Waco: Event connects local agencies, homeless residents
By John Carroll | www.kwtx.com
WACO, Texas (KWTX) An event Tuesday almost in the shadows of the bustling Silo District connected more than 50 local help agencies with homeless residents.
Project Homeless Connect Tuesday at the First Baptist Church at 500 Clay Ave. attracted more than 150 homeless residents, who were provided with employment assistance, haircuts, health and vision screenings, dental screenings, HIV testing, housing information and social services.
Doug Smith of the Waco Bicycle Club was on hand with others to help fix bikes. …
Officials identify 68-year-old bicyclist killed crossing roadway in The Woodlands
By Jose R. Gonzalez | www.chron.com
A 68-year-old woman on Friday afternoon was fatally struck in The Woodlands while bicycling across a roadway.
Qiaolian Chen, of The Woodlands, died at the scene after being hit by a 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer on New Trails Drive and Research Forest Drive. The motorist stopped and is not facing charges, according to Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Erik Burse. Traffic was stalled for …
Battlefield Trail Extension Sparks Momentum For Caracara Trails Vision
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Public and Private Investments Spurring Development of Cameron County’s 428-mile regional trail network
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the City of Brownsville and the National Park Service were joined today by dozens of regional partners and participants of Challenge-RGV, the county-wide effort to inspire healthy eating and active living among residents, in celebrating the groundbreaking of the Battlefield Trail Extension. The project, a 1.8-mile extension to the City of Brownsville’s Historic Battlefield Trail, is the first phase in a plan to connect Brownsville with Los Fresnos by trail and is a project intended to increase access to public lands in the region.
The Battlefield Trail Extension was funded with a $2 million grant from the …
Head of Central Texas tolling agency resigning after 16 years of leadership
Amy Denney | communityimpact.com
After 16 years of overseeing projects such as the MoPac express lanes and Toll 183A, the executive director of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority announced Jan. 29 he is stepping down.
In 2002, the Texas Legislature created the agency to develop regional transportation options. Mike Heiligenstein was named the executive director the following year when the agency became operational. He said in a news release that the job has been his most rewarding. …
… The Mobility Authority oversees toll projects such as Toll 183A in Cedar Park and Leander, Toll 290 in East Austin, the MoPac express lanes in Austin, and SH 45 SW in South Austin and northern Hays County. Most projects have also included bicycle and pedestrian improvements, such as trails and sidewalks. The agency has built more than …
City to discuss Tyler Bike Stripes Program during open house
Payton Weidman | www.cbs19.tv
The City of Tyler will discuss the Tyler Bike Stripes project that will provide about 50 miles of bicycle lanes throughout the city.
TYLER, Texas — The City of Tyler has been working to add more transportation opportunities to the city. A look at many of Tyler’s roads shows a lack of bike lanes.
In the State of Texas, bikes are considered vehicles and must follow the rules of the road, as drivers do.
In 2018, city staff, engineers from Brannon Corporation and the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Tyler have worked together and designed bike lanes to connect throughout the city.
The City is inviting residents to attend an …
TxDOT plans to bring sidewalks to MacArthur Drive
By Orange Leader | www.orangeleader.com
Bicycle and pedestrian facilities that offer safe, accessible, continuous and direct pathways are most ideal and can take some of the burdens of off the roadway network, according to Jefferson-Orange-Hardin Regional Transportation Study Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2045 released July 2019.
While TxDOT has plans for adding pedestrian/bike trails in Orange along MacArthur Drive, it is not anticipated to start construction as yet.
Construction is expected to begin within four years for the …
WATCH: Police Close Neighborhood After Unidentified Man Flees Officers on a Bicycle
By Matt Trammell | sanangelolive.com
SAN ANGELO. TX — Officers with the San Angelo Police Department blocked off several blocks on the north side of San Angelo Wednesday evening after a man refused to stop his bike when a police officer attempted to pull him over.
According to Sgt. Cannady with the San Angelo Police Department, on January 29, officers with the San Angelo Police Department attempted to …
This Bicycle Rider Is Going Places
A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com
Literally and figuratively, I’m always going somewhere. Today was partly virtual, in that my blog post 15 YEARS NOT A SLAVE TO CARS! was shared by TexBiker.net. It is an excellent collection of you guessed it! Bike news from around Texas. Thanks to Rick in Houston for doing that and for all he does! Another step in my diabolical plan to become internet famous. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah, sure Dude, whatever you say.
Vision Zero ATX held its first monthly meeting in a while at the Austin History Center. The small group is sponsored by a non-profit which has staff working on reducing all traffic deaths to zero whether they are people in cars, on bikes, by …
