{"id":3106,"date":"2009-10-21T23:43:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T04:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3106"},"modified":"2009-10-21T23:43:55","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T04:43:55","slug":"daily-texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/21\/daily-texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-october-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for October 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

This study is from the United Kingdom but I think it is relevant for our roads in Texas.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

IAM: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTraining and mutual respect will boost cyclist safety\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom BikeBiz.com
\nInstitute says the ‘us and them’ culture must be avoided<\/p>\n

The Institute of Advanced Motorists believes that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcreal world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 training, more mutual respect and the creation of further cycle lanes will all boost cyclist safety on UK roads.<\/p>\n

Commenting on May’s Public Account Committee report \u00e2\u20ac\u201c titled Improving road safety for pedestrians and cyclists in Great Britain \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the IAM supported its called for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcjoined-up\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 government and improved accident recording. …<\/p>\n

Plans To Improve Bicycle Pathways : TexasTechToday.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nby dybarra
\nA recent visit to the bicycle-friendly University of Arizona provided many ideas for improving Texas Tech’s bicycle pathways, Cotton said, nothing that Arizona is 19 years ahead of Texas Tech in terms of its bicycle lanes. …<\/p>\n

The entry titled “City installing experimental street markings.”<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Austin 360
\nThe City of Austin and the University of Texas Center for Transportation Research are partnering to study four experimental bicycle transportation devices …<\/p>\n

I ride on SR242 but only east of I-45. The traffic west of I-45 is much higher.<\/p>\n

Deadliest part of SH 242 topic of meeting<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Montgomery County Newspaper
\nWhile there has not been a rash of bicycle fatalities, he said an increasing number of cyclists are riding on the shoulders of SH 242. …<\/p>\n

R A N T W I C K: Replacement Tuesday Post!<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Rantwick
\n…I had an afternoon Doctor’s appointment today, from which I emerged around 3:30, already dressed in my cycling gear and warmed up from riding there. I asked myself, “self”, I asked, “should you go back to work and get maybe 45 minutes more work done, or just go for…<\/p>\n

Weather postpones Hard Hats event | Bryan\/College Station, Texas …<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.theeagle.com\/news\/
\nThe Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Heads event for Bryan and College Station second-graders has been postponed in anticipation of rain Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Texas Medical Association is giving out more than 3,500 helmets to Texas children through the program in October, which is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The program aims to bring awareness of head injuries and encourage fitness. …<\/p>\n

Texas cycling and sailing with Dennis: Galveston Oh Galveston<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Dennis and Michele Starkey
\n…With the shorter days and lots of rain this is what some of our bicycle rides look like and have taken place in the garage. On the bright side it’s safer and no helmet required, it also stirs up more of our addiction to travel. …<\/p>\n

Dallas MTB \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb It Is Hit or Miss Mountain Biking in …<\/strong><\/a>
\nby MarcAudet
\nWith the fall rainy season upon the North Texas area, mountain biking in Dallas is a hit or miss endeavor.\u00c2\u00a0 And if you are like me and were planning on riding your favorite trail before the rains came in this afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 The weather forecast was wrong and we have missed our opportunity. A-a-a-r-r-g-g-h-h!!! …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This study is from the United Kingdom but I think it is relevant for our roads in Texas. IAM: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTraining and mutual respect will boost cyclist safety\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from BikeBiz.com Institute says the ‘us and them’ culture must be avoided The …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[1064,1071,660,1070,1069,1068,1067,1066,1065],"class_list":["post-3106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-cycling-safety","tag-dallas-mtb","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-galveston","tag-hard-hats-for-little-heads","tag-rantwick","tag-sh242","tag-street-markings","tag-texas-tech-bike-paths"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-O6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3106","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=3106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}