{"id":8868,"date":"2011-06-27T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2011-06-27T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T04:26:09","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-june-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/27\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-june-27th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup June 27th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Austin Ridge Riders Rides<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSunday All-Level Ride at Walnut Creek<br \/>\n07\/03\/2011 &#8211; 9:30am<\/p>\n<p>July Club Ride\/Event<br \/>\n07\/09\/2011 &#8211; 9:00am<\/p>\n<p>Ride Like A Girl &#8211; Barton Creek<br \/>\n07\/18\/2011 &#8211; 6:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Ride Like A Girl &#8211; Walnut Creek<br \/>\n07\/25\/2011 &#8211; 6:00pm<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/calendar-date\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinridgeriders.com\/calendar-date\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>more<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>El Paso Bicycle Club<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTuesday, July 12<br \/>\nB\/IG Ride &#8211; Clean Your Bike-5:45 pm<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2512\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elpasobicycleclub.com\/cgi-bin\/calendar.cgi?style=List&amp;view=Event&amp;event_id=2512\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Pics From This Sunday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BFKH Ride To Dallas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Cycle Sunday<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBike Friendly Richardson \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 by dickdavid<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5191\/5875303008_7d97d98c9e_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nYesterday, I decided to join the Bike Friendly Knox-Henderson group and ride down to the first Dallas Cycle Sunday ride. After that, we got to check out the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest Complete Streets initiative called Ross Avenue \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Build A Better Boulevard. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\" href=\"http:\/\/bikefriendlyrichardson.org\/2011\/06\/27\/pics-from-this-sundays-bfkh-ride-to-dallas-cycle-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Ross Avenue Better Boulevard&#8230; Making a Street Somewhere People Want To Be<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBikeDFW \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 by marc@mcmumby.com<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikedfw.org\/uploads\/frntpg_photos\/2011-06\/rossave\/ross_front_pg.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nWe participated in the Ross Avenue Better Boulevard demonstration in downtown Dallas on Sunday, June 26th. A livable cities event that was sponsored by the City of Dallas, along with many partners, and organized by the Better Block team of Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=134:the-ross-avenue-better-boulevard-making-a-street-somewhere-people-want-to-be&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikedfw.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=134:the-ross-avenue-better-boulevard-making-a-street-somewhere-people-want-to-be&amp;catid=25:front-page-news\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Riding with a message: Biker passes Freeport on way home from Texas<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy Jane Lethlean\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Journal-Standard<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.journalstandard.com\/archive\/x977394481\/g12c000000000000000a838c9ec93e7f5bef452468715d9d2cb78323325.jpg?resize=300%2C212\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><br \/>\n&#8230;She did not need to worry. The rural people of this state were just as nice and accommodating to her as the Texans were on May 18, when she embarked on a cross-country bicycle ride to create awareness of the exercise that comes with riding a bicycle. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.journalstandard.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.journalstandard.com\/features\/x977394487\/Riding-with-a-message-Biker-passes-Freeport-on-way-home-from-Texas\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>College Street Bridge Wins Public Works Award<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Keith Hutchinson\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 news.georgetown.org<br \/>\nThe College Street Bridge was recently named the top transportation project of the year by Texas chapter of the American Public Works Association. The bridge was given the Public Works Project of the Year award for transportation&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/news.georgetown.org\" href=\"http:\/\/news.georgetown.org\/2011\/06\/27\/college-street-bridge-wins-public-works-award\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Half-mile added to River Legacy Trail at Arlington park<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBy Robert Cadwallader\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.star-telegram.com<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.star-telegram.com\/smedia\/2011\/06\/27\/06\/51\/5SEsT.Em.58.jpg?resize=310%2C206\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"206\" \/><br \/>\nARLINGTON &#8212; In the steamy tranquility of an early evening, a short convoy of veteran bicyclists clattered through a stand of trees and into a field of ragweed and sunflowers in the western reaches of River Legacy Parks. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2011\/06\/26\/3180619\/half-mile-added-to-river-legacy.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Nature Report: Cycling for a cause<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Richard Moore\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 www.valleycentral.com<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.valleycentral.com\/uploadedImages\/kgbt\/News\/Stories\/6-27-2011%2520nature2.jpg?resize=440%2C330\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" \/><br \/>\nMore than 60 cyclists with Team McAllen Cycling rode their bikes from the Rio Grande Valley to San Antonio this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The cycling club is helping to raise awareness for spina bifida, which is a birth defect that&#8230;<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.valleycentral.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.valleycentral.com\/news\/story.aspx?id=634273\" target=\"_blank\">More<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Exxon 471 Ride to Castroville and Club Picnic<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHill Country Bicycling Touring Club<br \/>\nSunday,\u00c2\u00a0 July 3rd:\u00c2\u00a0 Ride will start at 7:30 AM at the Exxon Station on 471.\u00c2\u00a0 We will go to Castroville and back (about 30 miles) on a flat road with wide shoulders at a medium pace ((12-14 MPH). Directions:\u00c2\u00a0 Exit Culebra Road (FM 471) from either 410 or 1604 and head west until you arrive at the Exxon Station on the right. &#8230;<a title=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hcbtc.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/26\/exxon-471-ride-to-castroville-and-club-picnic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>San Antonio Wheelmen\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Upcoming Rides:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSaturday, July 2:\u00c2\u00a0 Bullis Park Ride<br \/>\nSunday,\u00c2\u00a0 July 3:\u00c2\u00a0 Castroville Ride<br \/>\nMonday, July 4:\u00c2\u00a0 Fredericksburg 4th of July Ride<br \/>\nSaturday, July 9:\u00c2\u00a0 Boerne &#8220;Is this the last hill?&#8221; Ride<br \/>\nSunday, July 10:\u00c2\u00a0 Woman Hollering Creek Ride<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sawheelmen.com\/calendar.cfm\/frm\/87965\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Ridge Riders Rides Sunday All-Level Ride at Walnut Creek 07\/03\/2011 &#8211; 9:30am July Club Ride\/Event 07\/09\/2011 &#8211; 9:00am Ride Like A Girl &#8211; Barton Creek 07\/18\/2011 &#8211; 6:00pm Ride Like A Girl &#8211; Walnut Creek 07\/25\/2011 &#8211; 6:00pm more <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/27\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-june-27th\/\"><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":[2293,76,2344,1081,2797,2335,2796,5253,2798,1829,2047],"class_list":["post-8868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-ridge-riders","tag-bicycle-across-the-us","tag-bike-friendly-richardson","tag-bikedfw","tag-college-street-bridge","tag-el-paso-bicycle-club","tag-hill-country-bicycling-touring-club","tag-news","tag-river-legacy-trail","tag-san-antonio-wheelmen","tag-team-mcallen-cycling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2j2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8868","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=8868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}