{"id":47435,"date":"2019-02-15T01:10:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=47435"},"modified":"2019-02-15T01:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T07:11:05","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-14th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-february-14th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest February 14th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Video: Report suggests we need new sidewalks and bike lanes near schools<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Yoojin Cho | www.kxan.com<\/h3>\n

AUSTIN (KXAN) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The City of Austin is taking its first step to make children’s walks to school safer. Wednesday, Austin’s Safe Routes to School Program released its first of 10 reports.<\/p>\n

"It’s looking at it through the lens of parents and trying to address those barriers that are preventing them from walking or biking to school," said Amir Emamian, Program Manager.<\/p>\n

Emamian explained that the program used money from the 2016 Mobility Bond and conducted studies in all 10 Austin City Council districts. The …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Texas Mountain Bike Races<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

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March 2019
March 2, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Fundamentals Clinic San Antonio
March 2, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Women’s Only Fundamentals Clinic San Antonio
March 2, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | 2-Day Camp San Antonio
March 2, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Jumping Mini-Clinic San Antonio
March 3, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Intermediate \/ Advanced Clinic San Antonio
March 30, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Fundamentals Clinic Houston
March 30, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Women’s Only Fundamentals Clinic Houston
March 30, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | 2-Day Camp Houston
March 30, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Jumping Mini-Clinic Houston
March 31, 2019 Ninja Mountain Bike Performance | Intermediate \/ Advanced Clinic Houston<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Volunteer with Gran Fondo Texas Bike Ride, have fun while supporting great charities!<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.idealist.org<\/h3>\n

RBC Gran Fondo | Montgomery, TX\nApril 7 is the big day, on which volunteers will be supporting the bike ride itself in a variety of functions: assisting with parking in the morning, manning rest stops with snacks and drinks for riders, posting up at important points along the route guiding the riders, setting up and serving lunch for the riders after they finish, and more! …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ride of Silence to Ghost Bike for Anthony John Diaz: \u00c2\u00a1Presente!<\/a><\/h2>\n

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.wordpress.com<\/h3>\n

Today was a somber occasion, the ride to remember Anthony John Diaz, run over by a bus on January 28th. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on a few of these now and it both causes me literal grief, not to mention that another senseless, needless, horrible death of a person on a bike who was doing the right thing simply pisses me off. For some reason, a city bus driver ran over and killed a person riding a …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Video: Cyclists voice concern over roadside rumble strips<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Camille Connor | www.newschannel6now.com<\/h3>\n

WICHITA FALLS, TX (TNN) – Rumble strips alert drivers when they veer off the road or into oncoming traffic. It is a safety measure.<\/p>\n

TxDot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Public Information officer Adele Lewis said they are especially necessary on roads like FM 171.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is a rural road, and in the state of Texas, 58% of lane departure or road departure wrecks ending in a death or serious injury happen on roads just like FM 171,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lewis said.<\/p>\n

Right now, TxDot has contracts going on in their 9 districts to …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

TxDOT seeking community input on area bike-trail projects<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Landan Kuhlmann | theleadernews.com<\/h3>\n

Feb. 28 is the deadline for public input on three proposed bike trail projects that would have a direct impact on cyclists and pedestrians in the area, most notably the Heights.<\/p>\n

Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson Emily Black said there have been ongoing conversations about multiple local projects \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a Memorial Park Pedestrian connector, a Heights\/MKT trail connector and a Northwest Transit Center connector \u00e2\u20ac\u201c since a neighborhood group reached out to TxDOT with ideas in early …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Suzi Rumohr: Denton cannot afford to sacrifice safety along West Hickory Street<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Suzi Rumohr | www.dentonrc.com<\/h3>\n

In the United States, we have developed a car dependency. We spend trillions of dollars to accommodate personal vehicles, dedicate enormous swaths of land to store them and design roads so dangerous to walk on that it feels necessary to use a car to travel even a few blocks.<\/p>\n

This car dependency has contributed to increased health problems due to physical inactivity, increased air pollution and carbon emissions, 37,000 traffic fatalities in 2017, financial burdens for low-income families who must …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday training<\/a><\/h2>\n

Eduardo Salas (Cyclones) | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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VCC: Race to Recovery after yesterday’s century!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Leo Vela (VCC) | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Video: New bike rack unveiled downtown<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Curtis Jackson | www.texomashomepage.com<\/h3>\n

WICHITA FALLS, TX (KFDX\/KJTL) – Folks in downtown now have a new place to park their rides! Officials installed another bike rack in the downtown area, and it has a personal meaning for some of the donors.<\/p>\n

One of the donors Terry Caves wanted to do something special for his wife Teresa. His first gift ever to her was a bicycle, so years later he saw it fitting to have a bike rack installed in her name\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsomething that Executive Director of Downtown Wichita Falls Development Jana Schmader said …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aggie to bike 1,700 miles for human trafficking awareness<\/a><\/h2>\n

By CHELSEA KATZ | www.theeagle.com<\/h3>\n

Rather than spending her last summer as a college student in an internship, Texas A&M junior Hadley Hanson will be biking 1,700 miles as part of the 2019 Pedal the Pacific team to raise awareness for human trafficking.<\/p>\n

The summer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ride will mark the third Pedal the Pacific after three women from the University of Texas at Austin decided to make the trip following their …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Got some of the deck framed today, tomorrow i should get the other side done and hopefully all the support and legs on. #clothingbrand<\/a> #bmx<\/a> #halfpipe<\/a> #ramps<\/a> #woodworking<\/a> #buildyourownfun<\/a> #feeblebmx<\/a> #handmade<\/a> #bmxramp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/E4C0zmmBSU<\/a><\/p>— FEEBLE BMX (@BmxFeeble) February 14, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>