{"id":56516,"date":"2021-05-15T00:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T05:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56516"},"modified":"2021-05-15T00:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T05:09:49","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-may-14th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/15\/texas-bicycling-news-may-14th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News May 14th 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Project to link trails along Sims Bayou will lift community, officials say<\/a><\/h2>\n

Dug Begley | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h4>\n

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In Houston, where some commutes are measured in podcasts instead of minutes, one mile may not seem like much. Along Sims Bayou near Interstate 45, however, officials see it as a huge leap.<\/p>\n

Work started recently on a 1.1 mile segment of trail tying together pieces from Milby Park to Glenbrook Park in the Park Place neighborhood to a bayou trail along Sims from I-45 to Reveille Park.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our challenge is, we have got to connect these bayous, and the trails along these bayous for the …<\/p>\n

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City of Tyler implements five-year improvement schedule to parks, recreation plan<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Zak Wellerman | tylerpaper.com<\/h4>\n

After making more progress on city parks than expected, the Tyler City Council on Wednesday approved a five-year improvement schedule addition to the parks master plan to address several projects spanning through 2025.<\/p>\n

Leanne Robinette, manager of parks, recreation and tourism, said the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Master Plan was adopted in 2019 and focuses on the years of 2020 to 2030.<\/p>\n

The addition of the five-year schedule was made due to more progress being made than what was originally anticipated.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have made so much more progress than we ever hoped for in the last few years,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. …<\/p>\n

… The 2022 and 2023 plans include renovations to P.T. Cole Park, general infrastructure updates to Golden Road Park, stabilizing the creek at Rose Rudman Park, improving the drainage at Lindsey Park and adding a Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bike Park with matching funds from the Tyler Bicycle Club, according to the city of Tyler. …<\/p>\n

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Groundbreaking marks major step for Northaven Trail bridge<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Liesbeth Powers | lakehighlands.advocatemag.com<\/h4>\n

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A groundbreaking over the weekend marked a significant step for the Northaven Trail Pedestrian Bridge, which will give pedestrians and bikers a safe path over US 75 North Central Expressway between Northaven Trail and White Rock Creek Trail.<\/p>\n

Expected to open in 2023, the bridge and trail expansion will not only offer a straight shot to White Rock Lake for those traveling from the western side of the central expressway but will also connect …<\/p>\n

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San Antonio councilman urges judge, D.A. to consider jail time for woman accused of killing cyclist Tito Bradshaw<\/a><\/h2>\n

Erica Hernandez | www.ksat.com<\/h4>\n

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SAN ANTONIO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c In a rare move, San Antonio city councilman Manny Pelaez sent a letter to the district attorney and a judge asking for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meaningful jail sentence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for a woman accused of killing a cyclist in 2019.<\/p>\n

The letter, dated May 11, was addressed to 290th District Court Judge Jennifer Pena and District Attorney Joe Gonzales about the case of Linda Collier Mason.<\/p>\n

Mason, 69, was charged with …<\/p>\n

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Pop A – Chase and catch (subtitles) – 5\/13\/2021<\/a><\/h2>\n

Honest Tree | www.youtube.com<\/h4>\n

Three of us were dropped at a red light on Holford and George Bush. The beginning part of the ride is us alone, the rest of the ride is with the group.<\/p>\n