{"id":32964,"date":"2016-04-27T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T05:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32964"},"modified":"2016-04-27T00:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T05:32:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-26th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/27\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-26th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest April 26th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cyclists will rally to support Austin’s bicycle master plan<\/a><\/h2>\n

By KEYE TV<\/h3>\n

keyetv.com<\/h3>\n

On Tuesday, cyclist will rally to encourage Austin City Council to move forward on a bond to fund a bicycle master plan.
\nBike Austin and their partners have been working to get the plan fully funded.
\nThe bicycle master plan would create more urban trails and build high-priority sidewalks.
\nThe rally will be led by Austinites who have lost ones in traffic crashes, or have been seriously hurt themselves.
\nMore than 100 cyclists are expected to gather at city hall at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday to call on members of the city council to move forward with the plan.<\/p>\n

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Why riding a clunky Citi Bike was the best way for me to see America<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Jeffrey Tanenhaus<\/h3>\n

mashable.com<\/h3>\n

Crossing the continent has long been an American ambition. In the 1840s, covered wagons wobbled west. Train travel peaked in the early 1900s, before motor vehicles and interstates freed us to drive ourselves, faster and straighter with each decade. Convertibles cruised Route 66, crystallizing the glory days of The Great American Road Trip. …<\/p>\n

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… After a one-day trip-high 63.7 miles from Adrian, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the midpoint of Route 66 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I entered Tucumcari, New Mexico, in the dark. My legs were about to fall off. Neon motel signs were designed to lure weary motorists, and the one for Blue Swallow Motel brought me to tears. …<\/p>\n

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