{"id":31414,"date":"2015-11-08T23:06:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T05:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31414"},"modified":"2015-11-08T23:06:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T05:06:41","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-november-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/11\/08\/texas-bicycling-news-november-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News November 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Betsy Price Selective Fort Worth Wellness Bar<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Durango Texas\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0durangotexas.blogspot.com<\/h3>\n

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\nI saw this a few days ago in the Star-Telegram, an opinion piece alleging that somehow Fort Worth is setting the bar.
\nShort version, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce picked 10 U.S. cities to host a health forum through the C of C’s national Better Health through Economic Opportunity campaign.
\nThe Star-Telegram took this being one of ten towns and being a …<\/p>\n

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Policies are blind to ‘invisible’ cyclists<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Andrew Keatts\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.chron.com<\/h3>\n

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\nMisidentification of bike community hampers efforts to promote safety
\nHouston resident Veon McReynolds rides his bicycle everywhere he can.
\nThrough his nonprofit Tour de Hood, he leads weekly bike ride groups through neighborhoods many Houstonians would never otherwise see. On his own, he’s taken long-distance rides that crisscross the country.
\nEverywhere he goes, he says, he sees a particular type of cyclist: a working-class person – usually a minority and often a recent immigrant – riding to work on whatever type of bike he can get his hands on. For them, cycling isn’t an environmental cause or a response to an urban trend but a means of transportation that’s cheaper than a car and faster than …<\/p>\n

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Viral Video Shows Brusque, Forceful Arrests in Austin, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Paula Mejia\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.newsweek.com<\/h3>\n

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\nA harrowing video that appears to show several bicycle police officers from the Austin Police Department using questionable force to arrest three people who had allegedly jaywalked early on Friday morning was posted online and is now being reviewed by the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153chain of command,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reports NBC News.
\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unclear what events preceded the violent turn depicted in the video, but the alleged jaywalking arrests were captured by a friend of the …<\/p>\n

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North Texas bike ride drops friendly bombs on bees and butterflies<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Teresa Gubbins\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0dallas.culturemap.com<\/h3>\n

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\nThose who love bees and bicycling will want to sign up for t\u00e2\u20ac\u2039he Great Seed Bomb on November 14, a 15-mile fundraiser and bike ride that benefits bees, monarchs, and other pollinators at Clear Fork Food Truck Park in Fort Worth.
\nRiders will participate in a practice called “throw and grow.” They’ll toss “seed balls,” containing seeds for milkweed and wildflower plants, to bloom in the spring.
\nRide founder Jillian Jordan says that the goal in …<\/p>\n