Category Dallas
Cyclesomatic 2012, a celebration of ALL things bicycle!
The Texas Star ferris wheel at the State Fair won’t be the only big wheel spinning this October! Big Tex and the rest of Dallas better dust off their saddles, shine up that chrome, strap on a helmet, and wheel on over to a month long celebration of the best fun you’ll have all year […]
First Buffered Bicycle Lanes in Dallas Installed at Rosemont Elementary
It’s hard to believe the day has finally come when we no longer say Dallas still doesn’t have a dedicated bike lane. A plan to include bicycle infrastructure at the lower Rosemont Elementary School campus has started bearing fruit this past week when the City of Dallas laid down buffered bicycle lanes and a new […]
Help Support these Cancer Fighting Cyclists, September 8th!
The General’s Guard has had a mission that most of us can personally relate to: cancer sucks and they want to kick it’s ass, period. That’s what they’ve been fighting for several year’s, ever since one of their members originally started the cycling team to commemorate his fallen General to cancer. Michael Martin and his […]
Help House Ride for the Future Youth Riders
`This just came across to us and we thought we’d try and help spread this message about bicycles and environmental issues. From May 22nd – July 30th, the Ride for the Future team is traveling exclusively by bicycle from New Orleans to Dallas. Along the way, the participants will learn from and highlight local efforts […]
TONIGHT: Show up to support Bike Lanes on Ft. Worth Ave, pass it along!
JOIN THE EVENT ON FB SHOW UP TO SUPPORT BIKE LANES ON FT. WORTH AVE! We need as many bike friendly supporters TONIGHT to attend at, 6:30 PM, June 27th at The Bataan Community Center 3232 Bataan Street, Dallas, TX 75208 for a city of Dallas public meeting. PLEASE share this with as many people […]
Downtown TIFs allocate funds to crucial bicycle infrastructure
The kick in the pants we needed as a city to rev up the implementation of the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan has spurred more entities to help in getting wet paint on asphalt. Robert Wilonsky reports today that the Central Core Connector has received small, but significant funding from two local TIF entities to help […]
UPDATE: Show up to support Bike Lanes on Ft. Worth Ave, pass it along!
*Original post had the wrong date of June 20th in the opening paragraph. The actual date is June 27th. The post has been corrected below JOIN THE EVENT ON FB SHOW UP TO SUPPORT BIKE LANES ON FT. WORTH AVE! We need as many bike friendly supporters to attend Wednesday, 6:30 PM, June 27th at […]
What Makes a Bike Friendly City?
In the latest Bicycling Magazine issue, Dallas came out on top. That’s the top of the Worst Bicycle Friendly city in the country. We all know there’s great bicycle culture here. It’s been here for years going back to 1973 when the Greater Dallas Bicyclists first organized. We also have claim to Lance Armstrong, spending […]
Mary Suhm: Why doesn’t the Continental pedestrian bridge have bicycle infrastructure?
An opinion editorial from BFOC Board Member, Jonathan Braddick: Last week, Robert Wilonsky at the DMN reported about the delays in converting the old Continental bridge into a pedestrian park. Because I was curious about bicycle infrastructure, and hadn’t fully seen the design plans for the new park. I wasn’t shocked to find there are […]
Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct to be a Complete Street this Fall
Update: There is an upcoming town hall meeting that will a meeting with neighbors at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Hampton Illinois Branch Library This came to us from Councilman Scott Griggs this morning! Complete streets are coming to our Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct! The Jefferson Boulevard Viaduct is being transformed from a one-way, […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 