{"id":54444,"date":"2020-10-19T22:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T03:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54444"},"modified":"2020-10-19T22:55:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T03:55:40","slug":"texas-biking-news-october-19th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/19\/texas-biking-news-october-19th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News October 19th 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Achieving Vision Zero in Houston Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Going To Happen One Intersection at a Time<\/a><\/h2>\n

Allyn West | www.texasobserver.org<\/h3>\n

Eliminating the thousands of injuries and deaths that happen on Houston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s streets will require a reckoning that the car-heavy city does not appear ready to make.\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n

Marjorie Corcoran, a professor, was biking to work. Sudipta Roy, studying to be a nurse, had ridden to campus to see her husband. Both were struck and killed, in 2017 and 2018, in the intersection in front of Rice University where Main, Sunset and Fannin streets meet light rail tracks.<\/p>\n

Three years later, this July, the City of Houston held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the improvements it made, all within view of the ghost bike that leans against the trunk of a live oak as a memorial. The city had worked with …<\/p>\n

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Video: TxDOT launches new \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEnd the streak\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 campaign and pedestrian initiative<\/a><\/h2>\n

Roslyn Jimenez, Max Massey, Sarah Acosta | www.ksat.com<\/h3>\n

Deaths from crashes involving pedestrians are on rise in Texas<\/p>\n

Deaths involving pedestrians are on the rise in Texas as nearly one in five of all of the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s traffic deaths are from crashes.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the city of San Antonio saw a total of 754 traffic crashes involving pedestrians, resulting in 72 fatalities and 131 serious injuries. That same year, there were 299 traffic crashes involving bicyclists in the San Antonio area, resulting in six fatalities and 23 serious injuries.<\/p>\n

As part of the #endthestreaktx campaign, there is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Be safe. Drive smart.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as well as The Texas Department of Transportation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pedestrian and bicycle safety initiative. …<\/p>\n

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Descendants of family buried in abandoned Longview-area cemetery sought<\/a><\/h2>\n

Longview News-Journal | www.cbs19.tv<\/h3>\n

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LONGVIEW, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201d An abandoned cemetery, with its cracked tombstones and unmarked graves, sits hidden among the trees on isolated land between Longview and Kilgore.<\/p>\n

The cemetery recently caught the attention and interest of Longview resident and historian Gene McWhorter, who immediately started trying to locate descendants of the prominent black family buried there.<\/p>\n

McWhorter became aware of the cemetery a few months ago during a mountain bike ride with friend Roger Johnson, who asked if …<\/p>\n

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Flower Mound PD Open House going virtual<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Mark Smith | www.crosstimbersgazette.com<\/h3>\n

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… On Saturday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon, local families can visit the FMPD Facebook page for the Open House. Through a Facebook Live video, FMPD staff will take you through the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s equipment, introduce you to K-9 Officer Ares, the SWAT team, Bicycle Unit and more.<\/p>\n

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Reward offered in hit-and-run death of Big Spring bicyclist<\/a><\/h2>\n

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

BIG SPRING \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The Big Spring Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist during the weekend, according to a news release Monday.<\/p>\n

Officers dispatched at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday to the 200 block of North East 12th Street \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the access road on the south side of Interstate 20 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d found Cynthia Martinez, 30, dead at the scene, the release said.<\/p>\n

According to the release, preliminary investigation indicates that Martinez was …<\/p>\n

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Paths into Bear Creek Park from the east<\/a> from bikehouston<\/a> <\/blockquote>