Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Dallas Should Strive to Become the World’s Most Livable City
Stroget Pedestrian Plaza, Copenhagen, Denmark “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…. Make big plans… aim high in hope and work.” Daniel Burnham, Architect of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair When Danish Planner, Jan Gehl, began his work to make the streets of Copenhagen pedestrian and bicycle friendly, what he […]
New BFOC Messenger Bags Available
Thanks to the awesome work of FreeLisa designs, BFOC now has these cool new messenger bags available. I can easily carry my laptop and a couple of books in mine, and the strap is adjustable. You can pick one of these up at the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company, or email Lisa direct. A portion of […]
Streetfilms Video on New York Bike Lane Installations
It’s hard to believe how far New York City has come with it’s bicycle infrastructure work in such a short time period. Hiring expert planners and engineers from Denmark proved to be a stroke of genius, and seeing the ridership levels grow is a testimony to the ideas of Jan Gehl, Soren Jenson, and others. […]
More from the Bicycle Scavenger Hunt and Oktoberfest at Eno’s
Video from earlier in the day at Oktoberfest:
Photos from Oktoberfest and the Scavenger Hunt
Fortunately, we had a perfect day of weather for the Bicycle Photo Scavener Hunt and Oktoberfest. Thirteen teams competed for prizes doled out by the girls at Photopol.us for the hunt, which they should be uploading pics from shortly. Some of the challenges were pretty far out there, including having someone swim in Lake Cliff, […]
FMD & BFOC Present: Terror on Two Wheels. A Haunted Dallas Group Bike Ride
Join us for the fourth group ride in our history themed series focusing on haunted sites in Dallas. Alicia Pol of FMD, and Colin Clarke of 75208 will lead the group from the Grassy Knoll in Downtown Dallas through some of the most notorious ghost-ridden spots in town. Arrive at 2:30PM on Halloween (Saturday, Oct. […]
How to Build a Bike Friendly City Part 2
(A new bike lane in Times Square, NY by Flickr user denali2001) Several interesting articles have come out recently on bicycle culture, and more to the point, the move away from auto-centric planning. The New York Times published an article on Wednesday titled “Is Happiness Still That New Car Smell?”, where an auto industry expert […]
OC Bicycle Weekend Event Update
A lot of Bicycle activities happening this weekend in the OC. For starters, tonight we’re featuring “Breaking Away” at the Belmont Hotel as part of our Bike-In Movie series. Movie begins at dark (7:30ish). It’s starting to get cooler at night, so be sure to bring a couple blankets. Sunday, two events take place that […]
BFOC Challenges the Mayor to Bicycle to City Hall
When Boston ranked as Bicycling Magazine’s “Worst City for Bicyling” three years in a row, the Mayor got serious and decided he wanted to make a change. He quickly hired bicycle racing champion, Nicole Freedman, as bicycle coordinator, began reviewing infrastructure planning concepts in cities like Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Portland, purchased himself a three-speed Trek, […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 