Daily Blog and News Roundup for June 1st
Dallas County to get $74M slice of transit stimulus pie
by Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
As of Friday, Dallas County had eight projects totaling nearly $74 million, including new bicycle and pedestrian paths, a new traffic signal in Cedar Hill …
Safe passing bill passes Senate
by Austin 360 – Austin,TX,USA
By Jason Whaley | Monday, June 1, 2009, 06:32 PM The final version of the Safe Passing Bill, SB 488, was passed by the Texas House. …
About Our Momma: Bike fodder
by Denverette
Melodie (previously Melodie Faulkner) and Zak Weis participated in a 100-mile bike tour yesterday in the canyon in Amarillo, Texas. Their team was in honor of mums and Ron Walker. They dedicated one full hour to mom and sponsored a team …
If The Bike Fits, Race It: A Chat With Beth Mason — In The Crosshairs
by schiek
In 1994, when I was 24 I joined the Army and started my Master’s in Physical Therapy in Texas. I had to get a new bike because my mother wanted her bike back (killjoy). I went to an LBS in San Antonio, Britton’s Bike Shop, …
Plans rolling along for Salado Creek trails
by San Antonio Express – San Antonio,TX,USA
By Colin mcdonald – Express-News On Sunday mornings, 11-year-old Peter Drury often can be found on his mountain bike, ducking around trees and chasing his dad, David Drury, down the twisting dirt trails of Salado Creek. … While almost all of the land is publicly owned, the city won’t build the 10-foot-wide paved trail until the Texas Department of Transportation builds Wurzbach Parkway because it does not want highway construction to take out the trail, which costs about $1 million a mile to build. …
Team San Angelo
by Bill Cullins
It’s Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong once said “It’s not about the bikeâ€, and he was right. A lot of cyclists spend way too much time obsessing over their bicycling equipment instead of just enjoying cycling. …