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Austin Bike Blog Posits: Dallas Bike Coordinator Gone?

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Kuddos to Dallas on finally moving forward on building bicycle infrastructure. This is especially great when you realize Dallas was rated one of the “Worst Cities For Cycling” by Bicycling Magazine and as Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has pointed out despite being the 9th largest city in the U.S., Dallas currently has 0 miles of bike lanes. (When Houston is kicking your butt on bike facilities, you know you’re bad.)

This is wonderful and a real step forward, so why the reference to the employment status of the Dallas Bicycle Coordinator in the title?

Read the full post at Austin Bike Blog.

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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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Austin Bike Blog Posits: Dallas Bike Coordinator Gone? — 1 Comment

  1. “…so why the reference to the employment status of the Dallas Bicycle Coordinator in the title?”

    Because PM Summers, the Dallas Bike Coordiantor, is well known for despising bike lanes. He’s on record as stating something to the effect of, as long as he’s the Dallas Bicycle Coordinator, there will be no bike lanes in Dallas. Unfortunately, I can’t find anything to back that up, but I’ve personally heard him say it.

    In other words, if Bike Lanes are planned for Dallas, there must have been a change with the Dallas Bicycle Coordinator.

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