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Welcome!
We cover bicycling as transportation, with an
emphasis on Austin, TX, USA. We
don't cover biking for recreation, sport, or charity.
Bicycle Austin is a volunteer project (not an
organization) by Michael
Bluejay (and not to be confused with Bike
Austin, which chose a name similar to ours).
Advertising revenue on this site supports local cycling
advocacy.
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Web Forum
& Email List
Our web
forum is the place for discussion
about biking and transportation issues in
Austin. You'll probably
also want to sign up for the email
list (see the box at right), so you can
get all the web posts from each day sent to you
in a single email message. So, in
practice, it's post to the web, read on the
list.
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Current discussions 
New Cedar Park cycling infrastructure last post: 1/18 @ 14:02
Just a short update (can't believe I first posted about this in 2019).
Public Information Meeting tonight for the Brushy Creek North...
New bike lock stands up to angle grinders last post: 12/31 @ 13:40
Things change so...
New facilities to protect pedestrians last post: 12/29 @ 12:04
"A pilot to alert vehicles when a pedestrian is about
to cross the street in East Austin began in November.
The program, monitored by the...
Red Line Parkway Initiative last post: 12/29 @ 11:57
This will be amazing if it...
Bruce Todd, former mayor who championed a helmet law, dies last post: 12/27 @ 9:45
Austin had a brief, unpopular all-ages helmet law in 1996. It was amended to be kids-only after public blowback.
In 2006, former mayor...
Death Count 2021 last post: 12/15 @ 12:05
This KVUE article indicates we are at 106 as of Dec 10th (but now sure what data source they use).
Edit to add: "This is Austin's 106th...
To turn, you have to steer in the opposite direction last post: 12/8 @ 15:24
[quote=RedFalcon]I have seen both pro and con on balance bikes, but it seems that balance bikes are the way to go. They allow kids to get...
Tour das Hugel, Saturday 2021-11-13 wheels down at 7:15am last post: 11/10 @ 11:28
We're proud to announce to announce that Tour das Hugel is back in 2021!
We're partnering with Breakfast Club this year to provide a ...
16yo who hit six cyclists in Houston faces no arrest or charges (9/21) last post: 11/8 @ 21:53
I am impressed and SURPRISED! ...
Stassney Ln. BIKE LANES survey, deadline is this SUNDAY (1/19) last post: 11/1 @ 10:06
The Stassney bike lane project has evolved over time and now has "protection" in the form of pylons and Austin's own monster-sized "Bots...
Manor Road re-do, red bus lanes last post: 10/29 @ 10:47
There is good reason for your preference. From the p.o.v. of one interested in cyclists' safety for those using Manor or Cherrywood to ...
Living Streets Program Info last post: 10/26 @ 10:35
Article about new Living Streets Program, expanidng the Healthy Streets program: ...
Woman cyclist & dog hit & run'd on Manor Rd., 9/28/21 last post: 10/11 @ 12:43
No argument.
Neither account has the detail of whether it was a matter of hit from behind or right hook, for instance, so it's hard to...
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday, Oct 9, 2021 7:00PM Pease Park last post: 10/9 @ 13:02
The new date and time for this is tonight, Saturday, October 9th.
Looks like wheels are down at 8pm, so don't be...
Austin crosswalks now talk to smart cars to warn of pedestrians last post: 10/5 @ 9:09
Cool, I was just talking with a city manager here in CP last night and he was telling me about this tech and how they plan to use it here...
New Grass Roots Transportation Advocates in Cedar Park last post: 9/29 @ 18:55
If any of ya'll are in Cedar Park there is a new group advocating for better transportation:
http://www.wyld.net/atacp/
Right now we are...
What does it take to be charged with killing a non-driver? Being black last post: 9/27 @ 22:37
Here's my coverage from 23 years ago.
Damn I'm old.
[quote]Motorists frequently face no consequences for injuring or killing cyclists in...
Bike Austin opposes Proposition A about police staffing (2021) last post: 9/22 @ 20:41
Thank you for replying Chris. Yeah, I forgot the obvious: Double the police budget, less money for everything else, including bike...
Remembering Reed Murray and Fred Meredith last post: 9/18 @ 4:37
Thanks for posting this, Michael.
I was saddened when I heard of Fred's passing in 2019. So many people I knew respected and liked him...
The Bluejays will buy a car and give up bicycling last post: 9/17 @ 11:07
"3) You correctly surmised that my commute to work (or anywhere else I go .. your prompt for self evaluation pointed out to me) was...
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Drivers
are
at fault in over 90% of car-bike collisions (source)
and 90% of pedestrian deaths (source).
Upcoming rides & events
Want to get your event listed
below? Just post
it
on the web forum and it will show up here
automatically 30 minutes later. Be sure to include
the exact date
& time of your event in the title,
so that shows up too. Do NOT use
relative dates like "This Saturday" or
"tonight" because your post will still be here weeks
from now, and at that time the reader won't know which
day you're referring to. (i.e., Do not write your post
as though everyone who reads it is reading it today.)
Tour das Hugel, Saturday 2021-11-13 wheels down at 7:15am (posted 11/10)
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday, Oct 9, 2021 7:00PM Pease Park (posted 8/28)
39th Annual Moonlight Cruise Sat night/Sun morn, 2021-09-19 1:30 AM (posted 8/29)
Bike-In Guerrilla Theater! ATX BFF 2K21, then Full Moon Cruise 07/23 (posted 7/19)
Ride of Silence - North Austin (posted 5/8)
38th Annual Moonlight Cruise Sat night/Sun morn, 2020-09-06 2:00 AM (posted 8/31)
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday, June 6, 2020 7:30PM Pease Park (posted 6/4)
Ride of Silence - North Austin 5.20.2020 (posted 5/16)
Bike Tour of Affordable Housing in East Austin (Saturday Nov 2 @ 10am) (posted 10/30)
2019-09-14 Sat night/Sun morning 2am 37th Annual Full Moon Cruze (posted 9/1)
Bicyclists cheated out
of bond money!
Voters passed $150 million in transportation
bonds in 2000 (Proposition 1), which was
supposed to be spent at $15M per year for ten
years, and was supposed to include bike
projects. In March 2006, Councilmember
Raul Alvarez asked the city to reveal how the
money had been spent so far. The answer
was that the first $67.2 million ALL went for SH
130 right of way, and not a penny for any of the
the other things promised to the bond voters on
the ballot, including bike projects! As a
result of Alvarez' request, $10 million was
proposed (with about $5 million so far for
sidewalks). If you read the
Chronicle
article, you will see that $20 million was
being promised for bike and ped projects just
before the election. (info courtesy of Roger
Baker, May 6, 2005)
The City now has a Bond Oversight Committee
which is an important check on the system.
It makes the above kind of bait-and-switch a lot
harder to pull off.
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