Deputies say the driver who hit the cyclist stopped and tried to render aid. Investigators are working to determine who was at fault.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A young woman was hit and killed while riding her bike in northwest Harris County.
Harris County Precinct 4 deputies say she was attempting to cross the road at Kuykendahl and Creekside Green on a marked crosswalk when she was hit by a Toyota SUV.
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WACO, TX — Cyclist from Carry the Load’s West Coast relay team spent Thursday night at the Waco Fire Department Station on Imperial st. It’s another brief pit stop in Carry the Load’s mission to bring back the true meaning of Memorial Day. This morning they’re among the four other relay teams traveling more than 15,000 miles since the start of May across the country. …
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College Station (Brazos County) — City Council passed a resolution to support a grant application to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for two bike path projects, at Tuesday’s meeting.
In January, TxDOT announced the agency would consider projects that enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety. Roughly $13 million would be available in the fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
TxDOT has since given notice that College Station’s two bike path projects could move on to the next phase in the application process. They have an estimated total development cost of $2 million.
City staff is currently working on …
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Fog comes to the war against smash-and-grabs. With mixed results.
MISSOURI CITY, Texas (BRAIN) — A smoke deterrent didn’t prevent a smash-and-grab at a Houston area bike shop early Sunday morning, but it clearly gave retailer Fred Rebollido some notoriety after a local TV news report about the incident.
"The piece aired (Wednesday night) at 6 o’clock, and then it re-aired (Thursday morning), then we threw it up on Facebook, so I’m getting inundated with calls," said Rebollido, who owns Sugar Cycles in Missouri City. "I got some guy trying to sell me 3M (security) film for the glass."
After being hit twice by smash-and-grab breakins in the past year, Rebollido followed the lead of another victimized bike shop nearby and had a motion-activated …
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The city of Conroe is lowering the speed limit on Texas 105 from Conroe to Montgomery as the Texas Department of Transportation looks to begin a project that will add a raised median the length of the road.
Director of Transportation and Capital Improvements Tommy Woolley told the council during a workshop meeting Wednesday the state has asked the city to lower the speed limit ahead of the start of the 13-mile project. …
… The improvements include left and dual left turns, right turn lanes, raised medians, traffic signal modifications, signal timing improvements, sidewalk connections, ADA compliant curb ramps, improved pedestrian signals, improved shoulders and bicycle accommodations.
A timeline of the project was not available.
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The atmosphere surrounding Fort Worth Bike Sharing is electric.
The city’s bike rental service has shown consistent growth during the past two years, despite the challenges presented by COVID.
Officials say much of the increase is attributable to the addition of electric bikes — or ebikes — which are an attractive option for pedalers who don’t want to work up a sweat during their ride.
Of the 398 bikes now …
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The Houston Bike Plan’s long-term vision creates a network of close to 1,800 miles of high-comfort bicycle facilities. The
proposed prioritization methodology allows for the City of Houston to focus immediate new bike lane construction and shortterm retrofits in areas of the most need and highest demand. To focus building and upgrading bike lanes in areas of the most
need and highest demand the below prioritization methodology allows for staff from the Transportation Division collaborated
with the Bicycle Advisory Committee and staff from the GIS Division to create and refine the methodology. BAC members were
asked to give feedback on quantitative factors and their weights (each factor was given a weight of a percentage) to consider in
prioritization. Staff from GIS refined the spatial and statistical analysis on the weighted factors to create a priority list for future
bicycle facilities.
2021 Proposed Methodology …
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Austin, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved $2.84 million dollars in grants to fund 18 motorized and non-motorized recreational trail-related projects across the state.
The National Recreational Trails Fund (NRTF) funds recreational trail construction, renovation and acquisition. The grants are funded from a portion of the federal gas tax generated by gasoline purchases for off-road motorcycles and four-wheelers. Thirty percent of the total NRTF grants must be earmarked for motorized recreational trails, while another 30 percent must be spent on non-motorized trail projects. The remaining 40 percent is discretionary.
Several projects funded in previous years were completed under budget and four were cancelled, creating an additional $700,000 available for re-allocation this year. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been utilizing the re-allocated funds for trail improvement projects in state parks. The result is a total of $4.3 million dollars in federal funding available to fund eligible trail construction projects.
Projects awarded funding are listed in alphabetical order by county below: …
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