Texas Bicycling News Digest June 9th 2019
Southwest Houston trail opening a spark for more utility corridor connections
Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com
Carl Pointer rides his recumbent bicycle on the new recreational trail along a CenterPoint Energy easement near Hiram Clarke Road and Sims Bayou on June 8.
Martina Alavarez came for the free snow cone, but she was impressed with the new trail along Hiram Clarke Road all the same.
“Watch me run,†Alvarez, almost 4, told her mother, Grace Smith, as she dashed along the new paved trail.
With roughly four miles of new trail in the neighborhood along Sims Bayou and a electric transmission route, officials in …
The Next Door App Bike Haters Are at It Again
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
Every so often someone — always a car driver — gets on the neighborhood app called Next Door to bitch about bicyclists or biking infrastructure the City of Austin has installed. The latest is about some plastic bollards that make a semi-protected bike lane, narrower car lanes and additional concrete that is meant to be traffic-calming. It’s in what was designed to be a high-density, pedestrian and bike-friendly neighborhood. Named Mueller, after the former …
Been out exploring the bike paths in Houston – came across this flood gauge in Buffalo Bayou. from bicycling