Austin Safe Routes to School response to A2W critique
by elliott Austin on Two Wheels
Editor note: In September, I shared how my children’s school was selected for Austin’s Safe Routes to School, a program designed to encourage children to walk and bike to school and do it safely. I expressed support for this program but also offered a critique of how some of the fear inducing facts might cause parents to drive kids to school more, not less. I was also unhappy that drivers, outside of parents, are not being asked to be active participants in making our streets safer for all users. In response, the Austin Program Coordinator Kristi Stillwell sent me this letter.

We welcome the opinions and thought-provoking statements in this article, found them interesting and overall positive, and we hope to be able to partner with you Elliott (and other interested parents) on walking and biking…

We Rode To The State Fair of Texas
by Christopher Curnutt        Biking in Dallas

I hadn’t joined the Tits Tuesday ride in ages, so last night was a good chance for me to catch up with friends I hadn’t seen in a good while, meet some new folks, and put some names to faces.  Speaking of catching up Toni Youngblood will be writing an update about her car free life (since around Feb 2010) and escapades later this…

Recreational Sports Calendar & Sign-up Sheet – Oct. 12, 2011
San Antonio Express-News
Bicycling: Today, 8 a.m., Wheelers Senior Ride, 30 miles, Floore’s Country Store, Helotes. 210-643-0314.

Bicycling: Saturday, 8 a.m., Southside Mission Ride, 27, 39, 51 and 61 miles, visitors center, Mission San Jose. 210-213-7382. …

Huge turn out for Bike around the Bay
By Dayna Haynes            www.theanahuacprogress.com

This year’s Bike around the Bay had about a 1,000 participants riding the 150 mile, two day trek around Galveston Bay with the starting line at Fort Anahuac Park. Organizers commented that the first event had only 300 participants and now they are up to 1,000 entries. Proving the popularity and growth of the event. The bicyclists enjoy the scenic and picturesque countryside of the Southeast Texas coastal roadways with stopping points in the bay area towns along the route, starting with Anahuac, High Island, Bolivar Peninsula, …

Bike riders help raise funds for charity
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The Mineola Chamber of Commerce’s second-ever Mineola Metric Century Bike Ride raised $500 for charities and grew in size, which the chamber of commerce’s Pam Franklin said was encouraging.

Among the 64 entries were riders from as far away as Austin and Dallas and they had their choice of three…