Safe Routes to Schools projects to be constructed here
By the Midland Reporter-Telegram
An upcoming Midland project is aimed at making walking and bicycling to school safer for students at Emerson and Fannin elementary schools and Goddard Junior High. Work is scheduled to start the week of Feb. 15.

The Texas Department of Transportation will construct two Safe Routes to Schools projects with a pair of $590,000 grants. Projects have also been constructed in Stanton and Pecos school districts for their proposed improvements…

Pilot program launches to encourage children to ride bicycles to Round Rock …
by Austin American-Statesman

The sun glinted off children’s bicycles decorated with purple and gold garlands, balloons, ribbons and red hearts on Friday as more than 300 students at Sommer Elementary School celebrated the kickoff of a program encouraging them to bike to school.

Volunteers gave each child a free bike helmet, donated by the Austin Cycling Association, with a microchip attached to it. The chips help transmit the number of rides a child takes. A radio frequency scanner powered by a solar…

Jack and Adam’s Bicycles: 9 Tips to a Safer Ride by Trey Steele
by Meriwether
The roads of Central Texas are bustling with the sounds of cars, trucks, SUV’s, and the lovely hum of hubs, cogs, chains, and cranks that signal cycling hibernation is over and it’s time to start thinking about the 2010 season. Whether you’ re a total road rookie or … If you’re trying to see how fast you can go, sign up for a race. Otherwise, set an example for everyone and follow the traffic laws. That’s cooler than ending up in ICU. Tip 2 – Carry Identification …