{"id":29701,"date":"2015-05-17T23:20:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T04:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29701"},"modified":"2015-05-17T23:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T04:20:05","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/17\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest May 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leading by example<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.brownsvilleherald.com<\/h3>\n

Jerry Ruiz is a low-key, laid back guy. But his actions speak louder than his words and he has had a large impact on our community. Ruiz is a teacher at Russell Elementary School in West Brownsville, but is also known in Brownsville as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the guy who bikes everywhere\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.
\nNational Bike to Work Day this past Friday was like any other day for Jerry. He hopped on his bike and traversed Brownsville, arriving at school on time to teach a classroom full of kids.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Brownsville is really an easy place to bike for a lot of reasons. The streets are well connected, and there are so many alternative routes to avoid heavier traffic. The city has been working hard to add more lanes and protection so we can …<\/p>\n

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Anthills Trail Work Party<\/a><\/h2>\n

GHORBA.org<\/h3>\n

Event category: General
\nTrail: The Anthills (Terry Hershey Park)
\nSaturday, May 30, 2015 – 8:30am
\nThe plan for this trail work party includes trail trimming, erosion control, mud hole drainage and some bench cut work. We need quite a few people for this work party so that we can break up into several groups to get the work done at the various locations. Please let me know if …<\/p>\n