Bicycle Austin forum

I'm Dave; new on this board.

As I understand it, the bike parking is at Mora Park, 2-3 miles from the entrance.  The (city? statesman?) site says they will provide "one shuttle every half hour", so this may work or it may collapse.  We will see (I'm trying the shuttle from downtown tomorrow and not using the bike).

I've been to Grand Prix races in Europe.  ALL have bike access to the door and usually free parking.  Austin doesn't.  Further the City (and presumably the county working together) have unilaterally closed about 2-4 square miles to all walking and biking.  So unless you are part of the helicoptor or limo crowd or have one of the on-site spots, you have no way to get there except by bus- regardless of the city's "Bike to the GP" claim.

So the first thing I would hope is that someone without a ticket will circle the outside of the martial law, no-walking/no-bike perimeter to determine how large it is (no city or statesman maps gives an answer) and come back with a map.

Second I'd like to know what happens if you know someone inside- one of the homeowners.  Can they have bike visitors?.  How are the neighbors doing?  Do they get passes to the house? If you live inside the area and buy a ticket are you allowed to walk or bike to the track?  If the answer is yes, can your friends go to your place and do the same?

This system discriminates against bikes.  We want the complaints from the bike community to be so loud and well directed at the city council that the Circuit will be forced to provide parking and a "walk in" option like the European tracks do (part of the track is outside the city but across the street from the entrance is part of Austin).

And are any bikers living inside the perimeter having any problems?

Dave