{"id":3111,"date":"2009-10-22T23:38:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T04:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2009-10-22T23:51:26","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T04:51:26","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-october-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-october-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup October 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/65660817.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/65660817.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Vetoed bicycle bill is now law \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in Austin<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby San Antonio Express<br \/>\nRobin Stallings, the executive director of BikeTexas, the educational wing of the Texas Bicycle Coalition, said his organization worked closely with city &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/10\/22\/austin-bike-culture-calendar-events-1022-102809\/\" href=\"http:\/\/austinontwowheels.org\/2009\/10\/22\/austin-bike-culture-calendar-events-1022-102809\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10\/22- 10\/28\/09 | Austin On &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby elliott<br \/>\nThe Texas Custom Bicycle Show rolls into town this weekend with the LivesStrong Challenge Ride. There&#8217;s plenty more to do though including an extra spooky. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/2009\/10\/22\/1022brack.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/content\/news\/stories\/local\/2009\/10\/22\/1022brack.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brackenridge tract consultant argues for density near Austin&#8217;s center to &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Austin American-Statesman<br \/>\nBicycle lanes along city streets will be 5 feet wide. A multiuse trail will be 10 to 16 feet wide. Live oak trees will line Lake Austin Boulevard. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><em><strong>Is an electric assisted bicycle really a bicycle? There are times when a little help goes a long way.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/commutebybike.com\/2009\/10\/21\/open-forum-electric-bicycles-for-commuting\/\" href=\"http:\/\/commutebybike.com\/2009\/10\/21\/open-forum-electric-bicycles-for-commuting\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Open Forum : Electric Bicycles for Commuting | Commute by Bike<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Bike Shop Girl<br \/>\nI live in Texas. No shower at work. The second reason (sweat factor) would be taken care of quite nicely by an ebike or e-assist bike. The first (top) reason (risk of life and limb) won&#8217;t be helped at all by any bike as long as I&#8217;m &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vetoed bicycle bill is now law \u00e2\u20ac\u201d in Austin by San Antonio Express Robin Stallings, the executive director of BikeTexas, the educational wing of the Texas Bicycle Coalition, said his organization worked closely with city &#8230; Austin Bike Culture Calendar <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/22\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-october-22nd\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/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":[617,1072,1064,660,1073],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-bicycle-plan","tag-austin-bicycling-events","tag-cycling-safety","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-electric-bicycles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-Ob","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","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=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}