The city of Dallas is sponsoring its first Ciclovia inspired ride, dubbed “Dallasvias”.  Coordinators are planning a “meet-up” downtown at Main Street Garden Park at 10:00AM. At 10:30AM riders will loop around the downtown then head to the Dallas Complete Streets Kickoff/Better Block on Ross Avenue at approximately 11AM. With enough willing participants, Cycle Sunday […]

We’re meeting this morning at 9AM at Oddfellows in Bishop Arts to ride over to the Mavs Parade downtown. Join us!

The Dallas Complete Streets plan is under way, and Team Better Block is working with the city to create a series of demonstration projects to show the potential for road redevelopment. The first project is set to take place on Ross Avenue, the “gateway to the Arts District”, where the area currently lacks a strong […]

The video is here! “Ultimately, Holly White’s studies outline simple and inexpensive solutions that have a big impact on the creation of humane, active, and lively places. When you break it down, it’s all intuitive stuff like ‘bring chairs,’ ‘create shade,’ ‘add food,’ but we seem to overlook these time and again and pursue bigger ticket […]

Team BFOC interviewed both of Dallas’s mayoral candidates to learn their positions on bicycling initiatives, and complete streets efforts in the city. Below is our Q&A with David Kunkle. Click here to view candidate Mike Rawling’s interview. Side note: Both candidates have agreed to join us on our upcoming “Hellhound on My Trail” Blues History Bike […]

Team BFOC interviewed both of Dallas’s mayoral candidates to learn their positions on bicycling initiatives, and complete streets efforts in the city. Below is our Q&A with Mike Rawlings. Click here to view candidate David Kunkle’s interview. Side note: Both candidates have agreed to join us on our upcoming “Hellhound on My Trail” Blues History […]

fidooakcliff was formed in 2010 to help promote development of a public dog park in Oak Cliff. After meeting with members of Team Better Block, the groups decided to collaborate and build their own neighborhood dog park using new and reclaimed materials over a weekend. The groups found a public median on Polk Street which […]

One of Bishop Arts most anticipated events is back on May 22nd, from 4pm to 8pm. This year, we’re told a bicycle raffle will be added to the mix, along with goldsprints competitions, live music by the King Bucks, and games. If you’re a homebrewer, there’s still time to assemble your team and sign up […]

In the Fall, we held our first official Bike to School week event at Rosemont. By only using punch cards, and giving prizes to kids who ride all week, BFOC was able to show ridership increases of 0 to 100 bikes within five days time. Thanks to that event, we just finished our second Bike […]

With the gas light on in my car, I stopped at the Valero on Sylvan at I-30 last week and was stunned to pay $4.09 a gallon! Wow! At least buy me dinner before you bend me over. Since we all know gas boycotts don’t work, here’s an realistic alternative to combat rising fuel prices: […]