{"id":23418,"date":"2014-03-03T23:48:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T05:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=23418"},"modified":"2014-03-03T23:48:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T05:48:35","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-march-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/03\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-march-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Digest March 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bike Texas Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Bill Chance<\/h3>\n

\n When the plans for Santiago Calatrava\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Margaret Hunt Hill bridge were finalized a lot of folks were disappointed that it did not include pedestrian or bicycle lanes. We were promised that a crossing would be provided on the proximate Continental Bridge, which was being converted to a park. There is no other good way to cross the Trinity in that part of town without an internal-combustion engine. The final designs still don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the promised through-lanes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but it will open in June, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see how it works out.
\n At any rate, there is a powerful urge to cross the bridge without a car. It is an impressive, imposing, work of art \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get a good look from a speeding vehicle. There was a…
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