Author Archives: Jason Roberts
A History of Dutch Bike Paths
With the Dallas Bike Plan adoption date nearing, we thought it would be fun to look at a history of Dutch bicycle paths:
Ride with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff in the Mardi Gras Parade
Ride with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff in the third-annual Oak Cliff Mardi Gras Parade. 105 people have RSVP’d on Facebook here, and more are welcome to pedal on up the day of. It’s a family friendly ride, so everyone’s invited. We’ll start at 4 p.m. at Windomere and head down Davis for THE SLOWEST 1.7 […]
2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show Today thru Sunday
If you’re in or around Austin this weekend, be sure to head to the seventh edition of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show at the Austin Convention Center. Oak Cliff custom bike builder, DALTEX, is exhibiting at the big three-day event. More details at http://www.2011.handmadebicycleshow.com/ Pics of Daltex from Prolly is Not Probably.
Ride with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff in the Mardi Gras Parade
It’s that time of year again for Oak Cliff’s Mardi Gras parade! BFOC will be leading off the parade which will start at the Kessler Theatre and end in the Bishop Arts District with a giant Crawfish Boil on Sunday, March 6th. Everyone who owns a bike is welcome to come out and join us…just […]
Free BFOC T-Shirt Screening today at OCBC!
Free Bike Friendly Oak Cliff t-shirt screening party at the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company today (Sunday 2/20) from 2-5pm. Bring a blank t-shirt, bag, or other article of clothing and have it screened with the BFOC logo!
Urbanism through the eyes of a 9 year old
My 9 year old son was asked to write a paper on the “Perfect Place” for a classroom assignment. His teacher called us later that afternoon to tell us it brought tears to her eyes. After reading it, I realized that he had done a better job of promoting the need for great, livable/walkable communities […]
Harvard Study: “Pedaling in traffic 28 times more likely to hurt you than sticking to a bike lane”
The Daily posted an article on a recently announced study by the Harvard School of Public Health noting what we already see in Europe; separated bike lanes increase ridership and reduce accidents. The full study can be found here. What’s most impressive is that Scottsdale, Arizona now has 339 miles worth of separated bike lanes and is requiring […]
Oak Cliff Bike Culture Noted in the NY Times
The New York Times spotlighted the Bishop Arts District and OC’s bike culture in the Sunday edition: “Travelers who tend to put Dallas at the bottom of their Texas bucket list probably haven’t been to the Bishop Arts district, where cyclists outnumber drivers, pedestrians stroll past historic buildings and the words “local,” “artisan” and “crafted” […]
Have Bike Trailer – Will Travel
I’ve had my eye on several different cargo bikes for the past few years including the Madsen Cycle, the Yuba Mundo, and the Kona Ute (or pretty much anything stocked at practicalcycles.com). Since the majority of these bikes start at $800 and go up from there, I decided to pick up a cheap Aosom bike […]
Heads of the League of American Bicyclists visit Oak Cliff
(Jason Roberts, Andy Clark – president of the League of American Bicyclists, Gail Spann – LAB Texas rep, Elizabeth Kiker – vp of LAB, and Amy Cowan) The president and vice president of the League of American Bicyclists were in town from Washington D.C. to show support for the Dallas Bike Plan and stopped by […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 