Author Archives: Jason Roberts
BFOC announces Safe Routes to School campaign collaboration with local schools!
BFOC has officially begun developing a Safe Routes to School campaign with staff members of Rosemont Elementary School in North Oak Cliff. The kickoff date for this program will be on October 7th, in coordination with the National “Walk/Bike to School Day“. The event will be one of many we’re planning for a week long […]
BFOC interviews Lance Armstrong’s mom, Linda Armstrong Kelly
First off, thank you so much for letting us speak with you. We had recently discovered you once lived in Oak Cliff, and wanted to find out a little more about your history on our side of the river. I lived most of my life near the Lemmon and Inwood area, but my family moved […]
Oak Cliff Bicycle Company Announces Opening Date, Aug. 3rd
Just heard from our friends at Oak Cliff Bicycle Company that they’ll officially open their doors on August 3rd. They’re planning a party to celebrate, so be sure to check their website for updates, or follow their tweets @ocbicycleco.
The Perception of Safety
While working out of Fountain Place tower yesterday, I noticed the window washers pass by my 48th floor office, and thought, “who on earth would sign up for that job?” The reality was, the person washing the window was standing on a tethered platform, and had a second tether attached to themselves from the rooftop. […]
Beating the Heat in Melbourne, Australia
When studying cities around the world that have strong multi-modal transportation options (bicycle infrastructure, streetcars, pedestrian paths), a high level of walkability, and an active downtown life, it’s hard to beat Australia’s second most populous city, Melbourne. In previous articles, we discussed roadblocks to creating a vital downtown life given the climate in the South…Melbourne […]
Ask the Experts: Paul L. Jacobsen, and Dr. Lon D. Roberts, PhD.
In our last “Ask the Experts” article, we corresponded with Danish Engineer, Soren Jensen, to help clarify the findings from his study titled, “Road safety and perceived risk of cycle facilities in Copenhagen”. Local Vehicular Cyclists had attempted to cite the study as reason for not developing bicycle infrastructure. At the conclusion of the article, […]
BFOC Pedicab for Bishop Arts!
We’ve been raising quite a bit of funds recently through the sales of t-shirts, online fundraisers, and a homebrew fest. So far with the funds, we’ve got a couple more bike racks on order, some “share the road” signage plans, a September Bicycle event, and an entry point sign into Oak Cliff stating “Welcome to […]
Revisioning a Street for a Community
On CycleSmartDallas, a recent post titled “Friday Bike-Lane Special” uses the above photo to justify the failures of bicycle facilities with the added comment, “advocates for segregationist bicycle facilities like being treated this way”. Given that we’re advocates for separated transit modes in urban environments like sidewalks, bus-only lanes, and cycle tracks, I’m assuming we’re […]
Oak Cliff’s Own In Second Place At Tour de France!
Photo: Reuters As we discovered from a commenter, seven time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, was born right here in Oak Cliff at Methodist Hospital and lived in the OC for a short while until moving to Richardson and later Plano. Curiously, Wikipedia notes Plano as his birthplace, but his biography lists first living […]
John Pucher Video on Cycling for Everyone
Also from EcoVelo, ran across this great video of John Pucher discussing “Cycling for Everyone”. It’s fascinating to see the numbers of accidents, and rates of ridership among the elderly and more in Europe compared to the US. Something else he touches on is something we documented earlier from Danish planner, Jan Gehl, where car-centric […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 