{"id":33417,"date":"2016-06-21T23:31:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T04:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33417"},"modified":"2016-06-21T23:31:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T04:31:21","slug":"inside-texas-bicycling-june-21st-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/21\/inside-texas-bicycling-june-21st-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Texas Bicycling June 21st 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biking for transportation in Houston: It’s not crazy<\/a><\/h2>\n

By James Llamas<\/h3>\n

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


\nMention biking to work in Houston, and you’re likely to get a reaction somewhere between skepticism and outright hostility. It’s too hot; I’ll arrive at work drenched in sweat. It’s too far; the ride would take me hours. It’s too dangerous; I’ll be creamed by a speeding pickup.
\nYet at the request of former mayor Annise Parker and with the continued support of Mayor Sylvester Turner, a team of local planners and engineers has spent the last year and a half developing a new Bicycle Master Plan for the City of Houston, laying out a …<\/p>\n

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A $56 million plan to connect 50 miles of Dallas\u00d2\u00a0trails will cost taxpayers only $20 million<\/a><\/h2>\n

Robert Wilonsky<\/h3>\n

cityhallblog.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nIf you were hoping to get some bond money out of the city of Dallas next May, sorry, the list has grown mighty long. Like, Pecan Lodge-at-noon-line long. At this late date you\u00d3\u00b2e likely to wind up with Dickey\u00d3\u00b3.
\nThe streets want their dollar bills \u00d7\u00a0about a few hundred million of them, give or take, and they\u00d3\u00acl take and take and take \u00d3\u00a5m all if possible, because those are some greedy potholes.
\nThen there\u00d3\u00b3 Fair Park \u00d7\u00a0or, at least, the would-be foundation hoping to take over Fair Park, with $75 million in bonds as seed money. Downtown parks also …<\/p>\n

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Downtown Public Art Bike Tour<\/a><\/h2>\n

visitelpaso.travel<\/h3>\n


\nOne way to discover El Paso and enjoy the great outdoors is on a bicycle! The celebrated Downtown Public Art Bike Art Tour includes it all: architecture, history, culture, and good times<\/p>\n

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