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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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forum is the place for discussion
about biking and transportation issues in
Austin. You'll probably
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get all the web posts from each day sent to you
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practice, it's post to the web, read on the
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Current discussions 
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...
Three views on separated two-way protected bike lane in Columbus, Ohio last post: 9/17 @ 10:15
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nipFKhMJeGlMblxDTybx9Ly-c3r0Icc5/view Review of Columbus Summit St bike lane by Patricia Kovacs,...
Remembering Reed Murray and Fred Meredith last post: 9/15 @ 16:52
Thanks for that. Fred was a heck of a nice guy and made huge contributions to cycilng in this area and even nationally. I miss seeing ...
The Man in Black on Trains last post: 9/15 @ 14:47
Thanks for posting this, interesting.
This reminds me, a while back I hacked the forum code to allow YouTube videos to be embedded. I...
World Naked Bike Ride Austin Saturday, Oct 9, 2021 7:00PM Pease Park last post: 9/10 @ 20:16
Unfortunately, it looks like the organizer had a death in the family and moved the date to October...
New chinless, beltless bicycle last post: 9/6 @ 8:49
Pedaling generates electrical energy, which is supplied to a motor in the rear wheel.
Clever.
I'm feeling that battery backup is...
BMW is making electric bicycles last post: 9/6 @ 8:47
https://electrek.co/2021/09/06/bmw-unveils-high-speed-electric-bicycle-with-300-km-of-range-plus-an-electric-motorcycle/
How big a thing...
39th Annual Moonlight Cruise Sat night/Sun morn, 2021-09-19 1:30 AM last post: 8/29 @ 0:18
So ... the moon still waits for no one and no virus, so ... annual Full Moon Cruze is always a go come September, and this will be the ...
No jail for South Dakota AG who killed pedestrian last post: 8/27 @ 12:05
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031638625/jason-ravnsborg-south-dakota-deadly-crash...
Here lies the body of William Jay... last post: 8/25 @ 1:36
This is an old, famous poem, which maybe everyone knows, but I was only recently made aware of it. It apparently dates back to circa...
Cyclist David Lutz killed in Cedar Park Sunday morning 8/22/21 last post: 8/23 @ 11:52
"Police say it happened around 7:50 a.m. at the intersection of Cypress Creek Road and El Salido Parkway - near Cedar Park High School. ...
Some towns banning new gas stations, and BEV sales last post: 8/18 @ 1:48
Some towns are banning new gas stations. Never thought I'd see the...
The Major Threat to Public Safety: The Bicycle Helmet? last post: 8/4 @ 14:32
https://www.rawstory.com/amy-cooper-central-park-karen/
Watch out for those thugs with bicycle...
Long Tail Utility eBikes? last post: 8/3 @ 9:45
Thanks Doug,
Yep, I've used a trailer for shopping previously too and agree it works a treat. Right now I'm leaning towards Pedego or...
Bike Austin and Walk Austin call for "Living Streets" last post: 8/2 @ 18:22
Bike Austin and Walk Austin are running a petition to allow neighbors to close a block of their neighborhoods to cars a few days a week so...
Bike-In Guerrilla Theater! ATX BFF 2K21, then Full Moon Cruise 07/23 last post: 7/19 @ 16:00
Bike-In Guerrilla Theater! ATX BFF 2K21 bookface event, if you're into such things.
Full Moon Cruise bookface event.
Calling ALL fellow...
"bike registration that works"? last post: 7/19 @ 14:31
[quote=RedFalcon]I have no idea if it has ever helped anyone get their stolen bike back.[/quote]It probably has.
I mean, APD doesn't put ...
I think I'll just take the lane ... Lamar and Morrow last post: 7/19 @ 14:25
The reddit post does show the other side too, but it's an imgur gallery and so people often miss that there's more than one picture...
The Peddler and stealing last post: 7/9 @ 13:00
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/thieves-drive-pick-up-truck-through-austin-bike-shop
multiple burlaries this...
Delivery robots to use the bicycle lanes last post: 6/30 @ 15:12
I agree, the food for the extra calories should be deductible.
When I worked at Apple, they sent me on a business trip, and would have...
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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, 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)
Austin Chronicle encourages violence against bicyclists (6/27/08) (posted 6/28)
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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