biking News October 7th 2020
Potential $100 fine for parking in Houston’s bike lanes hits roadblocks
By Emma Whalen | communityimpact.com
An effort to ban parking in Houston’s bike lanes stalled before Houston City Council for the second week in a row Oct. 7.
Council members voted a second time to delay a vote on the new ordinance after failing to agree on the penalties and enforcement measures that come along with it.
As proposed, the new city ordinance would ban drivers from parking in Houston’s bike lanes. Violators could be …
TTPD arrests suspect in Sunday hit-and-run that left victim bleeding in the street
by: Nancy Cook | www.arklatexhomepage.com
TEXARKANA, TEXAS (KTAL/KMSS) – The Texarkana Texas Police Department have arrested a teenager they believe is responsible for hitting a 51-year-old man on a motorized bicycle and leaving him lying in the street with serious injuries.
LaDonta Davis, 17, of Texarkana, Texas, turned himself in Tuesday afternoon and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury.
Davis was allegedly the driver of a vehicle that struck the victim who was riding his bicycle in the …
On the Agenda: Public safety, bicycle-pedestrian projects
By Bill Hethcock | www.bizjournals.com
… DFW bicycle-pedestrian projects get $23.5M
The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments recently approved $23.5 million in federal funding for construction of 12 active transportation projects in Collin, Dallas and Tarrant counties.
The entities awarded funding will contribute $3.5 million in local match, bringing the total investment in the region’s bicycle and pedestrian facilities to $27 million as part of the 2020 Transportation Alternatives Program call for projects.
The enhancements are designed to …
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