{"id":31301,"date":"2015-10-21T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T03:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31301"},"modified":"2015-10-21T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T03:39:00","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-october-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/21\/texas-bicycling-news-october-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News October 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

A natural high: Bike stunt team touts drug-free life to local students<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.bigspringherald.com<\/h3>\n

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\nBIG SPRING, TX
\nThe United Freestyle Stunt Team showed Washington Elementary students you don’t have to use drugs to get high.
\nThe team, consisting of …<\/p>\n

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Pasadena PD: Woman arrested in hit-and-run that killed cyclist<\/a><\/h2>\n

KHOU Staff, KHOU.com<\/h3>\n

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\nPASADENA, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Police in Pasadena say a woman has been arrested in a hit-and-run incident that killed a bicyclist last month.
\nThe Pasadena Police Department identified the suspect as Selena Calderon, 20. She was arrested and charged on Wednesday, police say.
\nThe cyclist, identified as 48-year-old Henry James Vickers, was found dead along …<\/p>\n

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Cyclists rally at City Hall for more bicycle lanes on Dallas streets<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Elizabeth Findell\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0cityhallblog.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n

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\nBikers pedal to Dallas City Hall Wednesday.
\nThe bikers pedaled slowly through the fog to Dallas City Hall Wednesday morning.
\nSoon, they promised in a rally at its front doors, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be able to bike all across the city.
\nSome two dozen people joined council members Philip Kingston, Scott Griggs, Adam McGough, Adam Medrano, Mark Clayton, Jennifer Staubach Gates and Lee Kleinman for …<\/p>\n

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White Oak Bayou – Moderate Pace Bike Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.bayoucityoutdoors.com<\/h3>\n

We are meeting at Shelterwood and Wister at 9:50am; ride at 10 am.
\nThis is a great chance to explore on of the nicer bike friendly paths in Houston. We will take the White Oak Bayou Trail to Antoine – out and back for a total of 17 miles. Pace: 13-15 mph. …<\/p>\n

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I am including the following article because the author commutes by bike in Houston.<\/h3>\n

Can You Afford to Live Here?<\/a><\/h2>\n

By John Nova Lomax\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.texasmonthly.com<\/h3>\n

Housing prices are at record highs as buyers are scrambling to land the home of their dreams. Is Texas the hottest market in the country\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor wildly overvalued? I toured our four largest cities to find out.
\nFive years ago I moved to the greater Houston Heights area, and since then, what has happened to my neighborhood, and all of the west side of the Inner Loop, has been fearsome to behold.
\nOver much of that time, I worked downtown and rode my bike to and from the office. The trip was five or six miles each way, depending on the route, but no matter which way I went, the scenery changed month by month, season by season. And the change was always toward bigger, denser, costlier, and more. Before oil hit the skids last fall, there was more residential construction going up in the Houston metro region than in all but two U.S. states. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What used to be here?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I found myself wondering frequently, passing yet another fenced-off construction zone.
\nI could pedal due east and traverse Lawrence Park, one of a couple of historically black enclaves carved out of the Houston Heights. Until recently it was a warren of narrow, ditch-hemmed streets lined with hundred-year-old …<\/p>\n

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Tweets About Texas Bicycling<\/h2>\n
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tribiketransport had my bike back to Houston the Monday after #IMMD<\/a>, so I was able to get out and do\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 https:\/\/t.co\/h3ppauV686<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pamela Ferguson (@Pamelaanne633) October 22, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n