Texas Bicycling News and Experiences – July 15, 2023
Weekend volunteers sweep through freshly reopened Chartres Street bike trail for cleanup
Peter Breen | www.houstonchronicle.com
Outfitted with brooms, dustpans, work gloves, trash bags and electric leaf blowers, a few dozen volunteers spent Saturday morning cleaning a bike trail near Chartres Street in downtown Houston.
Volunteers swept the short stretch of multimodel lane beneath Interstate 69 clean within a couple of hours. The city reopened the trail, which was fenced off prior to the pandemic because of a large homeless encampment, on June 22, according to Marika Mohr with BikeHouston. …
Public meeting planned regarding TxDOT plans to widen FM-1179
By Morgan Riddell | www.kbtx.com
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – TxDOT is holding a public information meeting Thursday, July 27 regarding work planned for FM-1179.
This project could impact residents traveling between Boonville Road and Easterling Drive. TxDOT plans to have designs to show residents at the meeting and will be available for questions.
According to the TxDOT Bryan District leaders, this project is in the planning stages and the goal is to widen FM-1179.
“The proposed improvements would widen the existing two-lane roadway to a four-lane roadway, two lanes in each direction separated by a raised median with dedicated left turn lanes at selected intersections. The project would also construct roundabouts at the Coyote Run Road and Merka Road / Steep Hollow Road intersections, as well as provide pedestrian and bicycle accommodations along the project corridor. …
2023 INEOS TdF Challenge_Stage 15 (part 1) Webster, Texas
Rick Hernandez | strava.com
2023 INEOS TdF Challenge_Stage 14 (part 2) Pasadena, Texas
Rick Hernandez | strava.com
Villa The Woodlands, Texas
Peter Clark | strava.com
Fargo goes past 6k…some day it’ll get used for adventure touring but has done a great job as a utility, commute, shop bike
Warmish SACA Ride San Antonio, Texas
Mark Noblitt MTCCSA | strava.com
I get weird things in my head, so today’s weird thing was riding until my distance and temperature numbers were the same. Mission (mostly) accomplished. Couldn’t make the decimals align. Yes, it annoys me, too. Also lost 2 mph on my average over the last 40 miles or so. I’ll blame it on the greenway, certainly not on my weak, old legs.
Tour de SA San Antonio, Texas
Roger Ramon | strava.com
SSolo DUBL!! Harris County, Texas
eL Jay | strava.com
Huntsville again Walker County, Texas
Kevin Highfield | strava.com
MS150 Day 1 Midland, Texas
POPCORN – The Old lion Leonard – King & I – Latitude Racing | strava.com
GOD – Grace me this ride
JESUS – Grace me with the heart to finished
Brutal last 15mi into the wind
7,000 Miles in 2023 Deer Park, Texas
Justin Imel | strava.com
My goal is 10,000 miles for the year. Well hon my way.
FLORESVILLE Ride. Thank to Gabe, Victor and Evan for keeping up with nice and constant pace San Antonio, Texas
Samuel Vargas | strava.com
Texas Biking from Twitter
Thanks to @MarikaMohr, advocacy powerhouse and minister of pain, for ensuring the opening of another vital connection in the Houston bicycling network. ?????? https://t.co/3wEQu3BIhG
— Ricky Cardenas (@emelbee24) July 16, 2023
@BikeHouston organized a cleanup at the newly reopened Chartres St shared used path and look who showed up: Ya’ll did! Thank You folks!
— Marika Mohr (@MarikaMohr) July 15, 2023
Cheers again team @Karla4Houston @planman72 @HoustonPlanning for opening up the lane. pic.twitter.com/l3nzFCYoUF