{"id":65384,"date":"2024-06-08T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=65384"},"modified":"2024-06-08T23:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T04:01:11","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-saturday-june-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/08\/texas-bicycling-news-saturday-june-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Saturday &#8211; June 8, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/joy-sewing\/article\/houston-s-columbia-tap-trail-remains-bleak-19494052.php\">Houston\u2019s Columbia Tap Trail still unlit and bleak as improvement plans sit on shelf<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>By Joy Sewing | www.houstonchronicle.com<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s.hdnux.com\/photos\/01\/37\/76\/77\/25161703\/3\/960x0.webp?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The historic 4-mile Columbia Tap Bike Trail that connects Third Ward to Brays Bayou and downtown looks no different now than a year ago when I wrote about the bleak hike-and-bike path.<\/p>\n<p>There are no security lights, historical markers, protected crosswalks or other amenities. The only improvements are new solar-powered lights and sidewalks on a portion of the trail near the Cuney Homes housing complex funded by the Houston Housing Authority.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for big plans by city officials and community organizations to improve the \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs19.tv\/article\/news\/local\/1-dead-after-pedestrian-crash-bicyclist\/501-810f2c0a-68db-459e-8347-82504ab67f17\">1 dead after pedestrian crash involving bicyclist in Lufkin<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Author: Zak Wellerman | www.cbs19.tv<\/h4>\n<p>LUFKIN, Texas \u2014 One person is dead after a vehicle struck a man on a bicycle in Lufkin late Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to the city of Lufkin, police are responding to a crash on North Timberland Drive at Homewood Drive. The northbound lanes in the area are expected to be closed for the next couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p>People should avoid the area if possible and expect delays, the city of Lufkin said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/bike-rodeo-encourages-child-safety\/503-e125ff2e-5bd6-4999-b7e9-6d480698622f\">Corpus Christi inaugural \u2018Bike Rodeo\u2019 encourages child safety<\/a><\/h2>\n<h4>Author: Nadya Garcia | www.kiiitv.com<\/h4>\n<p>Corpus Christi Municipal Court Judge Jackie Chapa said the event is intended to remind young kids about bike safety in our community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" style=\"border:1px solid #e6e6e6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/embeds\/video\/responsive\/503-36a9aaf9-ac75-46a6-8ef4-fbcd655864a7\/iframe\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Corpus Christi Municipal Court hosted their inaugural Bike Rodeo Event to promote bike safety.<\/p>\n<p>It is the start of the summer and bike safety is crucial for young kids as it helps prevent accidents and injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The event taught children how wear their helmets correctly, use hand signals, and understand traffic rules that will protect them on the road. \u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/08\/texas-bicycling-news-saturday-june-8-2024\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-h0A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65385,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65384\/revisions\/65385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}