{"id":2097,"date":"2009-03-26T22:40:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T04:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2009-03-26T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T04:40:20","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/26\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-26th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup March 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/news\/local\/proposed_texas_law_could_benefit_cyclists__runners_and_other__vulnerable_road_users__03-26-2009.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beaumontenterprise.com\/news\/local\/proposed_texas_law_could_benefit_cyclists__runners_and_other__vulnerable_road_users__03-26-2009.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Proposed Texas law could benefit cyclists, runners and other &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Beaumont Enterprise &#8211; Beaumont,tx,USA<br \/>\n&#8220;Beaumont is not yet a bicycle friendly town and I&#8217;m hoping that will change,&#8221; she said. Many neighborhoods also lack sidewalks, which would benefit &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/dallassouthblog.com\/2009\/03\/26\/transportation-enhancement-stimulus-funds-awarded-to-woodall-rodgers-freeway-deck-plaza\/\" href=\"http:\/\/dallassouthblog.com\/2009\/03\/26\/transportation-enhancement-stimulus-funds-awarded-to-woodall-rodgers-freeway-deck-plaza\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transportation Enhancement Stimulus Funds Awarded to Woodall &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Shawn Williams<br \/>\nThe project will provide a vital pedestrian and bicycle connection between both sides of the existing freeway, connecting Downtown Dallas, the Arts District, and the Uptown and Victory residential districts. The Woodall Rodgers Park will be a 5-acre urban park &#8230; The stimulus funds were awarded by the Texas Department of Transportation Commission with a vote to approve a list of projects selected for transportation enhancement funds. The funding for highway and bridge &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/so-now-what-happens-with-safe-passing.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/so-now-what-happens-with-safe-passing.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>mtb law girl: So now what happens with the Safe Passing Bill?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby mtblawgirl<br \/>\nThe Texas Legislative Council maintains a website dedicated to explaining the Texas legislative process with a cool diagram. Although not nearly as entertaining as childhood favorite, How A Bill Becomes a Law by Schoolhouse Rock, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/03\/26\/austin-bike-culture-calendar-events-326-4109\/\" href=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/03\/26\/austin-bike-culture-calendar-events-326-4109\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 3\/26- 4\/1\/09 | Austin On Two &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby elliott<br \/>\nOpen to cyclists of all abilities, the ride offers different courses to suit anyone. Choose from three route distances: 20, 44, or 63 miles. LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour 9:00 AM, LBJ National Historical Park, Stonewall, TX &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/tormatake.com\/2009\/03\/25\/never-again-to-the-fifth-degree\/\" href=\"http:\/\/tormatake.com\/2009\/03\/25\/never-again-to-the-fifth-degree\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Never Again, to the Fifth Degree!! \u00c2\u00ab Torma Take<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby ttorma<br \/>\nNever again will I do the MS150, the 180-mile bike ride from Houston to Austin to raise money to find a cure for multiple sclerosis. Yet, once again, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting ready to make the two-day trek to Austin on April 18 and 19 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c for the FIFTH time. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/k-to-the-j.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/i-need-to-go-buy-some-paper.html\" href=\"http:\/\/k-to-the-j.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/i-need-to-go-buy-some-paper.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>K to the J: I need to go buy some paper.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Kyle J.<br \/>\nSaturday I&#8217;ll be doing the first day of the Texas State collegiate road race, and Sunday I&#8217;ll be doing the Warda mountain bike race. With two races the day before, who knows what I&#8217;ll be able to do at Warda. Hopefully I can live up to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.dirt4life.com\/?p=121\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dirt4life.com\/?p=121\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dirt 4 Life \u00c2\u00bb Houston Mountain Bike Ride<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby admin<br \/>\nBrian and Lisa let us borrow a couple of there mountain bikes and Brian took us out for a local mountain bike ride. We rode from their house in the heights over to the Bouyu. We then rode along the paved pathway to downtown and back as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed Texas law could benefit cyclists, runners and other &#8230; by Beaumont Enterprise &#8211; Beaumont,tx,USA &#8220;Beaumont is not yet a bicycle friendly town and I&#8217;m hoping that will change,&#8221; she said. Many neighborhoods also lack sidewalks, which would benefit &#8230; <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/26\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-march-26th\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[660],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-xP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}