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Texas Bicycling News – January 7, 2023

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Self-driving car caught on camera in West Campus bike lane

www.fox7austin.com

An Austin cyclist captured on video a Cruise driverless car attempting to make a left turn, but ending up driving in the bike lane.

This Texas Highway Is Being Expanded To Hopefully Reduce Congestion

By Dani Medina | www.iheart.com

"One of the top most congested highways in the entire state of Texas" is getting a major expansion in hopes of reducing congestion.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced this plan this week, FOX 7 reports. The "giant" expansion project will specifically focus on the stretch of I-35 from US 290 E to State Highway 71. "This project has been envisioned probably for two decades. This stretch of I-35 has not been expanded since the mid-1970s," said TxDOT District Engineer Tucker Ferguson.

These improvements, which are a "long time coming" include:

2 non-toll HOV lanes in each direction
Rebuilt cross-strait bridges with bike and pedestrian accommodations
Shared use paths for bikes and pedestrians on both sides of I-35 N and S
Realigned frontage roads for a boulevard-style system ...

MS150 Spring 2023 Recommended Ride Calendar

mssociety.donordrive.com

The Recommended Rides are hosted by Local Non-Profit Organizations; fees vary per ride. The Recommended Rides are not organized or supported by the National MS Society.

Join one of the Recommended Rides to train for the Texas MS 150.

*Please note some of the Recommended Ride event websites may not be updated for 2023. Be sure to check the Recommended Ride event website for further details.

Date Recommended Ride Recommended Ride Website* Sunday, February 26, 2023 Tour de Houston https://www.houstontx.gov/tourdehouston
Saturday, March 4, 2023 Pedaling the Prairie (Waller) http://www.pedalingtheprairie.org
Saturday, March 11, 2023 Gator Ride https://heartsandhandsofbaytown.com/gator-ride/
Saturday, March 25, 2023 Just Ride for a Just Cause (Simonton) http://www.justrideforajustcause.org
Saturday, March 25, 2023 Riverside Ride (Victoria) www.riversideride.com
Saturday, April 1, 2023 Zuhnë Education Expedition (Fort Bend) https://bit.ly/FBISDEducationExpedition
Saturday, April 15, 2023 Tour de Braz (Alvin) http://www.tourdebraz.org
Sunday, April 16, 2023 Gran Fondo Texas (Montgomery) https://granfondotexas.org
Sunday, April 22, 2023 Tour de RACHA http://www.familytiesfrs.org/tour-de-racha-ride-against-child-abuse1.html
Sunday, April 23, 2023 Bluebonnet Express (Waller) www.BBX.bike

Faith and Cycling

Drop Bar Texas by Paul Negrete | anchor.fm

Fr. John Bullock, LC discusses his booklet on faith and cycling titled A Cyclist’s Spirituality: Spiritual Lessons Learned from Riding a Bike. We discuss experiences in faith and cycling including that these do not need to be exclusive of each other. An introduction by Paul Latino of Downrock Creative and illustrator of the book provides additional insight.

Looking for Drop Bar Texas gear? Click here for the Jakroo DBT store.

Links: A Cyclist’s Spirituality, Q&A with Fr. Bullock, Downrock Creative, BellVelo Gravel Series, Cedar Hill Race Festival, and Smithville Gravel Weekend.

Music: Back to the Woods by Jason Shaw

Afternoon Ride before the rain and before nightfall.

Sharon Irving-Whitfield MTHCC | strava.com

Mission, Texas The Quickie

Daniel Cruz | strava.com

Houston, Texas Who’s on FIRE?

Reynaldo Juarez | strava.com

Salado, Texas Monuments rise, planets circulate, innocence lives, beautiful things…..precious things, they fall…..fall some more. But like the beacon of the universe, they rise for a straight 59 years that create the epitome of integrity…….THE Mrs Rivers

Sanora Baptiste | strava.com

BBRSP: West Contrabondo

Casey Gudgell | strava.com

North loop is in rough shape, barely rideable in places. Floods did lots of damage to the trails. Going to pass on the epic loop this year

San Antonio, Texas Saturday Ride

Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com

Part solo, part CRSA. Burned too many matches early! Late start, so no time for that last 15 miles. Next time!

The Woodlands, Texas 85 for Capt Rich

Adrian Williams | strava.com

Beat ride of the year. #LoveIsLove.

Harris County, Texas MT. Pleasant Road

Veloharmony | strava.com

Fort Bend County, Texas Little of Everything-

Nicole Volek | strava.com

Tiny group to the big group to tiny group to solo miles!?

I needed food so I accidentally stopped Garmin. What a gorgeous day!!!

Bexar County, Texas Kendalia Ride!

Eduardo Salas | strava.com

Texas Biking from Twitter

New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar

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About Rick Ankrum

In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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