{"id":7953,"date":"2011-04-14T23:28:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T04:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2011-04-14T23:28:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T04:28:58","slug":"daily-news-roundup-april-14th-texas-bicycling-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/14\/daily-news-roundup-april-14th-texas-bicycling-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup April 14th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideSchedule.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/houstonbicycleclub.org\/Pages\/RideSchedule.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Houston Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nUpcoming Rides<br \/>\nWhen: Program: Sunday 05\/22\/11 at: 8:30 a.m. Lucky&#8217;s Pub, 801 St. Emanuel Annual HBC Club Picnic &#8211; Meet for a morning ride, then return to Lucky&#8217;s at about 11:00 for lunch paid for by the club. After lunch, we will have a brief meeting, mainly to install the new officers, then take a ride over to the Art Car Parade.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikewtca.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikewtca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>WTCA Post to Gail Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nDate: April 16, 2011<br \/>\nLocation: Post, TX<br \/>\nContact: Steve Crowell<br \/>\nDetails: Steve Crowell is hosting the Post to Gail ride. Meet at the Courthouse square in Post at 9:00AM. The ride is an out and back. Post to Gail is about 32 miles, so about a 100K round trip. However, since it is an out and back you can choose to ride as far as you want and Steve will be providing SAG support. The Fluvana road is at approximately 25 miles for a 50 mile round trip. It is a nice scenic ride with small teeny climbs up the Cap Rock. $5.00 charge to ride.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2465\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2465\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nClimb to the Top<br \/>\nDescription: \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Meet at Power Shots, 965 N. Resler, and ride up Transmountain to &amp; through Tom Mays Park. Return via the rollers to Anthony and back. 35+ miles, moderate pace. Blanca Harp, 915-422-2238 &amp; Sylvia Mejia, 915-740-9033.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/bikebrookshire.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bikebrookshire.com\/2011\/04\/14\/sights-on-the-2011-houston-austin-ms150-route\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Sights on the 2011 Houston-Austin MS150 Route<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Bike Brookshire<br \/>\nAre you participating in the 2011 MS150 from Houston to Austin. Check out these sights and point of interest along the route this year.<br \/>\nMS150 Route Maps \u00e2\u20ac\u201c by Map My Ride<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/routes\/view\/30593848\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/routes\/view\/30593848\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Day 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c route map<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/routes\/view\/2230074\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/routes\/view\/2230074\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Day 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c route map<\/strong><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Bechtel Challenge route thru the hills<br \/>\n<strong>Day 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c route map<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pfizer Express bypass route<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=117:help-prevent-weakening-of-bicycle-accomodation&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Help prevent weakening of bicycle accommodation<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby marc@mcmumby.com (Administrator)<br \/>\nfrom the League of American Bicyclists<br \/>\nAASHTO wants to weaken US DOT bicycle accommodation policy<br \/>\nTake Action!<br \/>\nContact Amadeo Saenz, Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation to tell him this is a bad idea!<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released a letter and supplemental document, which asked the US Department of Transportation to weaken their guidance on accommodating bicyclists and pedestrians. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biketexas.org\/en\/component\/content\/article\/176-complete-streets\/1102-complete-streets-bill-gets-first-senate-hearing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Complete Streets Bill Gets First Senate Hearing<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby emma@biketexas.org (Emma Cravey)<br \/>\nComplete Streets Senate Hearing<br \/>\nThe Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee heard SB 513 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the Senate companion to the Complete Streets bill in the House \u00e2\u20ac\u201d on Wednesday, April 13. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planobicycle.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=342:plano-council-survey-front-page\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Plano Council Survey Front Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Rusty@PlanoBicycle.Org (Rusty Nail)<br \/>\n[City of Plano]<br \/>\nPlano Bicycle Association City Council Survey Responses. Read what your Plano city council candidates have to say in response to the PBA survey sent out a couple weeks ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/FCpuASakNmE\/7520832.html\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chron.com\/~r\/houstonchronicle\/spcycling\/~3\/FCpuASakNmE\/7520832.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Cycling notebook: Rider personally invested in MS fight<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Dale Robertson Houston Chronicle<br \/>\nLike many of his fellow BP MS 150 cyclists who will be on the road from Houston to Austin this weekend, Rick Scheuring takes the fight against multiple sclerosis personally. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\" href=\"http:\/\/texasracinglife.com\/2011\/04\/14\/springearly-summer-racing-in-houston\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Spring\/Early Summer Racing in Houston<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Ken<br \/>\nLate spring and early summer racing is already upon us! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to believe how fast the first part of the racing season has passed us by, buy I am excited to start racing the weekly criteriums and track races. I decided to have a post outlining all the different races that Houston has to offer during the week in the summer. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston Bicycle Club Upcoming Rides When: Program: Sunday 05\/22\/11 at: 8:30 a.m. Lucky&#8217;s Pub, 801 St. Emanuel Annual HBC Club Picnic &#8211; Meet for a morning ride, then return to Lucky&#8217;s at about 11:00 for lunch paid for by the <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/14\/daily-news-roundup-april-14th-texas-bicycling-4\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[741,2471,2335,2319,1730,5253,2636,1724,2649,2037],"class_list":["post-7953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bp-ms150","tag-complete-streets","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-houston-bicycle-club","tag-houston-chronicle-cycling-notebook","tag-news","tag-pedestrian-and-bicycle-accommodation-plan","tag-plano-bicycle-association","tag-racing","tag-west-texas-cycling-association"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-24h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953","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=7953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}