{"id":54863,"date":"2020-12-11T23:46:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T05:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=54863"},"modified":"2020-12-11T23:46:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T05:46:19","slug":"texas-biking-news-december-11th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/texas-biking-news-december-11th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Biking News December 11th 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bike riders decry speed limit on Harris County Precinct 3 park trails<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h3>\n

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A bicyclist rides past a speed limit sign in Terry Hershey Park on Dec. 11, 2020 in Houston. Precinct 3 installed speed limit signs in George Bush and Terry Hershey Park and says they will enforce them for the trails. The 10 mph speed limits are needed, county officials said, because of complaints about cyclists on park pathways where there …<\/p>\n

Robert Simpson flew past the new speed limit signs in Terry Hershey Park on Thursday, practically daring someone to tell him to slow down. He is not a lawbreaker by nature, and considers himself a safe rider, but this bit of civil disobedience, he said, was warranted.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I mean, really?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Simpson said between squeezes of water from a bottle as he rested from a 22-mile ride. \u00e2\u20ac\u015310 mph? Just go ahead and tell everyone who …<\/p>\n

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December 2020 Executive Director\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Report<\/a><\/h2>\n

Joe Cutrufo | bikehouston.org<\/h3>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Houston? Wow. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got your work cut out for you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

When I told colleagues in New York that I was headed to BikeHouston, they no doubt had an image in their minds of highways, trucks and sprawl.<\/p>\n

But what they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know is that Houston has been hard at work laying down some serious cycling infrastructure, and momentum is on our side. Last year BikeHouston won 50 miles of high-comfort bikeways \u00e2\u20ac\u201d twice as much as New York City has ever built in a single year. This year the City of Houston hired its first-ever chief transportation planner, and just this week, published its long-awaited Vision Zero Action Plan. County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has invested tens of millions in building protected bike lanes throughout Precinct 1, with more to …<\/p>\n

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Bank employees deliver bikes and toys to organizations<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Katherine Lee | www.newschannel6now.com<\/h3>\n

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) – As Christmas approaches, employees at American National Bank & Trust take part in Banking on Kids.<\/p>\n

This started with the Bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Executive Vice President Donald \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bubba\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Whately about 35 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Now we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got several of our co-workers and directors and friends who come in and donate money and we go around and now we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re buying more and more bikes and other gifts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Damon Whatley, Senior Vice President at American National Bank & Trust.<\/p>\n

Employees contribute to donations, which goes to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wichita Falls, Interfaith Ministries, and Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Aid Society. In the last couple of …<\/p>\n

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Lee YAWN Creek Dirt Don’t Hurt!<\/a><\/h2>\n

Alex Maldonado | www.strava.com<\/h3>\n

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Tough being the every single Austin street guy. The job never ends. pic.twitter.com\/0qfdRwHHFr<\/a><\/p>— Docta Aaron N. Chamberlain (@elmachuca) December 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>