Free Bike Friendly Oak Cliff t-shirt screening party at the Oak Cliff Bicycle Company today (Sunday 2/20) from 2-5pm. Bring a blank t-shirt, bag, or other article of clothing and have it screened with the BFOC logo!
Week 7: Go Ride! This week everyone should be itching to be car free after the coldest weeks we’ve seen for some time! Can’t wait to hear your comments! Also, the Car Share Co-Op of Oak Cliff will be hosting another Meet and Greet at Spiral Diner on February 23rd, at 7:00pm. RSPV to […]
My 9 year old son was asked to write a paper on the “Perfect Place” for a classroom assignment. His teacher called us later that afternoon to tell us it brought tears to her eyes. After reading it, I realized that he had done a better job of promoting the need for great, livable/walkable communities […]
Hi Everyone! We’ve been getting some incredible submissions for the Dallas Rides Photo Contest, as you can see below. However, we have decided to extend the deadline one week due to the recent local inclement weather. We suspect many of you would have preferred being out riding your bike and getting some great shots as […]
The Daily posted an article on a recently announced study by the Harvard School of Public Health noting what we already see in Europe; separated bike lanes increase ridership and reduce accidents. The full study can be found here. What’s most impressive is that Scottsdale, Arizona now has 339 miles worth of separated bike lanes and is requiring […]
The New York Times spotlighted the Bishop Arts District and OC’s bike culture in the Sunday edition: “Travelers who tend to put Dallas at the bottom of their Texas bucket list probably haven’t been to the Bishop Arts district, where cyclists outnumber drivers, pedestrians stroll past historic buildings and the words “local,” “artisan” and “crafted” […]
Week 5: “What you call a challenge we call Tuesday” Opus the Poet The above quote is from one of our readers. See the full quote below. The underlying message here is that for many North Texan’s, transportation doesn’t always come with a vehicular option as it does for many others. Alternative means of transportation […]
I’ve had my eye on several different cargo bikes for the past few years including the Madsen Cycle, the Yuba Mundo, and the Kona Ute (or pretty much anything stocked at practicalcycles.com). Since the majority of these bikes start at $800 and go up from there, I decided to pick up a cheap Aosom bike […]
Week 4: “Keep it up y’all, just 49 more weeks to go!” Rick Titone From the comments we’ve received so far, a pattern is starting to emerge: people are finding ways to go car free more often! One day turns into two, which turns into a whole week, and we start to […]
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