Daily Blog and News Roundup for September 7th
Pedaling Houston Texas Bicycle Laws
by pedalinghouston.blogspot.com
So in my 5 years as a road biker I have heard many interpretations of bike laws. I had one car ask me at a red light if it was legal for me to be in the road. I have had quite a few drivers yell at me to ride…
DFW Point-to-Point: Practice for the Bike Lanes to Come
by Steve A
While I don’t accept PM Summer’s interpretation of Texas Sec. 551.103* as making use of bike lanes mandatory (shown here) in Texas, I also wouldn’t have thought it was perfectly OK to totally ban bikes from streets the way that Hunter’s …
Eracing Stigma Criterium
by Austin 360
Bicycle racing. The Tour de France has Paris, but the Tour of Austin has, well, Austin. Andrew Willis, director of Holland Racing, organizers of The Driveway Austin Thursday Night Bike Race Series, has pulled a trio of area races under one umbrella to create a three-day event Labor Day weekend with more than $15,000 in prize money. …
A&M-CC students teach public bicycle safety
by Corpus Christi Caller Times
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times A bicycle safety word find developed by a student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times …
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Garland, The Town Texas Forgot « Suburban Assault
by dickdavid
Like most Texas drivers, I expect that they are just not used to seeing too many bicycle riders around town and don’t have the patience to go around them. I mostly stick with back streets, but since I’m not too familiar with those in …