{"id":65444,"date":"2024-06-18T23:19:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=65444"},"modified":"2024-06-18T23:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:19:08","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-tuesday-june-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-tuesday-june-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Tuesday – June 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Here's a summary of the cycling related articles:
Upcoming rides: San Antonio Wheelmen cycling club is organizing rides throughout July. You can find details on their website.
Texas 4000: An article about a neuroscience and Plan II sophomore, Avery Wong, who participated in the Texas 4000, the world's longest annual charity bike ride from Austin to Alaska.
NRG's Cycling Team: Celebrated 20 years of participation in the Texas MS 150, a charity bike ride raising funds for multiple sclerosis research.
Public Health Students Propose Solutions: A capstone project by Texas A&M University public health students focused on improving pedestrian, bicycle and scooter safety on campus.
Partnership promotes bicycle safety: TxDOT and Alpine Police Department organized a free safety event to raise awareness about bicycle safety.
Laredo Police Department Bike Rodeo: Postponed from June 21 to June 28 due to weather.
West Texas fundraiser plans to bike from Midland to Lubbock for MS: A fundraiser involving a cycling group called the Carney Men to raise money for MS research.
El Paso Holocaust Museum's 19th Annual Tour de Tolerance: A cycling event happening on August 18th.
There are also some embedded tweets about cycling related news and a YouTube video<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 From Austin to Alaska: How high school teacher inspired her former student to bike across country<\/a><\/h2>\n
Analise Pickerrell | thedailytexan.com<\/h4>\n
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The impact of an altruistic high school teacher can go far, but for Avery Wong, a neuroscience and Plan II sophomore, the impact went extremely far \u2014 over 4000 miles, to be exact.<\/p>\n
On May 25, Wong departed on a summer-long bike ride from Austin to Alaska along with 75 other riders on the Texas 4000, the world\u2019s longest annual charity bike ride. From a passion for funding research initiatives to a desire to spread hope for people affected by cancer, riders with the student-run nonprofit vary in their motivations.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Cancer) patients and their families need to \u2026<\/p>\n
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NRG\u2019s Cycling Team Celebrates 20 Years of Pedaling With Purpose<\/a><\/h2>\n
By NRG Editorial Voices | www.nrg.com<\/h4>\n
In cycling, there\u2019s a section of the pedal stroke from 12 o\u2019clock to 6 o\u2019clock known as the power phase. It\u2019s the period when a cyclist produces the highest amount of muscular power in order to propel the bike forward. On the weekend of April 27-28, NRG\u2019s cycling team put their pedal strokes to the test and completed a monumental ride commemorating two decades of participation in the Texas MS 150.<\/p>\n
The Bike MS fundraising program has been in operation for 40 years. It has raised an incredible $1.4 billion to fuel the National Multiple Sclerosis Society\u2019s mission to cure MS, and it has enabled the research that has resulted in every MS treatment option available today. This ride is big.<\/p>\n
For the past 20 years, NRG\u2019s cycling team has \u2026<\/p>\n
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Public Health Students Propose Solutions To Mobility Challenges On Texas A&M Campus<\/a><\/h2>\n
By Dorian Martin | today.tamu.edu<\/h4>\n
Capstone project aims to enhance pedestrian, bicycle and scooter safety amid growing use of low-speed vehicles on campus.\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n
Eight seniors in the Texas A&M University School of Public Health used their capstone course project to analyze the growing use of skateboards, bicycles and scooters as well as personal electric vehicles on the university\u2019s sprawling campus. Many of the team\u2019s recommendations are being considered for implementation by Texas A&M\u2019s administration to make the campus a safer place for pedestrians, bikes and other wheeled devices, and full-size vehicles.<\/p>\n
The students \u2014 Janeth Aviles \u201924, Adrian Barajas \u201924, Brianna Dorotik \u201924, Laticia Ellankil \u201924, Katherine McGee \u201924, Hadley McGhee \u201924, Chase Parrish \u201924 and Yulissa Rodriguez \u201924 \u2014 were part of the PHLT 445 Honors Capstone course, taught \u2026<\/p>\n
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Partnership promotes bicycle safety<\/a><\/h2>\n
By Lauren Macias-Cervantes | www.txdot.gov<\/h4>\n
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ALPINE \u2014 An empty college campus parking lot turned into an obstacle course last week to promote bicycle safety at Sul Ross State University.<\/p>\n
TxDOT\u2019s El Paso District partnered with the Alpine Police Department to put on the free safety event.<\/p>\n
\u201cSharing the rules of the road and reminding both cyclists and drivers to watch for one another is critical in rural and urban parts of our district,\u201d said El Paso District Engineer Tomas Trevino. \u201cCreating awareness for cyclists and residents can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
The awareness is needed across the state. Fatal crashes involving bicyclists increased 28% from 2018 through 2022.<\/p>\n
In 2022, there were 2,349 traffic crashes involving bicyclists in Texas, resulting in \u2026<\/p>\n
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LPD Bike Rodeo & Summer Safety Fair moved to June 28 due to weather<\/a><\/h2>\n
By Jason Mack | www.lmtonline.com<\/h4>\n
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The Laredo Police Department announced the postponement of its annual Bike Rodeo & Summer Safety Fair from Friday, June 21 to Friday, June 28 due to projected inclement weather.<\/p>\n
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BGDB Juneteenth SATX Social Ride San Antonio, Texas<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tina BGDBSATX | strava.com<\/h4>\n
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West Texas fundraiser plans to bike from Midland to Lubbock for MS<\/a><\/h2>\n
by: Mattie Powers\t| www.everythinglubbock.com<\/h4>\n
LUBBOCK, Texas \u2014 The National Multiple Sclerosis Society holds an event every year called Bike MS where people bike 150 miles over the span of two days along with fundraising to help with research, programs and their ultimate mission to find the cure for the disease. The one for West Texas is called Cactus and Crude and one of the fundraisers focused on flocking houses.<\/p>\n
The cyclist leading this fundraiser was Pamela Kiowski who is in a biking group called the Carney Men. Kiowski came up with this idea and went to put a bunch of plastic flamingos in people\u2019s front yards. Whoever got their yard flocked, would pay for someone else\u2019s lawn to get plastic flamingos all over it. \u2026<\/p>\n
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\u201cChanges to 11th Street resulted in slower traffic, fewer and less severe crashes, and a 200% increase in people using a crucial new trail crossing.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/qwynAgZNj6<\/a><\/p>— BikeHouston (@BikeHouston) June 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>