Texas Bicycle News June 8th 2021
What Texas Cyclists Need to Know to Stay Safe
thekatynews.com
Texas has long been a fiercely independent state. They do things their way, and that often involves big trucks, BBQ, and cowboy hats. There’s also a new element, though, that has crept in over the past couple of decades.
Some younger individuals with a more politically liberal ideology have made Texas their home. For instance, these Millennials and Gen Z members might head to Austin, a bastion of art and music. The Texans you meet there are more likely to ride a bicycle than to cruise around in a pickup truck.
Cycling is great exercise anywhere you choose to do it, but if you live in Texas and this is the transportation method you prefer, there are a few things you should understand and acknowledge for your safety. …
El Pasoan honors her father on 70-day bike ride to raise cancer awareness
Robert Moore | elpasomatters.org
As she prepared for her junior year as a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin, Carolina Mendez’s life was forever altered on July 3, 2019, when her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Gilbert Mendez, an industrial engineer in El Paso, got world-class treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. But he succumbed to the aggressive disease less than14 months later at age 62.
As her father battled his cancer in the fall of 2019, Carolina Mendez joined Texas 4000 for Cancer, a program for UT Austin students that aims to raise cancer awareness and funding by a bicycle ride from Austin to Alaska each summer. She has dedicated her ride — which will …
Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run remembered with ghost bike at crime scene in northeast Harris County
By Mycah Hatfield | abc13.com
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Grieving family members of a 37-year-old man, who was struck and killed while riding his bike in a hit-and-run, have put up a ghost bike at the scene where the crime occurred Saturday morning in northeast Harris County.
It happened around 4 a.m. along C.E. King Parkway near Tidwell, and that driver is still on the loose, deputies say. …
College Station City Council Approves Seeking State Grants To Help Pay For A Shared Use Path And New Bicycle Lanes
Bill Oliver | wtaw.com
The College Station city council has approved submitting two grant applications to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
One would narrow traffic lanes on George Bush between Texas and Wellborn by making room for curbed bicycle lanes in each direction. If approved, the city would spend an estimated $515,000 and the state about $1 million dollars. …
Going the Distance: How Texas 4,000 plans to ride cancer off into the sunset
Author: Elisabeth Tharp | www.kagstv.com
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Since summer 2004, Texas 4000 participants bike around the country to spread hope, knowledge and charity to communities. Their overall mission: to bring cancer prevention awareness to the forefront and ask folks to get their own screening.
A recent graduate from the University of Texas and Smokey Mountains route rider, Karen Liu said usually they’d travel all the way to Alaska, but this year, things are different. …
Texas Biking from Twitter
STOLEN – Gray Trek Marlin 7 in Austin, TX https://t.co/Cj6VcfDCy4
— BikeIndex Austin (@stolenbikesatx) June 9, 2021
Taking the entire lane instead of clinging to the curb, hoping they’ll give me at least 3 feet. https://t.co/CLOWSOE4Tx
— Jordan (@JRDNLTHMS) June 9, 2021
The Tour De Agua & GLG proceeds go directly to help kids!
— WheelBrothers (@WheelBrothers) June 8, 2021
👉 More information: https://t.co/gp4i7BUuZg#bicycle #cycling #bike #bikelife #cyclinglife pic.twitter.com/6KPwgXwzk4
“Each summer Pflugerville officers give out hundreds of tickets to safety-conscious children.†https://t.co/pTmBBNqqc9
— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) June 8, 2021
There's a plan to dramatically improve conditions for walking and biking in the Old Sixth Ward — one of few Houston neighborhoods originally designed for people, not cars — and it needs your support. https://t.co/lZ2GZQ6nW5 pic.twitter.com/m4TcWcDijY
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) June 8, 2021
N Texas Blvd, a bicycle route in Denton’s bike plan, is being reconstructed. Initial engineering designs lack plans for bicycle accommodations.
— Bike Denton (@bikedenton) June 8, 2021
Read more: https://t.co/IB4olxI94o pic.twitter.com/uRAPp6XK2x
Great Rothe Recovery Ride yesterday with old & new friends around South ATX! (Next ride will be July 5, 6pm, from The Meteor on South Congress, ATX.)#rothetraining #RRR #mondaysocial pic.twitter.com/3wvjHmtPM2
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) June 8, 2021
Here's a taste of what the Old Sixth Ward TIRZ has in mind for Washington Avenue: pic.twitter.com/vRKmbkgbZX
— Joe Cutrufo (@JoeCutrufo) June 8, 2021
More than 80 people came out to sample the air in Sunnyside. "It's a challenge on the state level because the rules are so weak and enforcement is so lax," said @RodneyEllis, who joined the 6-mile ride. "But you've got to get involved and get active."https://t.co/fYjGWEXBxY
— Air Alliance Houston (@airallianceHOU) June 8, 2021
We 💚 our @limebike partner! https://t.co/T5MVt1TzpH
— Bike Austin (@bikeaustin) June 8, 2021
What’s one thing you can do to change the culture around biking in our city? #TransportationTuesday #HumansofHouston #VisionZeroHOU pic.twitter.com/1MEtZtrDTf
— Houston Planning (@HoustonPlanning) June 8, 2021
Click here https://t.co/WSNejn1xEp to sign up for the 2021 HHH, our 40th!!! pic.twitter.com/s3YZoaIDZJ
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) June 8, 2021
It's #NationalBestFriendsDay! Grab your riding buddy and go #explore Austin. Going by bike is our favorite way to experience a city! What's your favorite bike route in town?#ATX #getoutside #metrobike #bikeshare #bicycle #cycle #bike #ebike #humanpowered #ecofriendly #fun pic.twitter.com/VjGlfcSzIR
— MetroBike (@ATXMetroBike) June 8, 2021