Bogota, Colombia, under the stewardship of New Urbanist Mayor Enrique Pena, implemented some of the most progressive transportation changes in recent history, with much of the reason due to its high number of low income households who simply could not afford a car. The video above shows how the city quickly embraced multi-modalism and how […]
(image from apbp.org) Just got word from NCTCOG that they have officially selected Maryland planning firm, Toole Design, to head up Dallas new bike plan. Toole lead the bike planning for DC, Charlotte, and Seattle, and are partnering with local planning firm, Bowman-Melton Associates, Inc., and Kimley Horn Engineering, who has Cliffdweller Andrew Howard on […]
We’re officially in fundraising mode this week to raise $25,000 to install a series of eleven murals along Seventh Street, which we’re promoting as a family friendly, bicycle/pedestrian corridor linking the residents and community to businesses of the Bishop Arts District. After 24 hours, we’re up to $7,000, so we’re making our way there. Steve […]
It’s been an amazing week, and we haven’t had a chance to make the formal announcement about our latest big news. Our parent organization, the Oak Cliff Transit Authority, officially received word this week that North Oak Cliff and Dallas were awarded $23 Million from the TIGER grant to return the streetcar to our community […]
Reminder: This Sunday at noon, a discussion with Tim, from Massengill frames. Topics will range from framebuilding, design, materials, as well as the path these guys took to learn the craft of framebuilding. The lecture will be held at noon on Sunday, February 21st, at the autoshop class beside Adamson High School (201 E 9th […]
We’ve been amazed at how quickly momentum has built for fostering bike friendly communities in our region. What started out as a handful of friends sitting around a table wondering what could be done to change our community for the better and promote a bicycle culture has spread beyond our wildest imaginations. From Richardson, to […]
Bike Friendly Knox-Henderson has announced their first group ride, on March 21st! Mark your calendars, and be sure to ride out in support. Also, don’t forget this Saturday is Bike Friendly Richardson’s Raffle Ramble. Prizes and more will be available at this amazing charity event. There’s a facebook event page here.
(photo by Flickr user Willyf) The Dutch blog, A View from the Cycle Path, thoroughly dismantles the “high density needed for successful bicycle infrastructure” argument, by highlighting the fact that infrastructure alone is all that is needed for increasing ridership. By example, the author uses his home city of Assen, which has no large universities […]
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we’ve started a new page on the site as a venue to report bikes stolen in Dallas. If your bike is stolen, just email us as much info as possible (including photos and the serial number) to stolenbikesdallas@gmail.com. Someone will post it on the Stolen […]
We were pleasantly surprised at the great turnout for the “Love Your Lane” ride, considering temperatures rarely broke the 40 degree mark, and winds rolled in at over 20mph. Crossing the Jefferson bridge into downtown became a Herculean event, but once we arrived to Main Street Park, everyone was in good spirits. Biking in Dallas […]
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