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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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about biking and transportation issues in
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Current discussions 
City cracks down on parking in bike lanes (Jan. 2020) last post: 6/29 @ 14:21
[quote=MichaelBluejay]I floated the idea to the City about 30 years ago to somehow deputize citizens to be able to ticket cars illegally...
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday June 11th, 8pm Peace Park last post: 6/7 @ 13:08
Saturday, June 11, 2022
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM CDT
[editor's note: The event organizer was not specific about things, but in the past people...
Memorial to honor Moriah Wilson 05/29 5:30pm @ Republic Square last post: 5/23 @ 15:27
The Austin Cycling Community will be gathering to honor Moriah Wilson on May 29th at 5:30 pm at Republic Square (422 Guadalupe St, Austin,...
Need help with finding and making a ghost bike last post: 5/13 @ 21:43
Thank you gentlemen. It is devastating. Nate and I had spent nearly every waking hour together the week and a half before this ...
Drunk driving judge arrested for drunk driving last post: 5/13 @ 2:14
Today in "You can't make this sh!t up", Judge John Lipscombe was arrested for drunk...
Ride of Silence - North Austin last post: 5/7 @ 9:59
Ride of Silence - Takes place all around the world at 7pm on Wednesday 18th of May. Join us in North Austin on a free family-friendly 8...
W 5th Street: Bye bye buffered bike lane, hello bus lane :-/ last post: 5/2 @ 16:40
[quote=sevenspurs]nice humble brag, i don't recall asking you for your SAT scores. [/quote]
It was because until today, nobody has ever...
Cell Phone Ban in a School Zones not enforaceble without signage last post: 4/15 @ 13:18
I learned something interesting at the Cedar Park city council meeting last night. Apparent the state ban on cell phone use in a school...
Cyclist dead in SE Austin hit and run last post: 4/6 @ 21:50
Article
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 73-year-old man died last Thursday after being hit by a car while biking in southeast Austin. Police are now...
Casino offered pedicab service a quarter-century ago last post: 4/3 @ 20:42
Just came across this article from 1999, about a Las Vegas casino that offered pedicab service to shuttle guests to their cars in the huge...
Hit and run -- possibly intentional -- caught on video last post: 4/1 @ 15:16
Yeah, I probably understated how important the video is here.
I mean, sure, it doesn't capture a plate or the driver's face -- two things...
21yo drunk driver kills pedestrian on sidewalk in Cedar Park (3/25/22) last post: 3/29 @ 11:59
Thanks Doug, I dug into it a little more and our 39% with no location data (2012-2021) is on the high side. State wide only 27% of ped...
Pawn shops pretending that stolen bikes aren't? last post: 3/25 @ 23:22
You can register your bike with APD here: https://secure.coplogic.com/dors/en/filing/selectreporttype?dynparam=1648268099387
Also, it's a...
Advice for taking a bike on CapMetro? last post: 3/24 @ 11:44
I ended up riding the whole way since the weather was nice, but I'm still open to hear tips/tricks for taking a bike on the bus for next...
Two pedestrians killed by hit-and-run drivers in early 2022 last post: 3/19 @ 11:31
Zelibanos Mekuria Sean, 30, at 1000 E. Anderson Lane, on 2/20/22. Welmer Moises Aquino Lopez (26) arrested. (KVUE)
Ricardo Alvarado, 68,...
Woman charged with hit-and-run death of cyclist in Kyle (3/14/22) last post: 3/14 @ 20:38
Seems like the rural police are more on the ball than the big city police.
Charged with Accident Involving Injury or Death, the max she...
Death Count 2021 last post: 3/3 @ 17:59
Thanks for sharing that, trentsky.
I remember Amy Babich said something similar about the ethics of choosing big SUVs to be the victor in...
Go car-free and save $1.5 million last post: 2/19 @ 2:44
Nice to know that I beat Salon to the punch by over a...
To turn, you have to steer in the opposite direction last post: 2/18 @ 12:23
I, for one, think that Sheldon Brown was almost always right on the bicycling subjects he addressed.
I understand that some adult-sized...
Drunk driving culture last post: 2/15 @ 17:29
Drunk driving isn't something that's done by just a small percentage of people, it's deeply ingrained as part of the culture.
Percentage...
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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.)
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday June 11th, 8pm Peace Park (posted 6/7)
Memorial to honor Moriah Wilson 05/29 5:30pm @ Republic Square (posted 5/23)
Ride of Silence - North Austin (posted 5/7)
Upcoming Charity Spin Class 1/29 @ 11:45 (posted 1/25)
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)
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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