{"id":43639,"date":"2018-08-07T22:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T03:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=43639"},"modified":"2018-08-07T22:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T03:52:59","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/07\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-august-7th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest August 7th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rise and Fall of Dockless Bike Sharing in Dallas<\/a><\/h2>\n

Leif Reigstad | www.texasmonthly.com<\/h3>\n


\nThe controversial dockless bike-share experiment in Dallas has met its symbolic end. After a long saga that saw the car-friendly city resist a bike-share initiative that was deeply flawed from its rollout one year ago, most of the bikes are now off of the streets, as seen in this recent photo of hundreds of bikes stacked at a recycling center in Dallas, which was first reported by KXAS on Sunday: …<\/p>\n

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Bid on El Camino Real Park Trails in San Marcos<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.texasbids.net<\/h3>\n

Bid Date & Time: 08\/30\/18 2:00 PM Prebid: 08\/14\/18 2:00 PM
\nSolicitation Title: El Camino Real Park Trails
\nOwner Solic Number: IFB 218- 343 Status: bidding Report: 8822679
\nCountry : United States State: TX County: Hays Location: San Marcos
\nScope: Work includes Site grading, flatwork concrete, drainage crossing, pavilion and slab, and install of select park amenities, and demolition and removal of select existing items. Your bid is deemed to include all costs associated with mobilization, insurance, and bonding.
\nNotes: A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for this Project will be held …<\/p>\n

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‘Terrible,’ mayor says of hundreds of Ofo bikes piled up at Dallas recycling plant<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dana Branham | www.dallasnews.com<\/h3>\n


\nA photo of Ofo bikes piled up at a Dallas recycling center has drawn some ire on social media after the bike-share company decided to leave the city.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of the yellow bikes were seen at the CMC Recycling facility in South Dallas, a company that works with businesses and individuals looking to sell scrap metal. …<\/p>\n

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Dallas Mayor Blames Bike-Sharing Company for Recycling Bikes After City’s New Fees Killed Bike-Sharing<\/a><\/h2>\n

Eric Boehm | reason.com<\/h3>\n

New permitting and registration fees have killed off at least one bike-sharing company previously operating in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n

Which means that instead of helping people commute, run errands, or visit friends, thousands of yellow bikes previously operated by Ofo, a Beijing-based bike-sharing firm, are now heaped in a city recycling center like a massive modernist monument to poor civic policy. …<\/p>\n

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Lite Bike with the Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n

JON BLAZE | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Tuesday with Cyclones.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava,.com<\/h3>\n

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SCWs Modifed<\/a><\/h2>\n

Virgil Skinner | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Little bit rain and extra hills because I can<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dina Wooten | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Volunteer George Ganak Helps Keep Houston Rolling<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston.org<\/h3>\n


\nGeorge Ganak learned to love cycling on the rolling hills of West Virginia.<\/p>\n

The New York State native got the biking bug there, while he was working as a civilian employee of the first the Army, then the Navy.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153West Virginia is all about hills and mountains. So I lost 40 pounds, and got into biking.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d George says.<\/p>\n

George and his wife Jacqueline retired to Houston in 2015 to be near their daughters. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When we got to Houston I thought I was in …<\/p>\n

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Word From The New Director<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston.org<\/h3>\n

This is my first BikeHouston Progress Report. Over the past 33 years, I have been practicing urban design and planning for Central Houston, Uptown Houston, the City of Houston, HNTB, and the Energy Corridor District. In all, bicycling has been a factor to make Houston a better place.<\/p>\n

I love bicycling in Houston \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially in August when the days are long and schools are on vacation. Since I moved here in 1985, we have experienced tremendous …<\/p>\n

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Top 10 Dangerous Intersections: Getting Started<\/a><\/h2>\n

BikeHouston.org<\/h3>\n

During the City\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bike to Work Day in May, Mayor Sylvester Turner asked BikeHouston to help identify the 10 most dangerous intersections for people on bikes. We asked for your input and compiled them into a list. We presented this list to Houston Public Works. LINK Houston also provided a list based on crash data for both bicyclist and pedestrian incidents. Below are both lists.<\/p>\n

Bolded intersections are locations approved by …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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Nooooooooo! Not a sand clinic! Yes, you need this too. https:\/\/t.co\/FWtc4yK6Vu<\/a><\/p>\n

— Texas CX Project (@TexasCXProject) August 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n