Texas Bicycling News November 6th, 2022
Louisiana man bikes 800 miles across Texas
by: Abigail Jones | www.kxan.com
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Daniel Barousse is a full-time artist and furniture-maker living in Lafayette, Louisiana, so why did he spend nearly two weeks bicycling 800 miles across Texas? For him, it’s simple: to try to instill the same joy and passion that he feels in others.
His journey started with shoes when he was 11 years old. Barousse was at a new middle school, trying to find ways to fit in. The school required uniforms, so the only way to distinguish oneself was through shoes, and he noticed that the “cool kids” all wore Doc Martens. So he asked his parents for a pair for Christmas, but they said no.
Fast-forward about two months, Barousse bought his first skateboard with the …
Thanks to Biden, Houston gets bike lanes too – no one thanks him
by Ruetir | www.ruetir.com
Whether you ask at Emanuel bakery-restaurant, in the Huetamo hair salon, used car dealer Jorge Cantu or in the N&V launderette. Virtually every entrepreneur on Telephone Road, in Houston, reacts enthusiastically when he hears that his street will be completely renovated next year. Water drainage is being improved, the sidewalks are being refurbished and the many holes in the road surface are being closed. There will even be bike paths – unusual in the car-dominated Texas metropolis.
But if you already know that the renovation is imminent; no one knows who to thank for it: President Joe Biden and his Democrats. On Tuesday, they will try to maintain their wafer-thin majorities in both houses of Congress in the midterm elections. Among the legislative achievements they hope to benefit from are the Infrastructure and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. …
First MTB race in Texas today! Outright whooped my ass, but we finished! from mountainbiking
El Paso bicyclist killed after hit-and-run crash
By Samuel Harasimowicz | kvia.com
UPDATE — Special Traffic Investigators continue to investigate after the death of bicyclist.
According to EPPD, 25- year-old Kayci Deaundre McCrory was traveling east in the far right lane of I-10 near Dallas on an electric bicycle.
McCrory was struck from behind around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Investigators say the driver of Black F-150 fled the scene, but the vehicle received front-end damage.
Police said moments later a second vehicle was planning on exiting the freeway when he struck the bicyclist who was lying on the ground.