Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Bishop Arts gets the first car parking space converted to permanent bike parking in Dallas
The single tenet that BFOC helped promote in the recently passed Bishop Davis Land Use study was to allow businesses to supplement the zoning requirements for car parking with bike parking. Prior to the study, many of our historic structures were unleaseable by business owners due to having too few parking spaces required by code. Today, […]
Dallas Ranks on Bottom of Worst Commute List
Streetsblog.org just posted a link to a recent study put out by the financial websites Bundle and TheStreet showing the least and most expensive cities for commuters. Dallas rates as the most expensive city for commuters overall, while Eugene, Oregon ranks as the least. The article goes on to state that commutes have been an under […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s Christmas Display
In case you missed it, BFOC members created a Santa with 8 tiny bicycles display in the Bishop Arts District for Jingle Bells on Bishop. Our friend and fellow BFOC’er Elliott Munoz snapped this great pic.
Arlington Individual Against Safer Streets
(Collins and Abram – a Typical street in Arlington) After years of developing a dangerous, high-speed road network that was cold, desolate and uninviting to pedestrians, bicyclists, children, or elders, Arlington has finally decided to move forward with an impressive bike plan that looks to fundamentally change the road network into one that will make the city a shining […]
Oak Cliff Bicycle Company Stops a Bike Theft
(Ean Parsons and Jeremy Ordaz) UPDATE: Thanks to the BFOC Community, one of the perpetrators has been identified in the comments section! Owners of the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company, Jeremy Ordaz and Ean Parsons, foiled a recent bike theft in North Oak Cliff after two men walked into the store purporting to have a bicycle […]
NYC’s Transit Director Profiled in Esquire
(Image from Esquire.com) Janette Sadik-Kahn, the head of NYC’s Department of Transportation, was profiled in this month’s Esquire magazine. Janette is responsible for the incredible pedestrian plaza, and bike network that has sprung up in less than 5 years. Her era of city redevelopment has reduced traffic accidents to historic lows, increased bicycle ridership exponentially, […]
Dallas Tweed Ride 2010
We never expected a 72 degree day near the end of November, but that didn’t stop nearly 300 people from coming out decked in tweed and wool for the second annual Dallas Tweed Ride. Special thanks to the Turner House for hosting us, the games committee for providing a ton of great entertainment upon our […]
In one week, BFOC increases bike ridership at local school from 0 to 100.
Here at BFOC we noticed that our local elementary schools had little to no children bicycling to campus, and after doing some research learned that this is an alarming trend occuring throughout the nation. According to the FHA, 50% of children bicycled to school in 1969. Today, it’s under 15%. What’s incredible is that I […]
More details on the Tweed Ride
Team BFOC is getting ramped up for the Dallas Tweed Ride on November 21st. We’ve confirmed use of the yard at the historic Turner House in North Oak Cliff. It will be the perfect backdrop for the ride and we’ll plan on having a series of over-the-top British games inspired by the Chap Olympiad: If […]
Oak Cliff Cycle Chic
(photo by Elliott Munoz)
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 