Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Dallas police ticketing bicyclists without helmets
Heads up out there…we’re getting several emails about Dallas police ticketing riders for not wearing helmets. The fine is a staggering $147! Ironically, motorcyclists are allowed to ride without helmets…don’t try to find an explanation. Sadly, this is the quickest way to lower ridership in our city. A friend of BFOC spoke to us this […]
Boston enjoying new bicycle renaissance
(Nicole Freedman, Boston’s new Bike Czar) Two years ago, Boston faced the same doldrums Dallas currently does in regards to bicycle facilities. There was little movement from city officials advocating bike infrastructure, anti-bike lane groups were shouting their misguided and biased “Bike lanes are death traps” argument, and ridership levels were the same that we […]
6 Year Old on Bicycle in West Dallas, Run Over by SUV
We were just forwarded the following heartbreaking story about 6 year old Juan Rey Marin, who was run over and dragged by an SUV in West Dallas. BFOC will plan a ride to honor the young boy, and to advocate for better/safer bicycle facilities in Dallas. We’ll plan on updating everyone with more details soon.
Photopol.us and BFOC teaming up for Art/Bike Crawl in April. Call for Artists on now!
Call for DFW Artists Photopol.us and Bike Friendly Oak Cliff invite you to apply to exhibit and sell your artwork at the first annual Oak Cliff Art Crawl. Several Oak Cliff galleries will be open on April 25th from 4pm – 9pm, as well as the historic Texas Theater. Hundreds of visitors and art collectors […]
Bicycle Crazed Portland Fuels $125 Million Industry
The January 2009 issue of “Oregon Business”, wrote a cover story on the highly successful bicycle industry which has grown throughout Portland since the advent of bicycle infrastructure. As we noted from a past interview with Portland’s bike coordinator, Roger Geller, cycling as a main form of a transit has risen to 8% modal share […]
A Quick Primer on DART’s new SLRV Light Rail’s with Bike Racks
DART rolled out its newest trains a few months back, called SLRV’s. These have several enhancements including ground level entrance for better ADA compliancy, and two bike hooks per car! Right now, there’s only a handful of these cars, and you don’t see them on every grouping of trains, but the indicator to look for […]
Jan Gehl, Urban Planner for Copenhagen, Discusses Bike Lanes
This clip is from the documentary, “Contested Streets”, put out by Transportation Alternatives in New York. Jan Gehl is one of the originators of the New Urbanism movement, and was instrumental in turning Copenhagen into the “Bike Capital of the World”. When advocating for better bike facilities in North Texas, we often hear: “We’re Dallas, […]
Group Ride: On the Trail of Bonnie and Clyde
Update! It looks like we may double the attendance of our last ride, which was 125. The Belmont Hotel is offering all cyclists $2 Shiners, so tell everyone you know! Join our Facebook group here With the awesome success of the Lee Harvey Bike Ride, we’ve decided to roll out our next themed ride: On […]
BFOC in Oak Cliff’s 2009 Mardi Gras Parade
Thanks to all who were able to make it out to the Mardi Gras Parade in Bishop Arts yesterday. We had a great showing. It was amazing to see members from 5 to 65 years old decked out in orange wheeling down Bishop, all promoting the Bicycle Oak Cliff message!
Outside the OC: New Bikeshop near SMU/Katy Trail with Bike Rentals!
While riding down Mockingbird the other day, we ran across a new bike shop located in the old Segway store. You’ll notice from the image above that remnants of the old sign are still in place. This new shop is called Fleetwood’s Kit-Kat, and is filled with new retro styled cruisers built by Felt: They […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 