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From the Houston Community newspaper The Sun

By VAL CLIFTON

“Many motorists don’t think bicycles belong in the roadway,” Wang said. “You have to put up with a certain amount of discrimination.”

Outside Houston city limits, Harris County has “no interest” in building facilities for bicyclists on roads or streets, he said.

“Some of the precincts have some very nice trails, but none that are on road that actually serve destinations like schools, businesses or retail,” Wang said. “They are recreational in nature. No one lives on a trail or buys groceries on a trial, so they aren’t usable for transportation.”

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The Dallas Morning News reports on the efforts Bike DFW has made to raise the awareness of the safety issues of bicycling in Dallas. In the last several weeks a number of cyclists have been injured and ywo were killed.

From the online article:

Bike DFW launched its petition Sunday to raise awareness of the two-wheel riders – and to encourage local governments to find ways to increase safety, such as bike lanes on some roads.

More than 3,600 people had signed the petition as of Thursday night, but the group hopes to rack up 100,000 signatures.

"Cyclists are like an invisible population," said Chris Phelan, one of the petition’s authors and founder of the annual Ride of Silence, which honors cyclists killed while riding. "They’re just not seen by motorists or city government."

You can read the full story at this link to The Dallas Morning News