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Texas Biking News May 6th 2021

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New agreement keeps wheels spinning for city bike-share program, but riders will pay more

by Jackie Wang | sanantonioreport.org

San Antonio’s bike-sharing program will now be in the hands of a private company.

City Council voted Thursday to transfer operation of the city’s bike-share program to Wisconsin-based BCycle. The program was formerly operated by the nonprofit organization San Antonio Bike Share, but the group ran out of funding to support the bicycle-sharing program after Steward Health Care finished paying its sponsorship commitment in early 2020.

San Antonio Bike Share had established 65 docking stations and 650 bikes across the city as of January 2020. Currently, members of the bike-share program pay $11 for a day pass, $22 for a monthly pass, $100 for an annual pass, or $2.25 for every 30 minutes. Non-members can use the …

Hike and bike trails to connect Mesquite, Garland and Richardson by next year

By Francesca D’Annunzio | www.dallasnews.com

Three Dallas County cities will soon be connected by hike and bike trails.

The Mesquite-Garland-Richardson Bikeway Connectors is a collaborative project between Garland and Mesquite, which are both working on connecting and extending trails in their respective cities to make a continuous path from Mesquite to Richardson through Garland.

Once completed, the MGR Bikeway Connectors will have connected bicycle and pedestrian pathways between Garland, Richardson and Mesquite from Jupiter Road to beyond Interstate 30, according to city officials. These paved paths will be a …

Pop A – full ride – 5/4/2021

Honest Tree | www.youtube.com

We did have a crash on Parker Road (not on video). Rider was okay. Bike maybe wasn’t.

City working to decrease barriers students face in walking or biking to school

by Sameera Ali | cbsaustin.com

AUSTIN, Texas — The City is working to decrease barriers that students face in walking or biking to school.

May 5 is National Bike to School Day, which is when schools nationwide celebrate the fun of biking to and from school.

During the school closures last year due to the pandemic, Austin Public Works’ Safe Routes to School (SRTS) completed 64 …

Safe Routes to School Provides Ways for Students to Bike to School

City of Austin | austintexas.gov

National Bike to School Day 2021 is May 5, a day when schools across the country celebrate the fun of biking to and from school. Austin Public Works’ Safe Routes to School (SRTS) staff focus on decreasing the barriers students face in walking or biking to school.

During last year’s pandemic school closures, SRTS completed 64 infrastructure improvements at 19 different schools across the city. SRTS first received funding to build pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure through the 2016 Bond. The program aims to complete all 2016 Bond funded projects at 137 elementary and middle schools by 2024.

Safety concerns are often the main reason families choose not to walk or bike to school. The City has addressed …

Police explain why a bicyclist was arrested Wednesday near campus

www.kbtx.com

College Station police are providing more details and context of an arrest near campus Wednesday that was caught on a cell phone camera and shared on several social media sites.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station police are providing more details and context of an arrest near campus Wednesday that was caught on a cell phone camera and shared on several social media sites.

In the 2-minute video, College Station and Texas A&M police are seen chasing after a man on a bicycle along University Drive near Northgate in the middle of the afternoon. When they finally get to him, a police officer forcibly removed the man from the bike and onto the sidewalk where he’s warned by the officers to stop resisting arrest.

A College Station police officer warned the …

Gravel cycling champion Colin Strickland tests his limits on West Texas’ infamous ‘Road to Nowhere’

www.yourbasin.com

MARFA, Texas (Nexstar)- In celebration of National Bike Month, and in preparation to ride into the Unbound 2021 challenge this June, gravel cyclist Colin Strickland teamed up with Red Bull to put his body through the “ultimate physical stress test” on West Texas’ infamous Road to Nowhere.

The world-renowned stretch of land reaches across Marfa to Ruidoso, New Mexico. …

How is the Cottonwood Creek trail these days? from dfwbike

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In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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