{"id":49789,"date":"2019-06-05T23:54:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T04:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=49789"},"modified":"2019-06-05T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T04:54:36","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-5th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/05\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-june-5th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest June 5th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bicyclist hit by car on West Side<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Ben Spicer | www.ksat.com<\/h3>\n

Incident occurred near Guadalupe Street, S. Zarzamora St.<\/p>\n

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SAN ANTONIO – A bicyclist was taken to an area hospital after he was hit by a vehicle overnight, San Antonio police said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred just before 3:30 a.m. near Guadalupe Street and South Zarzamora Street on the city’s West Side. …<\/p>\n

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Lower Greenville bicycle shop with live-music leanings to close<\/a><\/h2>\n

lakewood.advocatemag.com<\/h3>\n

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The only bike shop on Lower Greenville will close at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Transit Bicycle Co. opened originally in Uptown 10 years ago, taking over and rebranding the former West Village Cycles. The shop moved to Lower Greenville at Oram in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was an old bar. Not in great shape. A raw, grimy space for a raw, grimy bike shop,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says owner Fran Badgett.<\/p>\n

Badgett says the …<\/p>\n

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A closer look at another HCAG-funded bike project: Heights MKT trail to White Oak Bayou Trial<\/a><\/h2>\n

Wilson | houstreets.com<\/h3>\n

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Today I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to continue my series of bike infrastructure that is funded and coming, but you might now know about. This is another project that is being spearheaded by TxDOT Houston that was recently funded by the Houston-Galveston Area Council. These projects are typically majority funded by federal funds, with some percentage of local funds being used alongside. I recently detailed a similar project with a comparable timeline to connect the Heights MKT trail to Memorial Park.<\/p>\n

Today, I want to look at the connector that is planned to connect the MKT Trail to the White Oak Bayou Trail. A 10\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2 wide sidewalk and bridge are to be constructed to link them utilizing existing TxDOT right-of-way (ROW). …<\/p>\n

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Surprising neighborhood support for white hockey-stick barriers<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

On Nextdoor.com<\/a>, a neighbor complained about the vertical white plastic barriers the City put in the street near some intersections, separating the car lane from the bike lane, saying they were an eyesore. Surprisingly, most neighbors disagreed with him, saying they enhance cyclist safety. Or maybe not so surprising: while the general public<\/em> has a disdain for cyclists and their safety, people on Nextdoor.com are more likely to be community-minded, by definition.<\/p>\n

Here’s the original complaint: …<\/p>\n

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Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood’s sidewalks, biking infrastructure surveyed by Kinder Institute<\/a><\/h2>\n

HEATHER LEIGHTON | kinder.rice.edu<\/h3>\n

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On Saturday, Kinder Institute for Urban Research staff and community volunteers came together at the BakerRipley Leonel Castillo Community Center to conduct a walking and biking infrastructure survey of the Near Northside neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Teams went out to canvas the condition of the neighborhood’s sidewalks \u00e2\u20ac\u201d including whether they were clear of overgrowth and obstructions or had uneven pavement or breaks in the …<\/p>\n

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Team of UT students, grads biking to Alaska as part of nonprofit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cancer fundraising, awareness effort<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Luke Henkhaus | www.theeagle.com<\/h3>\n

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Students and recent graduates from the University of Texas take off on a day-long trek to Houston after breakfast at the Kettle restaurant in Bryan. After Houston, the group is headed to Arkansas, with their final destination being Anchorage, Alaska. The riders are part of Texas 4000, a nonprofit that offers prevention-focused education, support to those affected by cancer and funding for lifesaving research. Each summer, the group sends UT students on 70-day rides of more than 4,000 miles each. Since it was founded in 2004, the organization has raised more than $9.5 million for research and other cancer-fighting initiatives. …<\/p>\n

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BASTROP COUNTY Animal Center to host bicycle ride fundraiser<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

The Austin Animal Center will host its Ride for the Rescues fundraiser at 9 a.m. Sunday June 9th at Buescher State Park, 100 Park Road 1E, Smithville<\/p>\n

The ride is about 25 miles on Park Road 1C to Bastrop State Park, and is open to all levels of cyclist, though there are a few steep hills. There will be no support or gear wagon.<\/p>\n

The suggested donation is $25 in cash or check at the event. Reservations are requested at bit.ly\/RidefortheRescues2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Improvements to Longhorn Dam and a new bridge over Lady Bird Lake may be on their way<\/a><\/h2>\n

Author: Leslie Adami | www.kvue.com<\/h3>\n

The next community meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 10.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n