{"id":38527,"date":"2018-01-16T23:13:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T05:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=38527"},"modified":"2018-01-16T23:13:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T05:13:45","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-january-16th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/01\/16\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-january-16th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest January 16th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denton Bike Friday Night Social Ride in Denton<\/a><\/h2>\n

dallas.eventful.com<\/h3>\n

January 19, 2018
\nFriday 7:00 PM (on various days)
\nDenton Bicycle Shop
\n1700 North Elm Street
\nDenton, Texas 76201
\nJoin us every Friday night at 7:00 pm here at the shop for a casual social ride through downtown Denton! Get to know the shop staff, and make some new friends!<\/p>\n

Appx. 10 miles, no drop.<\/p>\n

All rider types and bicycles are welcome!<\/p>\n

Cost: Free<\/p>\n

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Video: Houston’s handling of waste from bike lanes project in question: ‘It shouldn’t be on the ground’<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Mario Diaz | www.click2houston.com<\/h3>\n

HOUSTON – Rosanne Barone, the program director for Texas Campaign for the Environment, recently expressed her concerns over how the city of Houston’s Traffic Operations Facility handled a material known as methyl methacrylate, or MMA.<\/p>\n

“Wow and that is very, very scary,” she said.<\/p>\n

Barone, whose organizations examines how materials and chemical waste is handled around the …<\/p>\n

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Examples of bad facilities<\/a><\/h2>\n

Darron | bicycleaustin.info<\/h3>\n

… There is a nice 10ft wide shared use path long Park Street in Cedar Park.
\nFor about the first .75 miles it flows nicely along the street with strait through cross street intersections like this:
\n[https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@30.5139578 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a=!3m1!1e3](https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@30.5139578 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a=!3m1!1e3)
\nUnfortunately the developer further down the street decided to narrow down the cross street intersections to normal pedestrian width plus make a sharp turn in as well and basically negating the advantages of a …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Looking for some different ways to train for the #BPMS150<\/a>? Find all our recommended rides here: https:\/\/t.co\/UAiI5UVvym<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2UVHSV0Exr<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bike MS: Texas MS 150 (@TexasMS150) January 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n