Texas Bicycling News Digest June 10th 2019
Tour de Agua Dublin, Texas June 8, 2019
Roy Pedal Pushers | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com
Start of the line up for the 41 milers. The 100K’s had already taken off. Staggered start for the racers.
Kristie Holt Wants a Bike-Friendly Deep Ellum
ALEX GONZALEZ | www.dallasobserver.com
As Deep Ellum continues to grow in business and in opportunities for artists, the more necessary the means to accommodate various forms of transportation. Earlier this year, Deep Ellum implemented plans to help reduce traffic by designating certain intersections as rideshare drop-off and pick-up spots. Shuttles from downtown Dallas offer residents and …
Broken bottles on Market Trail bridge, White Oak Bayou, Sunday morning. Why!? from bikehouston
Driveway Series • May 23 2019
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Categories
» Men Cat 1/2/3
» Men Cat 3/4
» Men Cat 4/5
» Men Junior 11-17 Cat 4/5
» Men Master 35+ Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women Cat 1/2/3
» Women Cat 3/4/5
Driveway Series • May 30 2019
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Categories
» Men Cat 1/2/3
» Men Cat 3/4
» Men Cat 4/5
» Men Junior 11-17 Cat 4/5
» Men Master 35+ Cat 1/2/3/4
» Women Cat 1/2/3
» Women Cat 3/4/5
A Word From Our Director June 10 2019
bikehouston.org
Back from a four day bike ride across Nebraska with good news. A grant we have been preparing for, we got. As we prepare the final agreements, BikeHouston will be updating our strategic plan to recognize the goals we set for the next three years. Weather is turning to summer and a shower at work is a blessing (albeit cold, brrrrr). Bo was ahead of me on Feagan as we rode our bikes to work this morning. He had more steam than I but I caught up with him as he waited for the …
Saturday Bagel Ride
El Paso Cyclists | www.epcyclists.com
8:30am MST – 11:30am MST February 9th, 2019 We Offer a Short, Medium and Long Ride. Need more information check us out at https://www.facebook.com/epcyclists/ We’ll have a SHORT 15 Miles Ride for Cat 15 , and a MEDIUM & LONG Rides for intermediate and advanced riders…Make plans to ride Location: The Hospitals of Providence East Campus, Joe Battle Boulevard, El Paso, TX, USA – Hospital Parking Lot Edgemere and Lp375
Upcoming Rides
Chasing Watts | chasingwatts.com
MPPPL Tuesday, June 11, 2019 @ 5:30 AM
Smackdown TNE Tuesday, June 11, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Paperclip Tuesday, June 11, 2019 @ 5:45 PM
Wednesday UBG Wednesday, June 12, 2019 @ 6:30 PM
Sugar Land WNW 2019 Wednesday, June 12, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Cool Cat Cycles Wed Night Gravel Wednesday, June 12, 2019 @ 6:30 PM
Paperclip Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 5:45 PM
Thursday Night Shop Ride – Short Route (12.5) Miles – Pearland Bicycles Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Smackdown TNE Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Pearland Bicycles Thursday Night Shop Ride 25.8 Miles Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 6:00 PM
Zube NWCC ride – Multiple groups Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 7:30 AM
Sugar Cycles MS150 Group Ride Sunday, June 16, 2019 @ 7:30 AM
Update on Safer Streets Initiative
City of Houston
Sparked by the deaths of two pedestrians crossing a street in the Heights area in March, Mayor Sylvester Turner today announced the completion of new street safety projects and plans for more as part of the city’s Safe Streets initiative.
With the pedestrians’ survivors looking on, the mayor reported the citywide upgrades and activated a newly installed traffic signal at North Shepherd Drive and West 10th Street, where the pair was killed. In her Good Samaritan style, Lesha White, 54, was driving nearby March 30 when she saw Jesus “Jesse†Perez struggling to cross the intersection in a wheelchair. She pulled over and was helping Perez when another vehicle struck the pair.
“Just because (Houston Public Works) upgraded this intersection does not mean we will forget Lesha Adams and Jesus Perez,†Mayor Turner said. “And just because we made this intersection safer for pedestrians and everyone else does not mean we need another horrific accident to take place before we improve other intersections.â€
The city streamlined the way it addresses reports of dangerous intersection as of the mayor’s April 11 news conference at the site. As a result, the city made repairs traffic light repairs, wheelchair ramp installations and other improvements at many of the 667 intersections reported by the public in the last two months.
Also since April 11, the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities logged and relayed to Public Works 20 requests for pedestrian access reviews, four times the usual amount. Metro removed a bus stop three blocks south of the intersection to make it safer for bus riders to cross the street.
Mayor Turner announced today that the city is joining the national Vision Zero network designed to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. He emphasized the network’s principles, including that all roadway fatalities are preventable.
Police Chief Art Acevedo, Metro board chair Carrin Patman, Mayor Pro Tem Ellen Cohen, Public Works Director Carol Haddock and Office of People with Disabilities Director Maria Towns joined Mayor Turner to urge drivers to be more aware of pedestrians and cyclists.
“As the city doubles down on making streets safer for everyone, we always need residents, especially drivers, to work with us,†the mayor said. “Please take care, look out for your fellow Houstonians who are on foot, and avoid distractions such as cell phone use.â€
Monday Monster Mash
JON BLAZE | www.strava.com
