Texas Bicycling News July 7th 2019
Southeast Texas man bikes with one purpose: honoring other veterans
Cherith Cobbs | www.12newsnow.com
DEWEYVILLE, Texas — A Southeast Texas man said he is biking with a purpose.
Vietnam Veteran Ricker Ledeaux started his journey Saturday morning in honor of his fellow vets.
It will be about a 1,402-mile trek from Deweyville and finishing in Delaware.
"I have family in Delaware that I’m going to see, so I decided since I’m going there, let’s make it beneficial," Ledeaux said. "Let’s do it for a reason."
He is doing it to raise awareness for vets and to …
SAN MARCOS Public hearing Tuesday on Wonder World intersection
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The city of San Marcos Engineering and Capital Improvements Department, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation, will host a public hearing on the proposed Wonder World Drive and Hunter Road Intersection Improvements project at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The hearing will be at the Maurice T. Suttles Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3413, 1701 Hunter Road.
The proposed project would add two pedestrian refuge islands, establish new bicycle lanes along intersection approaches on Hunter Road and update the signage and striping at the intersection. The proposed improvements …
Bicyclist fatally struck by DART train in west Oak Cliff
Maria Elena Vizcaino | www.dallasnews.com
A bicyclist was fatally struck Saturday night by a train at a west Oak Cliff station, Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials say.
The train hit the man about 9:30 p.m. at the Westmoreland Station, in the 2600 block of South Westmoreland Road, near West Illinois Avenue, DART spokesman Mark Ball said. …