Texas Bicycling Action – March 30, 2023
Opinion: New Bike Paths Are Great for the Heights, but Not for Arguing Neighbors
Jeff Balke | www.houstonpress.com
"This is Houston, not Amsterdam." Those were the words of a commenter in a thread on Next Door about the concrete abutments on 11th Street near Yale that were causing a bit of a stir among residents who choose to argue online. Admittedly, a cursory check of that particular intersection is rather perplexing, but it was simply a platform to stir up debate about the very principle of bike lanes in the Heights, which are exploding unabated.
It was one thing, it seems, to convert old rail lines to hike and bike trails. It’s quite another to introduce lanes just for cyclists along 11th Street and Shepherd and Durham.
Fewer seem to care about …
Just one more hill Deb lol Helotes, Texas
Action Jackson | strava.com
Texas Biking from Twitter
New bike infrastructure at Taft and Westheimer. Plastic bollard already knocked down. It's not much, but I guess every little bit helps. @BikeHouston pic.twitter.com/cyjA14wCWN
— Dan (@DannyJoe) March 30, 2023
A man died last week after hitting the netting stretched across the White Oak Bayou Greenway. https://t.co/gokIJLAw52
— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) March 30, 2023
Saturday 4/1/2023 The Bagel Ride
— The Bagel Ride (@thebagelride) March 29, 2023
8:30am ride start
Starts behind Little Woodrow's, 12601 Tech Ridge Blvd, Austin 78753
58mi (94km). Store stop at 27mihttps://t.co/XP8ViQM8nv
STOLEN – Gray Gary Fisher Cake 3 in Bryan, TX https://t.co/OjujYpu2o0 pic.twitter.com/VcjXlCh2UR
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) March 30, 2023
Big changes changes coming in the new NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
— Robert Foster (@soc4austin) March 30, 2023
Most important is that High Speed Roads >30mph must use either medians (1st pic) or barriers (2nd) to be All Ages & Abilities
Flex posts aren’t enough which feels correct w/ lil kids https://t.co/yRYlyrMowk pic.twitter.com/wYxFdMxw1l
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Bicycle Tour de Fleur – Casual Ride – Dallas For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see: https://t.co/igKCKXov5C
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 31, 2023
Come join us for a very casual 0nce Around the Lake bicycle ride followed by a guided tour of Designers and Diggers… https://t.co/g2lTJMQOp9
New Event Tuesday Evening Bike Ride – Dallas https://t.co/U0HK5vAjH9
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) March 31, 2023
This ride starts at the Appliance Direct parking lot at Midway and LBJ where the Performance Bike Shop used to be. We will ride down Valley View to Las Colinas, up Riverside to Va… https://t.co/8DuHWzAAyr