Bike your way through an urban Texas adventure

BySarah Whalen | www.nationalgeographic.com

Miles of paths guide bikers through Buffalo Bayou Park and over the bayou to reveal sweeping views of the Houston skyline. Here, bikers cross the Rosemont Bridge where local couples have attached hundreds of “love locks” to the railings.

An urban greenspace just west of downtown Houston, Buffalo Bayou Park preserves and celebrates the city’s rich history, culture, and wildlife along the banks of the bayou. From an underground water reservoir turned public space, to a lake that once disappeared, and an impressive bat colony that emerges in the evenings, the park offers so much more than pretty views.

It’s a trove of fascinating stories, discoverable by miles of bike paths. So, hop on a BCycle at one of Houston’s bike share stations, or head to ..

‘The last windfall ’: San Antonio competes for federal money to fix roads, bridges and drainage

Megan Stringer | www.expressnews.com

San Antonio has another chance to fund road, bridge and drainage projects.

The city is preparing for a $1.2 billion bond election, but that money barely puts a dent in the need for infrastructure. Officials have said there are $3.1 billion in drainage projects alone on its to-do list.

But there’s another pile of money up for grabs.

City leaders plan to compete for grants available through the bipartisan infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden in November. They aren’t suggesting specific projects yet. But officials expect the process to be straightforward after spending much of last fall gathering input on the …

Alpha Paving Industries LLC Low Bidder on Corridor Mobility Program Bicycle & Pedestrian IDIQ Phase 2 in Texas

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Alpha Paving Industries LLC is the apparent low bidder on the Austin, City of – Purchasing Dept’s Corridor Mobility Program Bicycle & Pedestrian IDIQ Phase 2 solicitation, with a low bid of $18,454,300.00 USD. Bids were opened on February 17, 2022

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MulletMan93 | ratrodbikes.com

My name is Ryan, I’m about to be 29. And I’ve kind of always liked to tinker with bikes. At one point I had like 27 bikes stuff in a tiny shed at my moms house when I was in middle school. In 2009, I built my first low rider bike. Found almost everything in the trash that someone was throwing out, I put another $150 into it, my dad had a client that offered to paint it for me and being a teenager, I wanted “Bam Margera lambo purple” lol. Later I traded that bike for a drum set. My sister had found another …