Tag Archives: Bike Lanes
Fact Check: Population Density
We noticed on the anti-bike lane website, Cycle Dallas, authored by Dallas bike coordinator PM Summer, a continual reference to the following: “it’s important to remember that the Dallas area has the lowest population density of any statistical metropolitan area in the world.” This is a point PM has made on multiple occasions to defend […]
BFOC’s Exclusive Interview with Boston’s Bike Coordinator, Nicole Freedman
(Photograph by Yoon S. Byun) We recently profiled Boston’s new bike coordinator, Nicole Freedman, after reading the impressive Boston Globe article spotlighting the city’s recent transformation into a bike haven. As we noted in our article, Boston was the former title holder of “Worst City in the US for Bicycling”, by Bicycle Magazine. Since Dallas […]
Texas legislators propose transportation funding option for North Texas
The Austin Business Journal notes that State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, and State Rep. Vicki Truitt, R-Southlake, are co-sponsors of legislation that would allow local communities to raise taxes or fees to support urban and suburban commuter rail lines and highways. The bill they filed allows for North Texas to take greater control over its […]
The Worldwide Bikelane Conspiracy?
Dallas Bike Coordinator, PM Summer, claims that there’s a mass conspiracy going on in regards to On-Street Bike Lane studies throughout the world. Each year, the figures come in showing monumental growth in ridership levels, and staggering decreases in accident rates, yet somehow, this data is “dubious”. Hundreds of cities are now adopting on-street bike […]
Building the Cause for Change
Portland (ie. BFOC’s “Magic Kingdom“) Bike Lane. While interviewing area cycling advocates, BFOC spoke to shop owner, Beth Farrell, of B&B Bicycles in Cedar Hill. In a sad revelation, Beth noted a conversation with Dallas Bike Co-Ordinator PM Summer, where he stated, “As long as I’m the Bike Coordinator for the city, Dallas will never […]
Portland’s Bike Coordinator, Roger Geller, responds to Dallas’ coordinator’s claims
In our article titled Portland: Doing it Right!, Dallas Bike Coordinator, PM Summers, objected to Portland bike coordinator, Roger Geller’s, data as being unscientific, and collected by dubious means. We have noted that this a common response from bike lane opponents. First off, a recap of Summer’s charge: Oddly, Geller doesn’t mention the rash of […]
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator’s response to the recent BFOC article
Dallas’ Bike Coordinator and bike lane antagonist, PM Summer, responded to our recent posting on Oak Cliff’s bikelane effort with a “those crazy hipster kids are drinkin’ the kool-aid”post of his own. Quote: The neo-urban hipsters, on the other hand, are at once proud of Oak Cliff and desirous that it be something else. That […]
Why doesn’t Dallas have bike lanes?
Image from Gunnisal on Flickr So you’ve probably been on vacation in some uber-cool city like Portland or Boulder, and/or overseas to Amsterdam or London, and noticed hundreds of residents, young and old, on bicycles meandering slowly around bike lanes built through the heart of their respective downtown’s. Then you hopped on a plane, landed […]
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff 