{"id":3712,"date":"2010-01-27T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2010-01-27T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:04:17","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/27\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-january-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for January 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battle for Ocean Drive Bike Lanes<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom KRIS-TV- msnbc.com
\nCORPUS CHRISTI – Bicycle riders and motorists can’t seem to share Ocean Drive and a cycling group is now asking the city to clear the bike lane of parked cars. The city’s Transportation Advisory Board heard from the public today in an attempt to solve the heated local issue, once and for all.<\/p>\n

Though the signs say to share the roadway, Ocean Drive residents and cyclists seem unable to reach an agreement. …<\/p>\n

Safe passing ordinance up for debate in San Antonio<\/strong><\/a>
\nby San Antonio Express
\nGregory and Alexandra Bruehler died in October after being hit from behind while riding a tandem bike on the shoulder of Texas 16. …
\n\"Melissa
\nMelissa Campbell holds a photo of her husband, Wayne, near the site along Loop 1604 at O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Connor where he was run over and killed in July 2005.
\nCase files
\nTHE SCENE: Tom Crosley was on his bike returning from a ride to Elmendorf and waiting for the light at the intersection to turn green. Joseph Svabek was approaching the intersection in a Mercury Sable and told investigating officers he put his head down while driving. His car hit Crosley and continued on into the other cars at the intersection. …<\/p>\n

City Bike-Ped staff commission committee to hammer out compromise on Nueces Bike Boulevard<\/strong><\/a>
\nby elliott. www.austinontwowheels.org
\nA model process for the future or the Son of Shoal Creek?
\nThis week, City staff from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program will begin convening a steering committee with the goal of creating a compromise solution on what has turned out to be a contentious proposal for Austin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first bicycle boulevard. The committee will be made up of ten members representing various interests involved in this project:…<\/p>\n

Arlington considering options for more bike paths, lanes<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Fort Worth Star Telegram
\n“All of us that are mountain bikers are also road bikers,” said Glenn Showers, a member of the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association and a steward of the …<\/p>\n

FIXED ON BIKES: The Coyote Classic is on Sunday, March 21!!<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Chris
\nIn store registration is now open at The Bicycle Company, 3800 N. Mesa Suite D5 El Paso, Texas 79902. I will let you know when online registration is open. Here is the info I have for sure as of today: … The race course will be different from last year, including an easier beginner course. You can expect plenty of beer for all of age(over 21) and food for the racers. Award ceremonies following the race, and plenty of fun times. Directions to Venue: …<\/p>\n

Tour Dallas 2010 | The Wheel Brothers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cycling in Texas<\/strong><\/a>
\nby admin<\/p>\n

\"Tour
\nThis is a TOUR \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not a race. No need to get in a hurry and raise the stress levels or miss out on the fun along the way. Plus, with the number of cyclists in our event and the hazards of the roadway, going too fast can cause injury to …<\/p>\n

Rick’s Night Rider .mpg<\/strong><\/a>
\nfrom www.youtube.com\u00c2\u00a0 03:45 by Pville211
\nAs some of you know, I used to lead a motorcycle group that at one point was rated #1 in Texas. You may also know that for part of that time I led the group while riding a 650cc scooter. Now that I’ve switched to bicycling, you will happy to know that I have not lost my willingness to be absurd. This video shows that when it comes to lighting a bicycle…<\/p>\n

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Around Frisco: Musical Monday<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Star Community Newspapers
\nA bicycle cleaning tips session is scheduled at 6:30 pm Tuesday at Frisco’s Richardson Bike Mart, 8820 John Hickman Pkwy, west of Preston. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battle for Ocean Drive Bike Lanes from KRIS-TV- msnbc.com CORPUS CHRISTI – Bicycle riders and motorists can’t seem to share Ocean Drive and a cycling group is now asking the city to clear the bike lane of parked cars. The …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[1383,1385,1386,1367,273,1384,660,519,1197],"class_list":["post-3712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bicycle-and-pedestrian-program","tag-bicycle-lights","tag-bike-maintenance","tag-bike-paths","tag-corpus-christi-texas","tag-coyote-classic","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-safe-passing","tag-tour-dallas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-XS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}