Monday, Dallas City Council reviewed details for the implementation of the bike plan as reported by the Dallas Morning News. The gist of the meeting was that the bike plan was unrealistic and is too costly to implement. Somehow other cities across the country manage to build hundreds of miles of bike infrastructure a year, […]
The Dallas Observer has posted several articles recently highlighting the struggle our city has in installing a single mile worth of on street bike facilities. Meanwhile, the above graphic is from the Detroit Free Press highlighting the fact that even the “Motor City” has begun buildout of multiple miles worth of onstreet bike lanes. Below […]
Just left the Davis Street TIF board meeting where the plans for changing Seventh Street into a bicycle boulevard were unanimously passed! Look for more details on this project as it moves forward. A bicycle boulevard or “greenway” is simply a pedestrian/bicycle prioritized street. Cars are still able to use the roadway, but the street […]
During the Forward Dallas plan, planners from Kimley Horn noted that a major obstacle for implementing a change in city streets was a charter amendment made in the late 70’s that required every block to be notified when changing the street. The problem with this requirement is that a large network plan (ie. Complete Streets […]
*Sorry to those downtown about not showing up. Circumstances beyond my control caused me to deter my plans that day. No one showed in Oak Cliff and I only update our FB page, not the blog. Hope those that went had a good time! ~Jonathan Let’s ride to the inaugural Deep Ellum Brewing Company […]
Just received this notice from the city of Dallas: The City of Dallas Complete Streets Initiative Team invites one and all to the W. Davis Street Community Walk tomorrow (Dec. 10th) between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m, between Bishop Avenue and Cedar Hill Avenue. Tell us how we can turn W. Davis […]
We’re pulling together our “Best of” list for the year at BFOC, but before that hits the blog we thought we’d post this tidbit: According to a Dallas Morning News chart, the city of Dallas capital budget for Streets and Thoroughfares for 2010/2011 was $142,304,779. The recently adopted bike plan notes that one mile […]
A friend of BFOC just forwarded the following article from Salon magazine on the new wave of urban cyclists and perceptions of elitism. It brings up some interesting points on how this simple and inexpensive mode of transit is surprisingly being pegged as “high-brow” by some. With that being said, my favorite part of the […]
The Oak Cliff Cultural Center (next door to the Texas Theatre) is presenting the exhibit Tiny Spokes: the Oak Cliff Bike Experience from January 6th – 27th. They’re currently accepting bicycle focused art submissions from the public which will be on display at the event. The form is located here, with complete proposals due by December […]
Dallas Cycle Chic has planned a holiday bike tour of locally-owned boutiques in the West Village and on Henderson Ave. Starting at Transit Bikes, the group will leave for Demerara at 1pm, then head off to Gypsy Wagon, Pandemonium, Another Time & Place, and We Are 1976, to return to the West Village around 4. […]
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