Category Bike News
Handmade Bicycle Framebuilder Show in Austin, Oct 15th and 16th
In less than a month the best handmade framebuilders from Texas (also Oklahoma, Arkansas, & New Mexico) will gather in Austin, Texas for the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show. This year’s show has 24+ exhibitors and will be the biggest TxCBS to date. Six of the exhibitors are from the DFW area. This year’s […]
Donate to iBike Rosemont: Creating Safe Routes to School in Oak Cliff
Over the past couple of years, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has advocated for the use of a bicycle as an alternative mode of transportation throughout Oak Cliff and the entire city. It’s group rides have brought out more first-time and old-time bicyclists, and reacquainted them with bicycling again. BFOC has helped lead the efforts that […]
BFOC’er rolling out Dallas Bike Signage Concept for the Ross Boulevard Challenge
If you’re planning on heading out to Ross Avenue on Sunday, expect to see some awesome wayfinding signage developed by BFOC’er Robbie Good, of focusEGD.
Introducing: Bike Friendly Dallas!
A new bike friendly group has been officially launched! Bike Friendly Dallas will help to bring together citizens of Dallas on two wheels, and be an aggregate of information from all neighborhoods of the city. Furthermore, one of it’s main missions will be to ensure the new 2011 Dallas Bike Plan is fully realized, and […]
Dallas Complete Streets Kickoff!
The Dallas Complete Street’s Kickoff is on Sunday, June 26th from 11AM – 4PM. Head out to Ross Avenue between Pavillion and N. Hawkins to take part in a “Complete Street” demonstration which will incorporate bike lanes, traffic calming measures, cafe seating, shade, improved landscaping, and change a portion of Ross from a thoroughfare, to […]
Recap of the Hellhound on My Trail Ride
Mayoral candidates David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings visit before the ride. photo by Andrea Roberts Thanks to all who made it out to the Hellhound on My Trail history ride. We had nearly 100 take part, including both mayoral candidates David Kunkle, and Mike Rawlings. The temperature hovered around 95 degrees, but everyone did […]
The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan is Unanimously Adopted!
Dallas’s Bike Coordinator, Max Kalhammer, Reviews the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan map Yesterday, Dallas made great strides in removing itself from the list of “auto-dominated cities” to one that is now embracing the worldwide movement of “complete streets” with bicycling leading the charge. After a year in the making, the city’s 2011 bike plan was unanimously adopted […]
2011 Dallas Bike Plan on the agenda for tomorrow’s City Council Meeting
(image from Paul Kreuger) After a year in the making, and with coordination between council members, regional transit authorities, city staff, and community members, the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan is officially set to be adopted by City Hall tomorrow afternoon (Wed. June 8th). The meeting begins at 1PM with the bike plan set as item #64. […]
BFOC’er Scott Griggs is our newest Council Member!
BFOC member, and board member of the Oak Cliff Transit Authority has officially become the newest council member for the city of Dallas, taking the District 3 spot from incumbent Dave Neumann. Scott is an ardent fan of bicycling initiatives and a member of the Congress for New Urbanism. Having his voice on the council […]
Welcome the newest BF member to the group, Farmers Branch!
Bike Friendly Farmers Branch is the newest member of the BF family. Welcome, guys!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 