{"id":32600,"date":"2016-03-19T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T04:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32600"},"modified":"2016-03-19T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T04:37:12","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-19th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/03\/19\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-19th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest March 19th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traffic may be affected by spring break, Tour de Houston this weekend<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Katherine Whaley abc13.com<\/h3>\n

… Additionally, watch out for lots of bike traffic on Sunday! The Tour de Houston is a bike ride for both competitive and leisure riders. The ride has a staggered start — 7:30am for the 70-mile route, 8:00am for the 45-mile route and 8:30am for the 20-mile route. The ride begins and ends at Hermann Square in front of City Hall. The Houston Police Department in coordination with other security entities will manage traffic control at all intersections along the route. …<\/p>\n

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Bicyclists experience the newest portion of the Grand Parkway in New Caney<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

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\nBicycle riders from all around the Houston area begin their trek on the Grand Parkway ride Saturday, March 19, 2016. Bikers had the chance to ride the newest portion of the Grand Parkway in New Caney before it is open to motorists. The ride was hosted through a unique partnership between the …<\/p>\n

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1,000 bikers ride on yet-unopened Grand Parkway<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Emily Foxhall www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n

Morris Matthis, pedaling steadily, could hardly believe the scene around him.
\nCyclists whizzed up and down a roadway where no cars crowded the lanes — and, for that matter, where drivers hadn’t yet been permitted to maneuver at all.
\nMore than 1,000 people, born by two-spoked wheels and the power of their own legs, scaled on-ramps, passed under toll scanners, and flew by traffic signs on a 12.5-mile segment of the much-awaited Grand Parkway, a new passageway being constructed bit by bit to circle the greater Houston area, carving through suburban areas beyond the 610 Loop and Beltway 8.
\nThe participants traversed what roadway officials have dubbed “segment G,” which stretches from Interstate 45 on the west to Highway 59 on the east. It is expected to be open by the end of this month to connect with two other segments of the Grand Parkway, from U.S. 290 to Interstate 45, that already opened last month.
\n“It’s been beyond my wildest expectations,” Matthis said, out of …<\/p>\n

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Ride the Grand Parkway 03-19-2016<\/a><\/h2>\n

James Webster<\/h3>\n