{"id":35033,"date":"2017-01-13T23:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T05:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35033"},"modified":"2017-01-13T23:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T05:47:19","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-13th-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/texas-bicycling-news-january-13th-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News January 13th 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lookie what they’re Doing in El Paso!<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mark Stone | www.bikeforums.net<\/h3>\n


\nAs part of a voter-approved “Quality of Life” bond, the city of El Paso, Texas is building wide multi-purpose paths next to busy city streets. The one pictured below is 2 blocks from my house and looks to be 10 to 12 feet wide, intended for both bicyclists and pedestrians. They are not only installing paths like this all over town, they are landscaping around them too. For a city like ELP, which is …<\/p>\n

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Event Schedules<\/a><\/h2>\n

RGV Randos | www.rgvrandos.org<\/h3>\n

Randonneuring in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas
\n2017 Events (Dates are approved for ACP events)
\nJan 14, 2017 (Populaire \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 109K, ACP Brevets of 200K and 300K) (Harlingen Soccer Complex)
\nJan 28, 2017 (Populaire \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 100K, ACP Brevets of 200K and 300K) (Edinburg, TX \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Lowes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Starbucks)
\nMarch 25, 2017 (ACP Brevets of 200K and 300K) (Harlingen Soccer Complex)
\nNovember 18, 2017 (Pop \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 109K, RUSA Brevets 200K and 300K) (Harlingen Soccer Complex)<\/p>\n

… Dates for a total of 4 2017 events, including ACP have been approved. See event schedule page for more details.
\nThree of the dates in 2017 will be for ACP Brevets\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6so what does that mean? If you complete one of the ACP events (200K or more) and are a current RUSA member you can order a special medal from ACP. …<\/p>\n

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Trinity Trails project to connect Fort Worth, Dallas inching along<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Nicholas Sakelaris | www.star-telegram.com<\/h3>\n


\nWhen he lived in Fort Worth, Steve Gray would periodically ride his bike on Fort Worth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Trinity Trails to work at Lockheed Martin, events such as the Main St. Arts Festival and even to jury duty.
\nGray, president of the Fort Worth Bicycling Association, said the ever-expanding system is exciting, especially for cyclists who will be able to access trails out of their neighborhoods.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all kinds of connections that those trails provide to …<\/p>\n

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