Category Bike News
Bishop Arts Bike Fair a Success
Sunday was a beautiful day for a bike ride and a handful of Dallas cyclists took the chance to peddle over to the Bishop Arts District for the first annual Oak Cliff Bike Fair. The Dallas Police department was kind enough to send out their mobile bike rodeo. The rodeo was a hit with […]
Building the Cause for Change
Portland (ie. BFOC’s “Magic Kingdom“) Bike Lane. While interviewing area cycling advocates, BFOC spoke to shop owner, Beth Farrell, of B&B Bicycles in Cedar Hill. In a sad revelation, Beth noted a conversation with Dallas Bike Co-Ordinator PM Summer, where he stated, “As long as I’m the Bike Coordinator for the city, Dallas will never […]
Portland’s Bike Coordinator, Roger Geller, responds to Dallas’ coordinator’s claims
In our article titled Portland: Doing it Right!, Dallas Bike Coordinator, PM Summers, objected to Portland bike coordinator, Roger Geller’s, data as being unscientific, and collected by dubious means. We have noted that this a common response from bike lane opponents. First off, a recap of Summer’s charge: Oddly, Geller doesn’t mention the rash of […]
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator’s response to the recent BFOC article
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator and bike lane antagonist, PM Summer, responded to our recent posting on Oak Cliff’s bikelane effort with a “those crazy hipster kids are drinkin’ the kool-aid”post of his own. Quote: The neo-urban hipsters, on the other hand, are at once proud of Oak Cliff and desirous that it be something else. That […]
Portland: Doing it Right!
Bike lanes and other bicycle facilities have been absolutely instrumental to the success we’ve had in increasing ridership. Our city auditor now reports that 8% of Portlanders identify the bicycle as their primary commute vehicle and another 10% identify it as their secondary commute vehicle. That’s up from 6% and 10%, respectively last year. – […]
Houston Street Viaduct Initiative
Houston Street Viaduct Initiative Originally uploaded by Jason Eric Roberts Several of us involved with BFOC are on the board of the Alternative Transportation Committee at the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, and are advocating making the Houston Street Viaduct a major multi-modal transit bridge linking Downtown Dallas to North Oak Cliff. Right now, if […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 