{"id":44451,"date":"2018-09-02T23:13:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T04:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=44451"},"modified":"2018-09-02T23:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T04:13:17","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-2nd-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/02\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-september-2nd-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest September 2nd 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

College Station council: Only one Ofo citation issued under new bike-share rules<\/a><\/h2>\n

By CAITLIN CLARK | www.theeagle.com<\/h3>\n


\nSo far only one citation has resulted from the city of College Station’s dockless bike-share ordinance that was adopted in mid-July.<\/p>\n

The regulations OK’d by the City Council were approved ahead of the fall semester at Texas A&M University, where the number of yellow Ofo bikes are expected to increase. The ordinance, which outlines a set of rules bike-share companies must follow to operate in the city, was approved in July, but the city has allowed a grace period while Ofo registered with the city. …<\/p>\n

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Video: Plainview cyclist killed after hit by SUV, driver jailed for intoxicated manslaughter<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Michael Cantu | www.kcbd.com<\/h3>\n

PLAINVIEW, TX (KCBD) – Curtis Carr, a 64-year-old Plainview resident, died Friday night after he was hit while cycling near the 900 block of S. Columbia in Plainview.<\/p>\n

Authorities were called to the scene at around 8:15 p.m. after it was reported a pedal cyclist was hit by a black SUV, according to a Plainview Police Department news release. Carr, who was …<\/p>\n

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

bikehouston.org<\/h3>\n

We are three months into the BikeHouston Build 50 Challenge. BikeHouston, Harris County Precinct 1 and Houston Planning and Public Works Departments have started to design 50-miles of high-comfort bikeways. The goal is to have them in place by May 2019.<\/p>\n

We are also anticipating that the Houston-Galveston Area Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Transportation Policy Council will approve an extra $90 million for high-comfort bikeway projects proposed by local municipalities, management districts and tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) that will be …<\/p>\n

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Recovery Ride with my Hubby<\/a><\/h2>\n

Martha Morin | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Camp Eagle Race. Moved into Cat 1. Fell\/walked some…or a lot.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Debbie Aurelius | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Cat 2 SS 3rd Place<\/a><\/h2>\n

Jason Wipf | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Grandview Gravel Goodness<\/a><\/h2>\n

Eric M | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Riding in the suck.<\/a><\/h2>\n

Danny Dutton | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Nobody told me Di2’s weren’t solar powered… lol…<\/a><\/h2>\n

Eduardo Saenz | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

Nobody told me Di2’s weren’t solar powered… lol… With the wife and gang to breakfast and fulshear loop… then punching it back.. then fixie home..
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Beaumont police investigate fatal hit-and-run; cyclist killed<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ken Stickney | www.panews.com<\/h3>\n

Beaumont police early Sunday were investigating a hit-and-run that left a cyclist dead alongside Interstate 10.<\/p>\n

In an issued statement, police said an officer entering I-10 from Pine Street at 1:16 a.m. saw debris in the roadway and stopped to investigate. There, the officer found a deceased white male who had apparently been riding his bicycle west on I-10. The victim was …<\/p>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n
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#rip<\/a> to my #fixie<\/a> \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2 so if you see it in the streets of #houston<\/a> don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hold up the guy riding it. He bought it and I hope is taking care of it. #esketit<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 https:\/\/t.co\/PLWQgF7N0a<\/a><\/p>\n

— VINNIE (@greatestofalltx) September 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n