Author Archives: Jason Roberts
Oak Cliff Mardi Gras Ride
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff invites you to ride in the inaugural Oak Cliff Mardi Gras Parade! Meet us in the parking lot of the Hitt Auditorium (Colorado Boulevard and Bishop Avenue) at Methodist Dallas Medical Center at 3:15. The parade kicks off there at 4 p.m. and proceeds 1.2 miles south on North Bishop Ave. […]
Texas legislators propose transportation funding option for North Texas
The Austin Business Journal notes that State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, and State Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Southlake, are co-sponsors of legislation that would allow local communities to raise taxes or fees to support urban and suburban commuter rail lines and highways. The bill they filed allows for North Texas to take greater control over its […]
Oak Cliff Chamber Luncheon: Trolley’s & Trails to the Trinity!
The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, and the Alternative Transportation Subcommittee (of which, many BFOC members are involved), is holding a panel discussion and luncheon on February 26th, at the Oak Cliff Country Club. The honorable City Council Woman, Angel Hunt, will be one of the guest speakers talking about the new bike lane plans […]
The Slow Bike Movement
BFOC is a proud advocate for the Slow Bike Movement, dreamt up by the wonderful people at Copehagenize.com. This movement, which parallels the “slow food” philosophy, is targeting those of us that prefer to not dress up like lycra wearing cyborgs when riding to the office. For us, riding a 1950’s cruiser is just as […]
New Bikeshop in the Cliff?
We’re holding our breath at this point, but a couple of members of BFOC have expressed interest in opening a shop in Oak Cliff. It’s still too early to tell if this will get off the ground, but there is interest and where there’s a will…hopefully there’s a way.
Press!
The Dallas Morning News covered Sunday’s ride in this morning’s paper. They also ran a cool audio tour here.
An Awesome Ride!
(photo by Brian Green) The site of 130+ cyclists crossing the Houston Street Viaduct into Oak Cliff was amazing to behold. We couldn’t have asked for a better day. The sky was cloudless, and the temperature hovered around 65 degrees. Everyone met in front of the Sixth Floor Museum and we all made our way […]
More bike racks installed
Spiral Diner, and the Belmont Hotel/Cliff Cafe, have both installed their new bike racks provided by our pledge drive:
Where a bike lane would have saved a life
Though we usually avoid the anti-bike lane blog, Cycle*Dallas, setup by Dallas bike coordinator PM Summer, we do find it odd that his last posting was of an accident in Portland, showing a woman hit by a right-hook incident in 2007, with the observation that the bike lane was at fault. His inference being, had […]
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