City Chickens
by tracypop            Dallas Cycle Chic

Today was the inaugural Oak Cliff Chicken Coop Snoop, and a group of us biked the tour of really cool local backyards. Urban Chickens are becoming quite a popular thing, tying into the slow lifestyle movement along with biking, backyard food gardens, and repurposing found materials in your home decor. Some of the riders were…

On the path to bicycle safety
Opening of Leon Creek Greenway segment another step toward ‘emerald necklace.’
TRACY IDELL HAMILTON, Express-News        www.mysanantonio.com
Mike Kubena makes the 26-mile round trip on the Leon Creek Greenway at least twice a week.

He rides his Bianchi road bike along paved paths that border the creek, under mature, shady oaks, and away from deadly traffic.

“It’s so nice not to have to worry about cars,” the recently retired San Antonio police officer said Friday morning at the dedication of the latest completed stretch of the greenway, from Bandera Road to VIA’s Ingram Road…

Street project gaining ground
City working to smooth out plans for additional bicycle, pedestrian paths
By Lowell Brown / Staff Writer        www.dentonrc.com
A plan to better connect Denton through bicycle and pedestrian paths is inching toward approval at City Hall.

The plan got its first airing before the full City Council on Tuesday, and no major roadblocks emerged. It now heads to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review before an expected council vote early next year.

The plan takes stock of existing conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians, suggests roadway design standards and offers short- and long-term goals for adding more bike lanes and other…