{"id":22679,"date":"2013-11-20T23:43:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T05:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22679"},"modified":"2013-11-20T23:43:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T05:43:01","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-november-20th-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/20\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-november-20th-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup November 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Austin, a bus-bike alliance pays off<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Michael Andersen, Green Lane Project staff writer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.peopleforbikes.org
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\nAustin has just done the impossible: it’s replaced 9 percent of the city’s downtown on-street auto parking with a buffered bike lane without howls of protest.
\nThe trick: bike and transit advocates teamed up.
\nFor years, Austin’s Guadalupe and Lavaca streets have been Texas-sized thoroughfares through the central city: four auto lanes in each direction, plus hundreds of metered parking spaces on both sides of each street and sharrows that supposedly welcomed bikes to the…<\/p>\n

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ACA Holiday Party<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAustin Cycling Association
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\nWHEN: December 13, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n

WHERE: The…<\/p>\n

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For all its cycling efforts, Houston has a long path ahead<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Dug Begley\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0blog.chron.com
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\nNot to be a buzzkill, but a report released this week about bicycle commuting in America paints a sobering picture of how far Houston has to go to\u00c2\u00a0 compete with its peers even if officials follow through on promises of Complete Streets and better bike lanes.<\/p>\n

The League of American Bicyclists, which sadly does not have a Justice League lair but offices on K Street in Washington, D.C., analyzed Census Bureau data to see where bike commuting is on the rise in the U.S. The good news is a lot of American cities are seeing some real gains. Since 1990, bicycle commuting in…<\/p>\n

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Cycling through Big Bend–The Path Less Pedaled<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
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\nLast week, at the National Bike Tourism Conference (where we spoke on Far West Texas cycling assets) we ran into our old friends, Russ and Laura of the Path Less Pedaled.\u00c2\u00a0 We first met them during their 2010 trip through West Texas, and have been in touch ever since.\u00c2\u00a0 They had a great time pedaling through all of our Texas Mountain Trail region, and gave us permission to…<\/p>\n

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From tonight's @AustinBcycle celebration. Looking forward to using the service to get to mtgs dwtwn. pic.twitter.com\/8bicPoZzdx<\/a><\/p>\n

— Beth Ann Ray (@BArayAustinTX) November 21, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n