Many of our best community gardens are quite underwhelming and certainly not the work of any self-respecting landscape architect. Mulch paths crisscrossed by plastic irrigation tubing. A pile of dirt needing attention. An unimposing wooden coop held together by chicken-wire. A wheelbarrow with a flat tire. Beautifully messy places nevertheless. Everything has a purpose and […]
Help your local bike shop celebrate their one year anniversary. Oak Cliff Bicycle Company has been alive and kicking for a whole year, boy time flies! If you have been by lately, you’ll notice that they are about ready to think about expanding. More info here.
Looks like we’re gonna have to have us a Sharks vs. Jets dance off on the Houston Street Viaduct with East Dallas bikos over this latest volley in the Dallas Observer: Bike Friendly? Depends If Yer Talking “Tits Tuesday” and East Dallas vs. North Oak Cliff. My monocole nearly fell into my tea when I […]
Friends of ours are holding a benefit for the Guns and Hoses foundation this Saturday at 6PM at the old site of the Alamo motel on Fort Worth Avenue. Spikes n Spokes is an audience judged competition between bicycles and motorcycles based on design and visual appearance. The winner of the competition will receive two […]
A BFOC’er just forwarded us the latest StreetFilms work titled Copenhagen through North American Eyes. It is an amazing collection of images and dialog about the potential for a city that embraces multi-modal infrastructure. Fortunately, in Dallas, we’ve overbuilt many of our roads and the potential to create a similar environment is closer than most […]
Head out to the Bishop Arts District on Wednesday, July 14th from 6PM to 10PM where the block will be turned into a Parisian street festival, complete with mussels competition featuring renowned area chefs, a wine walk, Go-Go Girls, Vespas, a French Maid relay, crepe stands and more. Go Oak Cliff is also trucking in […]
Next time you’re in the Bishop Arts District, head over to Dude, Sweet Chocolate and check out the new bike rack built by David Spence. David used part of the original streetcar rail laid in Oak Cliff in 1903 that he had acquired after the city had done road repairs on Bishop Boulevard. A handful […]
Free Poolside Conversation with urban planner Larry Beasley, CM on Thursday, July 1. Larry will be discussing his work with the City Design Studio to make the area more pedestrian and bike friendly. Gates open 8pm. Conversation at 8:30pm It’s a Bike Friendly Event! $2 Beer Poolside Sponsored by North Texas Chapter of the Congress for […]
We were just forwarded this image from last months Dallas Bike Planning forum where the public came out to hear the latest information on the future of Dallas’ bicycle network. At the meeting, everyone who attended received four red circle stickers that they were to place on a chart affixed to the wall asking them […]
A friend of BFOC forwards along an article from FastCompany that includes this great infographic from GOOD magazine which notes the correlation between the exponential growth in bicycling/walking and the amount of funds directed toward developing communities that embrace these modes. This chart shows how developing for multi-modes creates tangible change for regions.
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