{"id":61201,"date":"2023-01-18T23:10:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T05:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61201"},"modified":"2023-01-18T23:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T05:10:18","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-january-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-january-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News – January 18, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editorial: Why would Houston want to rebuild roads to slow cars down?<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Derek Fincham poses with his bicycle in the spot where he was struck by a car while bicycling at Pierce and Austin Streets in downtown Houston, TX.Sharon Steinmann\/Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the logic behind taking a four-lane busy street and reducing it to 2 lanes and a turn lane plus a bicycle lane in a city with a population of 2.3 million?\u201d asks Robert M., a commenter on NextDoor.<\/p>\n

A new round of social media flame wars has erupted as Houston installs islands and crosswalks for pedestrians, and protected lanes for bicyclists along 11th Street in the Houston Heights.<\/p>\n

The angry residents ask a fair question. It seems counterintuitive for the city to deliberately slow traffic down on a street that serves so many businesses.<\/p>\n

The new approach makes perfect sense, though, if you hear the story of Derek Fincham. It was late October 2021. Around 7 p.m., Fincham, a professor at …<\/p>\n

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