Category Bike News
Oak Cliff People previews Lee Harvey Oswald ride
“Super Bowl XLIII won’t be the only event boasting large crowds and elaborate helmets on Feb. 1.” Nice.
BFOC closing in on 100 members!
We’re up to 96 members. Sign up as a group member at our Facebook site to be notified of the latest rides, events, and more. Also, increasing our membership allows us to further our efforts for promoting bicycle infrastructure in Dallas. Stay tuned for an upcoming feature here at BFOC: Member profiles and their rides.
PSU Professor Straps GPS Units on Bike Commuters to Study Bike Habits
Jennifer Dill, an Associate Professor in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies (PSU), strapped GPS units to 164 bike commuters to study ride behavior for seven days between April and November of 2007. Collectively, the riders took over 1,700 trips. After studying the data, Dill has found that “bike infrastructure” such as bike […]
Ice Cream Racers
Imagine 30 Paleta vendors racing down Jefferson! Perhaps 2009 will bring such an event, stay tuned. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6i410_course-de-triporteurs_news
Press for the BFOC Bike Rack Install
The Oak Cliff People Newspaper ran a story on the unveiling of our first bike rack. You can read the full story here.
Group Ride: Tracing the Footsteps of Lee Harvey Oswald
1/29/2009 Update! We’ve had 76 people confirm to date, and an additional 85 “maybe attending”. This should be a great ride! Join BFOC for a group bicycle ride on Sunday, February 1, at 2:30PM starting at Dealey Plaza in Downtown Dallas, and passing the infamous residences of JFK’s alleged assassin. Our ride will take us […]
Bicycle rental program in the Cliff?
Sure, Amsterdam has got us all beat with an amazing yellowbike program, but looks like hope may be on the horizon. After the successful bike rack campaign in North Oak Cliff, Hotel Belmont has decided to create a bicycle rental program. As many of you may know, the owner’s of the Belmont are major advocates […]
Cycling Safety on Bikeways vs. Roads
[Reprinted from the Archives of Transportation Alternatives] Cycling Safety on Bikeways vs. Roads by John Pucher The following article by John Pucher appears in the autumn 2001 issue of Transportation Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 4. It is Pucher’s reply to John Forester’s spring 2001 TQ article “The Bikeway Controversy,” where he opposes separate rights of […]
Top 10 US Cities by Population, and their respective On-Street Bike Lanes
1. New York City, NY: 490 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 2. Los Angeles, CA: 481 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 3. Chicago, IL: 100+ Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 4. Houston, Texas: 70+ Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 5. Philadelphia, PA: 270 Miles of On-Street Bike Lanes 6. Phoenix, Arizona: 222 Miles of On-street […]
Copenhagen, Bike Capitol of Europe
[reposted from the Oak Cliff Transit Authority Blog] This incredible film clip, from the documentary Contested Streets, outlines how Copenhagen took on the challenge of introducing multi-modal transit options into their downtown. It’s particularly interesting to see entire streets that were once filled with parked cars being transformed into pedestrian only markets. Also, take note […]
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