{"id":2210,"date":"2009-04-15T22:24:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T04:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2009-04-15T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T04:24:06","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/15\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for April 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tax man has arrived. He wants all of the money you spent on biking stuff. Blog and news traffic is light today. People must be at the Tea Parties.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bssadvocacy.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/15\/house-transportation-committee-passes-safe-passing-bill-problems\/\" href=\"http:\/\/bssadvocacy.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/15\/house-transportation-committee-passes-safe-passing-bill-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>House Transportation Committee Passes Safe Passing Bill: Problems &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby bssadvocacy<br \/>\nBikeTexas had offered the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Move Over\u00e2\u20ac\u009d language in response to legislator concerns and after conferring with several Texas bicycle advocacy leaders. The prohibition against the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153right-hook\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was removed by the Committee. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/04\/15\/capital-metro-to-test-bike-lockers-at-park-and-ride\/\" href=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/04\/15\/capital-metro-to-test-bike-lockers-at-park-and-ride\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Capital Metro to test bike lockers at Park and Ride | Austin On &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby elliott<br \/>\n331 Miles \u00c2\u00b7 Andy McKeegan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Racing Blog \u00c2\u00b7 ATXBS \u00c2\u00b7 ATXFixed \u00c2\u00b7 Austin Bike\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guide to Central Texas Mtn Biking \u00c2\u00b7 Austin Cycling News \u00c2\u00b7 Austin Pedicab Alliance \u00c2\u00b7 Austin Singlespeeds and Beer \u00c2\u00b7 Bicycle Austin \u00c2\u00b7 Bicycle Austin Blog &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/cycling\/entries\/2009\/04\/14\/i_overheard_two_guys_talking.html?cxntfid=blogs_road_rash\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/cycling\/entries\/2009\/04\/14\/i_overheard_two_guys_talking.html?cxntfid=blogs_road_rash\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Take responsibility for your riding | Road Rash<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Jason Whaley<br \/>\nExploring Central Texas. And beyond., I overheard two guys talking at a major intersection about riding in Austin, specifically in the downtown area. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nothing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said dude No. 1. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I just get to where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going faster on my new wheels. I can do&#8230; &#8230; I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be lumped into the category of dangerous\/annoying just because I ride a bike. I want everyone to respect each other on the road, regardless of what mode of transportation you choose. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/texas-house-transportation-committee.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mtblawgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/texas-house-transportation-committee.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>mtb law girl: Texas House Transportation Committee has hacked up &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby mtblawgirl<br \/>\nMany Texas cyclists understand these provisions are unworkable in the context of current Texas Transportation Code (TTC) concerning bicyclists as well as in practice of safe cycling techniques on the roadway. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tax man has arrived. He wants all of the money you spent on biking stuff. Blog and news traffic is light today. People must be at the Tea Parties. House Transportation Committee Passes Safe Passing Bill: Problems &#8230; by <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/15\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-april-15th\/\"><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-2210","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-zE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","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=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}