{"id":48546,"date":"2019-04-20T23:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T04:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=48546"},"modified":"2019-04-20T23:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T04:14:27","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-20th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/20\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-april-20th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest April 20th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bike riders of all levels encouraged to pedal to work May 7<\/a><\/h2>\n

KATHARINE SHILCUTT | news.rice.edu<\/h3>\n

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May is National Bike Month and Rice is kicking it off with a trio of events May 7 designed to encourage greater ridership within the Rice community \u00e2\u20ac\u201d even if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never ridden a bike in your life.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Increasing the number of bike riders coming to campus creates more awareness and demand for high-comfort bike lanes around Rice, and it helps improve air quality and reduces emissions,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lisa Lin, program manager for Rice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Transportation Demand Management Department. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It also …<\/p>\n

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Open house Tuesday on Guadalupe, Lavaca projects<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

DOWNTOWN AUSTIN<\/p>\n

Open house Tuesday for<\/p>\n

Guadalupe, Lavaca projects<\/p>\n

Austin Transportation, with Capital Metro and the corridor program office, will host an open house meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on proposed improvements to Guadalupe and Lavaca streets.<\/p>\n

The meeting will be at Cambridge Tower, 1801 Lavaca St.<\/p>\n

Improvements will include a new full traffic signal at Lavaca and 18th streets, including a bus phase; a transit signal at Guadalupe Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; striping changes on Guadalupe, 18th and Lavaca streets; a new northbound contraflow bus lane on Guadalupe between 18th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; and upgrades to the bicycle infrastructure on those streets and a new shared use bicycle and pedestrian path on the east side of Guadalupe between 18th Street and MLK. …<\/p>\n

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BS Bike Race \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Mar 30 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.road-results.com<\/h3>\n

Categories\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Men’s Cat 1\/2\t\u00c2\u00bb Men Men’s Cat 3\/4\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Men’s Cat 4\/5\t\u00c2\u00bb Men Men’s Masters\n\u00c2\u00bb Women Women’s Cat 1\/2\/3\t\u00c2\u00bb Women Women’s Cat 4\/5<\/p>\n

Fayetteville Classic Road Race \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Apr 7 2019<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.road-results.com<\/h3>\n

Categories\n\u00c2\u00bb Junior 10-14\t\u00c2\u00bb Men Cat 3\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Cat 4\t\u00c2\u00bb Men Cat 5\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Master 35+ Cat 4\/5\t\u00c2\u00bb Men Master 40+ Cat 1\/2\/3\/4\n\u00c2\u00bb Men Master 50+ Cat 1\/2\/3\/4\t\u00c2\u00bb Men P\/1\/2\n\u00c2\u00bb Women Cat 3\/4\/5\t\u00c2\u00bb Women P\/1\/2\/3<\/p>\n

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Gravel Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Casey Gudgell | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m riding til Easters?<\/a><\/h2>\n

Said Assali | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Cracking day for a ride!!!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Katy McCleskey | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Saturday 100 km Ride<\/a><\/h2>\n

Mark Noblitt | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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IL Padrino Gran Fondo with High Speed Crash<\/a><\/h2>\n

Noe Espinosa | www.strav.com<\/h3>\n

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Texas Bicycling from Twitter<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The epic Buescher & Bastrop State Parks await the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc19 @bpms150 next weekend. Just a few riders coming thru… #bpms150<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/UZ55SbmP9w<\/a><\/p>— Cadence Sports (@cadencesports) April 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>