The TT will start from the Aubrey Intermediate school and run 6.2 miles West on Hwy 428 to the turnaround. The road is moderate chipseal, but we make up for it with wide shoulders, no stoplights or signs, and a course that puts a premium on both aerodynamics and climbing skills.
The Christian Science Monitor asks this question. There is concern that some major money is being spent (Austin $250 million, Dallas/Fort Worth $900 million) for infrastructure that will not be used. While this is chump change compared to what is spent on roads for cars and trucks this is a large investment which may not attract the riders.
Like any transit route, the bike paths need a real destination in order to attract the riders. Houston did not spend any amount close to these numbers (and it shows) with little attraction to riders as far as I can tell.
What may interest me will be the proposed bike trails beside flood control bayous managed by the Harris County Flood Control Authority. We will have to wait to see if these ever happen.
Performance Bicycle, the nation’s most popular bicycle shop with over 70 stores across the country, announces its newest store will open in Dallas, TX in late June, 2007. The Dallas store will be the company’s fifth Texas store. “We’re opening our new store in Dallas because thousands of our internet & catalog customers in the area asked that we open a store near them and because this is a terrific cycling market,� said Stuart Westland, Performance Bicycle’s Marketing Director. According to Westland, the new Dallas store complements the company’s Metroplex stores in Plano and Ft. Worth, and is part of their plan to open 100 new stores over the next five years.
The Daily Texan has a short article along with 16 pictures of the USA Crit Series. Article link.