Cycling Through Texas: Bicycling News for March 18, 2023
Family of 14-year-old Killed Joins TxDOT Urging Motorists to Obey Laws
By Yantis Green | sanangelolive.com
AUSTIN – At just 14 years old, Alexei Bauereis was struck and killed while walking his bike across a crosswalk in Austin, cutting short his young life and promising ballet career.
“He was on the verge of that stage where you find out how you stack up against professionals,” Alexei’s dad Eric Bauereis said.
Alexei is just one of many tragic deaths on Texas roads every year. Each one takes someone special from their family, friends and community. This spring, as warm weather brings out pedestrians and cyclists, TxDOT and the Bauereis family are reminding drivers why it’s important to follow traffic safety laws, including stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks.
“We have a shared responsibility to every member of our community – to every family and …
I’m riding in a 280 mile bikepacking event. Here’s what I’m bringing
Alvin Holbrook | www.cyclingtips.com
East Texas Showdown promises plenty of beauty and likely even more rain, and I’m going to try to ride it without sleeping.
The East Texas Showdown is a bit of a hallowed name here in Texas, particularly in gravel and bikepacking circles. I’ve always watched it from afar, telling myself it would be out of reach for one reason or another.
“Oh, I gotta go grocery shopping that weekend,” I would tell myself. But thanks to a stroke of luck I’m going to ride in the East Texas Showdown.
Gravel bikes — and adjacently, bikepacking — can feel like a bit of black art at times. It never feels like there’s one right setup for a ride, and that can be doubly so for bikepacking.
Just about every region requires different things, and rider preference skews bike and …
Chamber of Commerce announces benefit for Youth Leadership Laredo
Jason Mack | www.lmtonline.com
The Laredo Chamber of Commerce announced this week the first Cycle + Steps for Scholarships 5K Run, Walk, Bike event which will benefit the Youth Leadership Laredo program.
The funds raised from the event will go toward Youth Leadership Laredo scholarships and other benefits to support the program.
The Cycle + Steps for Scholarships 5K Run, Walk, Bike event will be held Saturday, April 29 at Father McNaboe Park at 201 Zebu Ct. It will have a start time of 8 a.m. for those walking or running and a start of 9 a.m. for participants who will be biking.
A swag bag will be provided for the first 300 participants who register. It will …
2023 Gator Ride, Gear Up to End Hunger!
Javier Zapata | www.youtube.com
16 Best Things to Do in Palacios, TX
Arturo R. Cuevas | www.travellens.co
The quaint small-town vibe of the coastal city of Palacios makes it a great stop while visiting Matagorda County in Texas.
This city of just 5.21 square miles is tucked in the Coastal Prairie region of Texas.
Its port, home to some 400 vessels, is the third-largest shrimping base on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
With this distinction, Palacios came to be known as the "Shrimp Capital of Texas." …
… Join the Pedal Palacios Annual Bike Ride
The Pedal Palacios Annual Bike Ride is an annual cycling extravaganza of the Palacios Chamber of Commerce.
Novice and expert bikers can join this event which features three routes of 12, 36, and 60 miles.
Its participants go on a scenic ride across Matagorda County and its astonishing views of water, birds, and landscape.
The quiet country roads along this ride are ideal for team and individual training.
Pedal Palacios Annual Bike Ride was launched in 2008 and is traditionally held toward the end of October, with its start and finish at the corner of 4th Street and South Bay Boulevard.
The ride provides six rest stops, with refreshments and homemade treats for the participants.
A post-ride shrimp boil in Palacios’ City Park also awaits the finishers of this event. …
Still time to comment on proposed U.S. 380 alignment
By Brad Kellar | www.heraldbanner.com
Motorists and other interested people still have time to voice their thoughts on a proposed realignment of U.S. 380 between Hunt County and the Dallas area.
After a in-person public hearing planned for the night of March 2 was cancelled due to severe weather, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) extended the comment period for those who wanted to participate in the process. A virtual public hearing posted at https://www.keepitmovingdallas.com/US380Farmersville was initially scheduled to close at 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 17. However, the virtual proceeding will now be available through April 7.
The TxDOT Dallas District office has proposed changing the route of U.S. 380 from CR 560 to CR 699/Hunt County Line south of Farmersville.
The proposed project would realign U.S. 380 on a new location a distance of approximately 7.6 miles. The existing U.S. 380 roadway would remain. The proposed new location realignment facility would be constructed as a six-lane divided roadway (three lanes in each direction separated by a median).
The proposed project would also include continuous, two to three lane one-way frontage roads with bicycle and pedestrian shared-use paths on both sides of the roadway. The proposed project would be constructed within a proposed ROW of approximately 270 to 542 feet wide. …
Austin’s Shared Streets program aims to make streets without sidewalks safer
Author: Melia Masumoto | www.kvue.com
The Shared Streets pilot projects on Arroyo Seco, Ullrich Avenue and Joe Sayers Avenue are making streets without sidewalks safer and more accessible for residents.
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin is missing over 2,000 miles of sidewalks. With not enough time or resources to build those sidewalks, the City has come up with a new plan.
"Rather than taking over 100 years to build sidewalks on every frontage of every street, we can envision completing a citywide pedestrian network in a 20- to 30-year timeframe," John Eastman, project manager for the Public Works Department, sidewalk and special projects division, said in the planning commission meeting on Feb. 28.
The City is testing the Shared Streets pilot program as a part of the ATX Walk Bike Roll, the program that Austin Public Works and Transportation is using to update the City’s sidewalks, urban trails and bicycle paths. Shared Streets uses a pedestrian-centered design to accommodate all types of travel, ages and disabilities. …
Awesome ride with the bros Austin, Texas
Carlos A. Moreno | strava.com
Apple Watch sucks for cycling activities
East Texas Showdown Point Blank, Texas
Katya @Cool Cat Cycles | strava.com
Fresh country air Washington County, Texas
Amanda Hollenbaugh | strava.com
No rain! Gravel was sweeeet!
Tri-city gravel Austin County, Texas
Mick McCrary | strava.com
The no rain ride Washington County, Texas
Eric Larson | strava.com
Morning training session with Helen G for the MS150 Harris County, Texas
Sharon Irving-Whitfield MTHCC | strava.com
Fun group Gregg County, Texas
Jason Herrington | strava.com
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