Texas Bicycling News June 3rd 2022
University of Texas students embark on 4K mile bike ride from Austin to Alaska
By Tierra Neubaum | www.fox7austin.com
AUSTIN, Texas – 50 University of Texas student cyclists will embark on a 4,000-mile bike ride from Austin to Alaska.
Texas 4000 for Cancer is an 18-month leadership program for UT students who must apply and be selected. Its mission is to raise hope, awareness, and knowledge in the fight against the disease.
Students cap their program with the 70-day, 4,000-mile bike ride to Anchorage. …
Plan to update urban trails, sidewalks and bike lanes prioritizes equity
by Samuel Stark | www.austinmonitor.com
At the City Council Mobility Committee meeting last month, representatives from the ATX Walk Bike Roll program spoke about their commitment to achieving equitable outcomes when updating Austin’s urban trails, bike lanes and sidewalks.
ATX Walk Bike Roll, a joint planning effort led by the Public Works and Transportation departments, began in 2021 with the hopes of giving Austinites more options than cars or buses when traveling around the city. Project staff members are currently in the design evaluation stage and hope to execute plans in roughly a year’s time.
Half of respondents to a survey conducted by the program said they “strongly” felt that all races don’t have equal access to safe and comfortable paths. Thus the program has ensured that equity is at the heart of its revamp.
“We’re using the Equity Office’s definition where race no longer predicts the quality-of-life outcomes in our community,” Kate Wettick, Austin’s Urban Trails program manager, said in her presentation to the …
IMPAIRED DRIVER SENTENCED IN DEATH OF CONROE MAN IN 2018
montgomerycountypolicereporter.com
Just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2018, Brian Vines and two females were walking along with two bicycles on East Davis when a Kristina Hardin, 27, driving an SUV ran off onto the shoulder and slammed into them. According to one of the victims they were walking to a local church/food pantry when the Vines was struck, as he was being struck he pushed his girlfriend out of the way. She was transported with a broken arm. Ashley, the other female walking with them was uninjured. She did say she saw the female driver exited the vehicle and throw an unknown pill bottle into the ditch. The Montgomery County District Attorney Vehicular Crimes Unit is also on the scene assisting Conroe Police. After further investigation, the …
White Oak Bayou Trail from bikehouston
Video: Laredo Councilmember hopes to expand Shiloh bike trail
By Brenda Camacho | www.kgns.tv
LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) – A proposal to expand the Shiloh Hike and Bike Trail will be discussed during Monday’s City Council meeting.
Currently the Springfield Avenue extension development is cutting through the trail system, so District Six Councilmember Dr. Marte Martinez is working on expanding the eastern portion of the land.
He says many cyclists have come to him asking that the city maintain the Shiloh trails since many other trails are no longer available.
Dr. Martinez says this will be a community-based project that he hopes will eventually expand upon further.
“Eventually we want to have a park that goes all the way from …
Friends, family mourn father of four killed in East End hit-and-run
Jay R. Jordan, Ariana Garcia | www.chron.com
Houston police are still searching for the driver, who fled on foot after hitting 47-year-old cyclist Sajid Barajas.
Friends described Sajid Barajas, second from the right, as a hard-working family man. Here, he poses with his wife and four children in an undated photo. GoFundMe / Sajid Barajas Islas
The family of slain Houston cyclist Sajid Barajas is still looking for answers after the 47-year-old father of four was killed on a rare bike ride home early on Memorial Day.
Barajas clocked out of his shift at Grocers Supply in south Houston and biked nearly six miles into Magnolia Park, where he was killed. He normally carpooled with a coworker, but that coworker wasn’t scheduled to work because of the holiday, his aunt Cristina Islas said. That meant Barajas had to take his bike to and from the warehouse, putting him in a vulnerable position as a cyclist on Houston’s notoriously dangerous roadways.
Barajas was pedaling along South Cesar Chavez Boulevard near Polk Street around …
Texas Biking from Twitter
Worried there won’t be enough bikes for the whole family at a @HoustonBCycle station?
— ConnectSmartTX (@ConnectSmartTX) June 3, 2022
No worries! With #ConnectSmart you can see all of the bike stations in your area and know exactly how many bikes are available at each station ahead of time! ???? https://t.co/qXuXVoqibJ pic.twitter.com/fOqmGhyt0A
STOLEN – Green Velo Orange Polyvalent Low Kicker in Dallas, TX https://t.co/C3EF9ZHX5o
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) June 3, 2022
STOLEN – Black Trek Madone 9 in Dallas, TX https://t.co/AwCrhMxceD pic.twitter.com/HaRRMLMfmz
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) June 3, 2022
Bicycle ridership at the MKT Trail and Oxford Street. Look at how it jumped on the weekend of the bridge reopening. (Data courtesy of @HouGalvAreaCog) pic.twitter.com/d38ooQgMex
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) June 3, 2022
Get on a bike and ride on one of The LOOP Dallas trails to celebrate #WorldBicycleDay. https://t.co/kFo8Uhs2cF
— The Loop (@TheLoopDallas) June 3, 2022
"A new survey on bikeability gives Houston a fairly decent — and somewhat surprising — ranking for that cycling life." https://t.co/U2wlXc1cfp
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) June 3, 2022
IT'S WORLD BICYCLE DAY! "Whether it is a basic two-wheeler, a mountain bike, or one with training wheels, World Bicycle Day celebrates the exhilaration of cycling."https://t.co/2VnsQfVa9J
— Houston BCycle (@HoustonBCycle) June 3, 2022
Texas 4000 was proud to be honored last year on #WorldBicycleDay with an award from the #UnitedNations for our work in fighting cancer, and we are super excited to be starting our 2022 Summer Ride today on #WorldBicycleDay.#Texas4000 #UTAustin #Cancer pic.twitter.com/uawF5CkDOc
— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) June 3, 2022