New National Plan to Transform Bicycling
Alliance for Biking & Walking: People Powered Blog

The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League of American Bicyclists has agreed that uniting the three organizations would dramatically improve their effectiveness in increasing bicycle use in U.S. communities. Leaders of the three groups issued a joint statement summarizing the outcome of their recent meeting in San Diego, February 13-14:

“Our enthusiasm to take this momentous step for the movement is matched by a commitment to do this right,” said Noah Budnick, Board Chair of the Alliance for Biking & Walking. The boards of all three organizations must ratify the agreement. Once (and if) that occurs, the transition team will work with a variety of board, staff, …

Black Tie Tsunami Ride Sunday Feb 26th
by The Announcer Guy        Biking in Dallas
Dallas Cycle Style is announcing the Black Tie Tsunami bike ride commencing this Sunday at 1:30 beginning at Main Street Garden.

From their announcement:
Black Tie Ride to Who Knows Where!
Bicycle Tsunami has planned a bicycle flash mob Sunday Feb 26th. We’re not sure where we’ll all be converging (it’s very hush-hush till we get the email the day before) but we’ve been assured it’s within a 30 minute ride north…

Council pedals plan at 7-0 clip
Projects include dozens of miles of bicycle lanes
By Lowell Brown / Staff Writer            Denton Record-Chronicle
Denton took a step toward becoming more bike-friendly Tuesday as the City Council approved a bicycle and pedestrian plan.

The 7-0 vote culminated years of work by the public, city staff members and a hired consultant and followed a public hearing that saw healthy support for the plan.

“It’s been a long process, but it’s been a productive process,” said Jim Coulter, a city official who oversees streets. “We think we have a good plan to work…