{"id":52946,"date":"2020-05-04T23:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T04:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=52946"},"modified":"2020-05-04T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T04:30:06","slug":"texas-biking-news-may-4th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/04\/texas-biking-news-may-4th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News May 4th 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Willow City Loop, Fredericksburg, Texas April 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n

Roy and Christine | roy-pedalpushers.blogspot.com<\/h3>\n

Willow City is just out of Fredericksburg off of State Highway 16. The Willow City Loop is noted for spring wildflowers, especially bluebonnets.<\/p>\n

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As I have mentioned in past posts, the organized tours we had signed up for have all been cancelled or postponed. So, Christine and I decided to take a day trip to Willow City and remember the good times when the loop was part of the Pedal Power Wildflower Ride out of Stonewall. …<\/p>\n

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Why Outside Is Tracking Every Cycling Death in 2020<\/a><\/h2>\n

Christopher Keyes | www.outsideonline.com<\/h3>\n

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You can’t stop what you can’t see happening<\/p>\n

Generally speaking, a U-shaped curve on a graph that tracks fatalities over time is a sign of an emerging public-health issue that warrants serious concern. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exactly what you find when looking at the number of cyclists killed by drivers in the U.S. over the past three decades. From 1990 until 2010, fatalities dropped 27 percent, from 859 to 623 per year. From 2010 to 2018, they …<\/p>\n

… Statistics can make important issues feel cold and abstract. But for Outside, bike safety is personal. In 2018, longtime Outside writer and passionate cyclist Andrew Tilin was killed when he was hit by a driver of a truck while fixing a flat on his bike outside Austin, Texas. Last year, the fianc\u00c3\u00a9 of features editor Gloria …<\/p>\n

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May is (still) Bike Month<\/a><\/h2>\n

fortworthtexas.gov<\/h3>\n

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Hitting the streets during Bike Month? Remember to stay safely distanced from other riders.\nWhen more people ride bikes, life is better for everyone. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why in May, the League of American Bicyclists is still celebrating National Bike Month.<\/p>\n

Because we could all use some bike joy to look forward to, the League anticipates that the hundreds of thousands who participate in Bike Month events in typical years continue to do so through virtual, solo or safely-distanced events in May and beyond.<\/p>\n

Given the extraordinary and …<\/p>\n

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Local doctor gives back to children around the world<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Jerrie Whiteley, Grayson Magazine | www.heralddemocrat.com<\/h3>\n

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While everyone everywhere is currently focused on fighting the spread of the COVID-19 virus, one local woman has spent decades fighting the outbreak of diseases in countries all over the world. In pursuit of that mission, she and her team have ridden bicycles for thousands of miles across some of the hottest roads in Texas.\nDr. Jeannine Hatt was born in East Texas but grew up in Fort Worth. After graduating high school there, she headed to Sherman to continue her education at Austin College. Hatt, who recently retired from her pediatric practice in Denison, arrived in Sherman with not only a desire to become a …<\/p>\n

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Balfour Beatty Joint Venture Selected for Oak Hill Parkway Infrastructure Project in Austin, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n

finance.yahoo.com<\/h3>\n

Balfour Beatty has been conditionally selected, in joint venture with Fluor Corporation, to deliver the Oak Hill Parkway infrastructure project on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The design-build project will reconstruct and widen US 290 from approximately the east end of Circle Drive to Loop 1 and SH 71 from US 290 to Silvermine Drive in Travis County, west of downtown Austin. …<\/p>\n

… Additional project components include bicycle and pedestrian accommodations along the entire corridor, cross-street intersection improvements, U-turn lanes, upstream water detention to reduce potential floods, and storm water detention and water quality treatment ponds. The completed scheme will improve safety and reduce traffic for one of the most congested roadways in the state. …<\/p>\n

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\u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2 pic.twitter.com\/4fbF6og66G<\/a><\/p>— Edgar Gaucin \u00f0\u0178\u0161\u00b2 (@edgargaucin) May 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>