{"id":22928,"date":"2014-01-14T00:04:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T06:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=22928"},"modified":"2014-01-14T00:04:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T06:04:05","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-january-13th-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/14\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-january-13th-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup January 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview- Bike Through the Forest and the Hills 2014 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Coldspring, TX<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.wheelbrothers.com
\nHere is another ride to prep for the BPMS 150! Located in beautiful Coldspring, less than an hour north of Houston and Lufkin, this race is a great one for all skill levels. Check out our interview with Craig Sauer, the director of the event.<\/p>\n

Why join the Bike Through the Forest and the Hills?
\nThis year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BP MS 150 endorsed bike ride benefiting the Kingwood High School dance team takes place on Sat., Jan. 25 beginning at the court house in Coldspring, TX. This ride has four routes: 12, 25, 33 and 50 miles, so we can accommodate all skill levels.
\ntrain for the BP MS 150
\nHow long has your ride been around?
\n6 years, and participants include everyone from novice all the way to experts, shorter routes all the way to longer routes. Also, the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNew Years Resolutions season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 helps add in more people. We are located 45 minutes north of Houston and Lufkin.
\nAlso this ride is recommended by BPMS 150 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c one of the first of the year \u00e2\u20ac\u201c BPMS is in April, so they get to train for that race in this one. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of like a…<\/p>\n

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An uphill battle<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby B.D. | SAN ANTONIO\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.economist.com
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\nTEXAS, where expansive highways teem with trucks and tank-like Hummers, hardly seems like a good place for bicycles. Cities sprawl for hundreds of miles, and bike lanes are rare. Intrepid cyclists are rarer still.
\nSome Texas cities want to change this. San Antonio plans to triple bike-able and walk-able streets by 2020. Dallas, long thought the worst city for bicycles in America, has unveiled ambitious plans for a new network of more than 1,100 miles of bike lanes over the next ten years. Since 2011 four Texan cities have begun bike-sharing schemes, most recently in Austin just before Christmas. Advocates tout the benefits to health and the environment, and hope bicycles will…<\/p>\n

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Autistic Texas Boy On Bike Killed By Allegedly Drunken Driver<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.kwtx.com
\nHOUSTON (January 13, 2014) A man whose pickup truck struck and killed a 12-year-old autistic boy who was riding a bicycle has been charged with driving while intoxicated and could face additional charges.
\nAlvester Bowens was killed instantly Saturday when he was struck as he rode his bicycle along a high-speed overpass in southwest Houston.
\nBowens had been reported missing after he got separated from…<\/p>\n

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HOT BLAST: A bridge needed by any aspiring ‘bike city’<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nannistonstar.com
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