Category Bike News
NYC Bicycling Up 66% in 2 Years After Installation of 200 Miles of Bike Facilities!
Streetsblog has just posted the latest ridership numbers released by the New York City Department of Transportation and over a two year period, they’ve seen an increase of 66% in ridership! What’s changed in that time? Over the last three years, they’ve installed 200 miles worth of bicycle facilities. And what about fatality rates compared […]
Streetfilms Video on New York Bike Lane Installations
It’s hard to believe how far New York City has come with it’s bicycle infrastructure work in such a short time period. Hiring expert planners and engineers from Denmark proved to be a stroke of genius, and seeing the ridership levels grow is a testimony to the ideas of Jan Gehl, Soren Jenson, and others. […]
BikePortland Article on European Planners Consulting US on Bicycle Infrastructure
If you get a chance, you must check out BikePortland’s article on a recent panel discussion by European planners who visited the US and consulted on best practices for increasing bicycle ridership, and creating bike infrastructure. The key to a successful program is exactly what we’ve stated from the outset at BFOC…perception of safety. From […]
Area Bike Lane Updates
(image from K_Gradinger Flickr) We’re awaiting BikeDenton’s report on the recent NCTCOG Bike and Pedestrian meeting, but what we’ve heard so far, sounds pretty exciting. Specifically, Richardson has rolled out bike lanes along Custer and Grove roads. The neighborhood associations fought to have these implemented, and traffic planners in the city moved forward with these […]
Bike Hooks at Eno’s Tavern
Those of you who didn’t make the Hellhound on My Trail Group Ride may have missed the new bike hooks that Matt installed at Eno’s Tavern. It was awesome to see them filled up during the break on the ride. On the following weekend, most of the slots were filled as well during the Urban […]
Philly Bike Lane: If You Build it They Will Come
@IBIKEDALLAS forwarded along this link from the Philadelphia Bicycle News blog. It notes bicycle traffic pre-bike lane and post, and shows multiple increases of 90% and even one with a 230% increase. They state, “Look for a complete 2009 Bicycle Count Report later this fall.” which should cite each month’s ridership numbers for the year. […]
Dallas Observer Article on Last Weekend of Cyclesomatic
(photo by Danny Fulgencio) The Dallas Observer posted a followup article about our last weekend of Cyclesomatic here, along with slideshow here. The pictures are amazing, and we were glad so many turned out, in spite of the drizzle.
Last Night of Cyclesomatic! Triplets of Belleville at the Texas Theatre
Sunday 6PM, The Triplets of Belleville at the Historic Texas Theatre Help us reign in the final night of Cyclesomatic! Will be showing the incredible French film, Triplets of Belleville. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s the story of an orphaned boy, Champion, who is raised by his grandmother, Madame Souza. Her gift of […]
Helmet law to be enforced again starting next week
Look out! We just received an update from a reporter at the Dallas Morning News that starting next week, the helmet law will be enforced again. They’re doing a story on it now that should be out soon.
Rescheduling Tonight’s Bike-In Film at the Belmont
It looks like the rain is supposed to break by 4PM today, but the lawn at the Bemont will be thoroughly soaked by the time we hoped to show “Breaking Away”. We’re going to reschedule, and are looking at either Friday the 16th or the 23rd. We’ll update everyone soon. The good thing is, Cycleomatic […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 