By Everton Bailey Jr. | www.dallasnews.com
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Parking in a bike lane can now lead to a fine up to $200 in Dallas.
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday OK’d a change in the city code to prohibit cars from parking in designated bike lanes. There previously were no rules specifically stopping people from blocking the lanes.
The new rules won’t apply to roads where the whole street is shared by bicyclists and other motorists.
“This is going to make bike lanes safe,” said council member Chad West, a biking advocate who represents areas of the city with designated bike lanes, such as along South Polk Street in Oak Cliff. “If you drive around Dallas you’re going to see cars parked in them all the time because there’s nothing prohibiting people from doing so right now.”
Dallas officials are in the midst of …
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As a response to the Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2040 by the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Southeast Texas Bicycle Plan was created for the Jefferson-Orange-Hardin three-county region. The plan is a guiding document or road map to help the region prioritize proposed bicycle routes along existing roads in a way that is not too prescriptive or limiting to the entities that will implement them. The end goal is to provide a basis on which to improve upon in the future. Making bicycling safer and more convenient will have positive impacts on the region’s residents in terms of improved health and increased mobility options.
From a robust public outreach process that included a …
Jay R. Jordan | www.axios.com
Have you ever met someone carrying a small child’s weight in grapes on a bike? I recently did and wanted to tell you about his plight.
The intrigue: I met Veon McReynolds by happenstance Friday as he loaded bags of gum drop grapes onto his custom-built bicycle outside the MacGregor H-E-B.
When I say bags of grapes, I mean dozens of bags.
I asked him how many pounds he purchased, and he showed me his receipt: 89.93 pounds, plus some other fruits and veggies.
But, why? McReynolds, who goes by Dr. V, is a "health fanatic" and bike ride organizer in …
By Travis Hairgrove | www.heraldbanner.com
Since 2016, Bikers Against Addiction has raised money through events to support drug and alcohol recovery programs as well as organizations that serve children of addiction.
One of the main projects that Bikers Against Addiction takes on each year is collecting donations of new bicycles, tricycles, scooters and skateboards to be given as Christmas gifts to children who’s parents are recovering from addiction.
“We buy and/or collect new tricycles, bicycles, scooters and other riding toys each year for children whose moms are in recovery,” said Bikers Against Addiction founder and president Jessica Shaw. “Those women can’t deal with buying Christmas gifts because they’re busy trying to get better so that they can get back to their kids.”
Once the riding toys are collected, Bikers Against Addiction partners with multiple service organizations – such as …
by Jessica Taylor | cbsaustin.com
An East Austin neighborhood is getting the revamp they’ve been wanting for decades.
The City of Austin held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to highlight the newest segment of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail at the old Holly Street Power Plant. The work to bring the trail to the area comes after years of collaboration with various groups in the community.
"Once people see it, there’s no going back," said Austin City Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria.
The Holly Power Plant has been controversial in the local …
By: Will Sadler | www.olneyenterprise.com
Olney was well represented this year at the Hotter’N Hell Hundred, with several hometown participants entering the nation’s oldest and largest cycling event in Wichita Falls to test their metal amid scorching temperatures on Aug. 25-28.
The Hotter’N Hell Hundred is an annual event that began as a celebration of Wichita Falls’ centennial in 1982. The race event got its name from a hundred-mile race, on a hundred- degree day, to celebrate a hundred years. With 10,000 and 13,000 registered riders, the four-day event is one of the largest cycling competitions in the world.
Races included: 25- to 100-mile street route bike races, an off-road race of just …
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The family of Billy Watley is hoping for answers as police work to find the person who fled after hitting him while he was riding his bicycle Sunday morning.
