Texas Biking News December 15th 2020
Abandoned South Austin railroad on track to become city’s newest urban trail
Katie Friel | www.kvue.com
The Bergstrom Spur could become a hybrid urban trail and public transit corridor.
CULTUREMAP AUSTIN – A six-mile stretch of abandoned railroad could be on track to become Austin’s next urban trail. Once part of the Union Pacific Railroad serving the defunct Bergstrom Air Force Base, the Bergstrom Spur would become a hybrid urban trail and public transit corridor. …
… Planners envision the Bergstrom Spur as an urban trail, with cyclists and pedestrians on a pathway split — and protected — from the street by a median. (The study points to downtown’s …
December 2020 Executive Director’s Report
Joe Cutrufo | bikehouston.org
“Houston? Wow. You’ve got your work cut out for you.â€
When I told colleagues in New York that I was headed to BikeHouston, they no doubt had an image in their minds of highways, trucks and sprawl.
But what they don’t know is that Houston has been hard at work laying down some serious cycling infrastructure, and momentum is on our side. Last year BikeHouston won 50 miles of high-comfort bikeways — twice as much as New York City has ever built in a single year. This year the City of Houston hired its first-ever chief transportation planner, and just this week, published its long-awaited Vision Zero Action Plan. County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has …
Cycling Group Ride Breakdown (Cycling Tips) 12122020 Letting the Group Go
Veloharmony | www.YouTube.com
Prologue: 00:00 Route Map: 00:56 Meeting Team RR at Crust Pizza for the warm-up to the Open Road: 02:15 The pace quickens Honea Egypt Road: 16:44 Grand Lake Estate Hills: 28:06 Keenan Cutoff Road: 53:08 Spring Branch Road: 1:01:55 Honea Egypt Road Final Stretch back in town: 1:17:29
A chilled greenbelt spin. Rejected!! Only 42 to go for 5,000 on the year! Come out to Long’s Creek for the par-tay LOL!
Kevin Atkins | www.strava.com
LCG Spinning with Danny
Mark Noblitt | www.strava.com
