Texas Bicycling Action November 30th, 2022
Mayor Sylvester Turner spars with Third Ward residents over controversial bike lane expansion
Kennedy Sessions | www.chron.com
A proposed street rejuvenation became a point of contention during Tuesday’s Houston City Council meeting.
Tensions sparked at Tuesday’s Houston City Council meeting after District D community members said they weren’t civically engaged on a possible bike lane expansion on Blodgett St. and Tierwester St.
At the meeting, some community members favored adding bike lanes to the street for accessibility, while others said more lanes would create parking issues and add even more traffic congestion next to Texas Southern University—an already busy area.
A complicating factor in the equation is that the bike lane expansion project also includes drainage, sewage and flood prevention updates which all parties agree would help alleviate flooding in the Third Ward area. For …
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The Houston-Galveston Area Council is offering FREE bicycle safety classes next Saturday (12/10) from 9AM to noon at Duhacsek Park in Sugar Land! Go to bit.ly/30BBeDL for more info and to sign up. from bikehouston
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Saturday 12/3/2022 The Bagel Ride
— The Bagel Ride (@thebagelride) December 1, 2022
8:00am ride start
Starts behind Little Woodrow's, 12601 Tech Ridge Blvd, Austin 78753
51mi (82km). Store stop at 23mihttps://t.co/EjzGSEQCgl
"Officially, White Oak Trail is closed north of Pinemont, though much of it remains accessible to local pedestrians and brave cyclists. The trail, which runs nearly to Jersey Village, is popular with riders looking for routes with few street crossings." https://t.co/NHs75WPxuL
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) November 30, 2022
Come enjoy some rollers with us on Saturday! We're doing our Toutant Beauregard ride. Wheels down at 9. https://t.co/rcWJbeWJiI pic.twitter.com/j1uF0f4tya
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) November 30, 2022
Come Join Us! pic.twitter.com/xb1OtJF2eX
— The Spinistry (@Spinistry) November 30, 2022
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event GDB Ride from Dallas to Fort Worth with TRE Back to Dallas December 3, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/mqbvOlQjER
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) December 1, 2022