Texas Bicycling News Digest September 22nd 2019
Young People and Cyclists Rally For Climate Action and Safer Streets in San Antonio
Nicholas Frank AND Brendan Gibbons | therivardreport.com
Young people in San Antonio joined fellow youth climate strikers around the world on Friday and Saturday with rallies and events that also drew the cooperation of many in the local cycling community.
Friday’s and Saturday’s climate rallies at Main Plaza downtown were held in tandem with youth-led climate strikes around the world, timed ahead of a United Nations climate summit in New York. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, has become …
3rd Annual Sloan Everett Memorial Bike Ride
breckenridgetexas.com
October 19, 2019 9:00 am Breckenridge City Park Details coming soon
CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: Texas cyclists travel across East Texas advocating for donors
by: Mye Owens | www.easttexasmatters.com
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – When your organs fail, doctors rely on donors to help those in need of a transplant. But how many people are actually donating?
A Texas organization is putting the pedal to the metal to encourage more people to give.
114,000 people are waiting for a phone call that could change their life in hopes the organ donation they have been waiting for is ready. …
Texas City bicyclist hospitalized after accident with car
By KERI HEATH | www.galvnews.com
TEXAS CITY
A bicyclist was sent to the hospital after a minor accident involving a car Saturday night.
A man, 29, on a bicycle was traveling north on FM 2004 when a car pulled out of the Jack in the Box, 2101 FM 2004, hit the bicycle’s front tire about 9:45 p.m., Texas City Police Department spokesman Cpl. Allen Bjerke said.
The identity of the …
Cam’ron Matthews remembered in state bike ride
By Caleb Beames | www.kltv.cm
TYLER, Texas (KTRE) – It has been almost four years since Cam’ron Matthews died following a football injury and he is still inspiring people for the gift he gave.
Mathews was one of the many honorees of the Lone Star Circle of Life Bike Tour. In the coming days the Bike Tour will make its way to Corpus Christi. The event is used to raise awareness for organ donation. Following his death, …