Texas Bicycling Action June 19th 2022
College Station City Council approves VeoRide use in city and on A&M campus
Bailey Brown | theeagle.com
The City of College Station officially allows the use of electric scooters, also known as electric micro-mobility devices, for residents in College Station and on the Texas A&M University campus, after the city council voted unanimously to expand its shared micro-mobility ordinance.
Previously the ordinance was known as a Dockless Bike Share Program, however during a previous meeting the council issued guidelines for the newly named micro-mobility ordinance.
The ordinance allows the bike-share vendor, VeoRide Cosmo, to place electric sit-down scooters on the A&M campus and in …
Ride for Cancer: Cyclists riding from Texas to Alaska
THV11 Digital | www.thv11.com
The longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world has made its way through Little Rock, Arkansas. Cyclists are on a 70-day journey that ends in Anchorage, Alaska.
AUSTIN, Texas — A group of bicyclists from the University of Texas are in the midst of the what is known to be longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world. Their goal is to raise awareness in the fight for cancer.
Earlier this month, the "LIVESTRONG Texas 4000" team departed from Cedar Park, which is a suburb of Austin, Texas. And they are on a 70-day journey that will end in Anchorage, Alaska. …
Texas Biking from Twitter
We had a great turnout for our first annual HPD Southwest Division community bike ride! It was great getting to celebrate Juneteenth and Father's Day with the awesome people of our district. Our DRT knocked it out of the park. #hpd #relationalpolicing #itwasreallyhotoutside pic.twitter.com/jDFuJjHn2U
— Chris Hassig (@ChrisHassig) June 19, 2022
STOLEN – Gray Salsa Journeyman 650B in Central Austin https://t.co/82C6AgGZS3 pic.twitter.com/aytXQbFuPy
— BikeIndex Austin (@stolenbikesatx) June 19, 2022
But Amar, I thought it was too hot to ride bikes in Houston?!?
— Wilson (@WilsonCalvert) June 19, 2022
I saw a family with a parent and two kids on a RadWagon. I've eBike commuted about 10 times over the last 3 weeks and riding an eBike means I don't arrive sweaty at all.
Spotted this nice pup at Catalina today: pic.twitter.com/P5mIjoRNnL
Great ride from Galveston on the historic Emancipation Trail in honor of Juneteenth https://t.co/UVZ2tmiIzK
— Rodney Ellis (@RodneyEllis) June 19, 2022