{"id":9746,"date":"2011-09-18T22:28:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2011-09-18T22:28:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:28:49","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-18th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/18\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-september-18th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"

The injustice of auto dominated streets<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby elliott\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin On Two Wheels
\nI attend church at the University United Methodist Church, and in recent months, there has been a new part of the service created to highlight an injustice in our society and to recommit as a congregation to fight against injustice in the world. This week, I was asked to lead this part of the service, and I decided to share the heart breaking story of Raquel Nelson.<\/p>\n

While this particular injustice is about pedestrians, as equally vulnerable and often harassed road users I think this story will speak to cyclists as well. Here is what I said:…<\/p>\n

Accommodating cyclists is a Near Term Action Item of the Richardson City Council<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby jennyrilling\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike Friendly Richardson
\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m signed up for the Week In Review email sent out by the city of Richardson every Friday. From the September 16th email:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153City Council Discusses Near Term Action Items
\nThe Richardson City Council continued discussion on its 2011-2013 Near Term Action Items at its meeting Monday night. The Council reviewed the latest revisions and suggested several changes, additions and deletions. Among the top items proposed are: a charter review to evaluate the selection of Mayor, finding ways to make Richardson more accommodating to bicyclists, and enhancing signage and making other improvements to make City Hall more customer friendly.
\nThe Near Term Action Items have been discussed at previous meetings and are on the agenda for next Monday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work session. The Council hopes to officially…<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0I am including the following in case you are not familiar with this website.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ft Hood A Bike Ride in Austin Texas 78729<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n98.3 miles A bike ride in Austin, Texas 78729, US, +3792\/-3706 feet elevation gain\/loss. Created by: Bruce Brase — Ft. Hood.<\/p>\n

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Find Meetup Groups in Austin, TX, about Cycling.<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nWednesday, Sep 21, 2011\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 5:30 PM
\na Meetup of: The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nAustin, TX
\n5:30 Wednesday INTERMEDIATE\/NO DROP Greenbelt Ride at Barton Creek Greenbelt – 360 Access (beside brick office building) in Austin, TX
\n4 attending
\nFriday, Sep 23, 2011\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 5:30 PM
\na Meetup of: The Austin Mountain Bikers Meetup Group
\nAustin, TX
\nFriday night beginner ride – Bull Creek area at Bull Creek in Austin, TX
\n5 attending
\nSunday, Sep 25, 2011\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 8:15 AM
\na Meetup of: Austin Cycling Meetup
\nAustin, TX
\nOur favorite: Jack and Adam’s Steiner Steakhouse Ride at Steiner Ranch Steakhouse in Austin, TX
\n10 attending
\nSaturday, Oct 1, 2011\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 7:45 AM
\na Meetup of: Austin Cycling Meetup
\nAustin, TX
\nSteiner Ranch – Jollyville – Spicewood Lollipop Ride at Steiner Ranch Welcome Center in Austin, TX\u00c2\u00a0 and more<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

Major Progress With The Trail Under Renner Road<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby dickdavid\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Bike Friendly Richardson
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\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a few weeks since we reported on the Spring Creek Trail construction under Renner Road. When we checked on Labor Day, they had started to back-fill the area inside of the retaining wall. But, last week, it actually looked like some of that was dug back up. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The injustice of auto dominated streets by elliott\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Austin On Two Wheels I attend church at the University United Methodist Church, and in recent months, there has been a new part of the service created to highlight an injustice …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[2970,2631,660,2969,2971,2337],"class_list":["post-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-austin-cycling-meetup-groups","tag-bicycle-traffic","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts","tag-fort-hood-ride","tag-renner-road","tag-richardson-trail-way"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-2xc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746","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=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}